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"I'll patiently dig this whole before I become a woman."

Battambang Market Fishmonger

Southern tailed jellies have one of the most beautiful structures of the cnidarian phyla. This shot highlights the artistry one encounters every time you encounter nature.

There is nothing like a game of basketball with friends (or a friend) at a local school

Bathroom self-portrait

This was taken in Metro Subway station. I was amazed by the sky & clouds.

Autumn in Cuyamaca

Colorful Bark of tree

I am from China, and I went to Africa with my American husband to have an adventure before our first child. So we loved seeing children--these girls were on their way to school in Zanzibar. They seeme

Sitting among friends, soon to join.

Sunrise Over Palm Springs

This Sri Lankan Frogmouth had such implicit faith in its camouflage that we found it sleeping a few feet above a jungle path. The moment we took our eyes even momentarily away from the bird, we had to

Riding the ferris wheel at a local fair

Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, NE, commemorates the settlers who conquered the West thanks to the Homestead Act passed by Lincoln, 150 years ago.

Slum dwellers bathing on the footpath in roadside taps.

I am from China originally, and to travel to Zanzibar was so exotic for me, as it must have been for Zheng He in the 1400s. This woman was sitting in the market in Stone Town, Zanzibar--her eyes so ca

Evening with with my niece and daughter

Autumn in a Quaking Aspen Grove

close up shot of a colorful california red daisy flower against a blurred background.

sea gull in sunlight over the Bremerton ferry

while crossing the train track on an early fog morning.

Double print: train tracks leading to coal factory and White American youth dressed as explorer and Native American woman with vintage wallpaper.

Male weedy seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) seem to hang with their brethren when pregnant. Its not certain if this is for protection - though that seems likely - but for the rest of year they ar

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This Sri Lankan Frogmouth had such implicit faith in its camouflage that we found it sleeping a few feet above a jungle path. The moment we took our eyes even momentarily away from the bird, we had to

This Sri Lankan Frogmouth had such implicit faith in its camouflage that we found it sleeping a few feet above a jungle path. The moment we took our eyes even momentarily away from the bird, we had to ask our guide to spot it for us all over again!

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01.2012

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