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Over 400 oak trees line this historic plantation entrance. Over a century old this oak avenue provides shade and protection for those who travel down her road.

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Leaning pine trees relect into a still lake.

Mudflats Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Horses in the valley

Lincoln Memorial, crowded with people looking up and snapping pictures, on a hot, muggy morning in early August . . .

Letterbox on a cobbled street

JUMPING STONE: A Nias man is doing jumping stone, a local traditional sport, in Bawomataluo Village, Nias, Indonesia, Friday (10/11). Besides famous with their war dance, the village which situated

Morning sunshine illuminates a meadow in the Paradise Valley of Montana

Old Multi-purpose Barn

This cute grizzly cub almost wandered just a bit too close to us, as she periodically stopped and had a little snack. Eventually Mom signaled her to come back.

Took this photo when I was at a village called Taungpyone Gyi, in Madayar township, not very far from Mandalay.

Volcan Cotopaxi, Ecuador

A male turkey in Africa.

Spruce Tree, Sydney Valley Wilderness in Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Sunset Las Vegas

An afternoon exploring the Grutas San Pedro near the small town of Sorata, Bolivia.

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"Morton" - Morton the dog looks out across the lake toward his namesake park in Plymouth, MA

The New York Botanical Garden

While I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia, the feral dogs in my village became some of my best friends. This one is Cricket. Although I am back in America now, my replacement assures me that he

Two horses in the valley

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Took this photo when I was at a village called Taungpyone Gyi, in Madayar township, not very far from Mandalay.

Took this photo when I was at a village called Taungpyone Gyi, in Madayar township, not very far from Mandalay.

Yangon, Myanmar

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© Han Tha.
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06.2011

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Nov. 29, 2012, 10:33 a.m.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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