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Rafting tour guide on the Snake River pointing out the Grand Tetons

Southern Sudanese election observers and political party agents observe voting during Sudan's first open elections since 1986.

Museum of the Republic.

Hanging Flowers.

*please note - this image has not been altered digitally. It has simply been turned upside down. The photo is as-shot.

A macro photo of Bibron's Gecko.

Alkaline desert hands, covered in the finest of dust

Climbers seen at the summit of Denali. Denali is North Americas highest mountain.

Fire dancer's performance

An on-the-spot photo that was taken of a man standing on the edge of Table Mountain looking into the abyss below that was partially obscured by cloud.

Heavy thunderstorm over the neighborhood

Surfing the Temple, Bali, Indonesia

A boy tossing sand into the ocean to send it back to where it came from

California Baby Quaiils in our garden

Transporting the Lawnmower, Seminyak, Indonesia

This was taken at 14,000 ft on Denali. This image was made when the weather on Denali was turning for the worse, which has a notorious record of severe snow storms and conditions colder than Everest.

Tourists visiting the Three Powers Square.

A chilly morning overlooking the Grand Tetons

This is a 40-photo composite of 30 second-long photos shot over an period of an hour close to midnight. The photos were overlaid to produce this result.

River Hogs resting in the afternoon

The only Transport, Gili Air, Indonesia

Natural camouflage on a seahorse

California Quails and their babies

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A boy tossing sand into the ocean to send it back to where it came from

A boy tossing sand into the ocean to send it back to where it came from

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© Erin Zeitler.
All rights reserved.

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Date Taken:

03.2010

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Nov. 30, 2010, 3:26 a.m.

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NIKON D80

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80mm

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1/500

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