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A Spotted-Tail Quoll, the second largest carnivorous marsupial living in Tasmania, looks back towards the camera after triggering a camera trap on a trail.

Lunch at the Mahagandayon monastery.

This chapel greets visitors to Sedona Arizona. It is set amidst the red rocks and cactus.

The sky burial scene.
While dead bodies is cut he drives off many birds with his sleeve.
They are waiting for that time.

Even though the sky was overcast, the children were enjoying the fantastically shaped beach rocks.

The Kaibab National Forest in northern arizona has many backroads. This one was framed by a lovely stand of aspen trees showing off before winter.

A family who was playing on the Huntington Beach caught my eyes. The moment seemed like clouds were rising up from over their heads.

As a Neurobiologist and an avid Art Photographer, "Life Science project is inspired by long lasting confrontation with various biological specimens, contemplates issues of materialism,violence and mo

Holland harbor in Michigan attracts people to the piers to watch the sun set.

The beautiful Rainbow Falls in Watkins Glen State Park in New York.

Hart Prairie in northern Arizona is a destination for many travelers. In the fall the aspen trees turn a wonderful golden color.

Napping at the Kyakhatwine monastery.

Sometimes you don't have to go far to feel like you're in another world. This was taken in the Mammoth area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Young Tasmanian Devils are extremely curious and will play during the day time and night time. This young devil scales a fern through the night captured with a digital SLR camera trap.

The sun sets through a stormy summer sky and behind this church in Guadalupe, AZ.

Riders await their turn on Tango at the Arizona State Fair.

People enjoying Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

Big Red stands in the Holland, MI harbor.

Tonu Dey(73yrs)a award winner jatra artist posing for portrait as a physical handicap guy. He has discontinued his artistic career after his bypass surgery in 2005.(Jatra is a bengali folk theater ori

A wild Tasmanian Devil makes a splash as it crosses through a small stream through the night.

These Arizona State Fair goers awit their turn on Tango.

Sunset on annual camping trip at Frank Bonelli campgrounds on Labor day weekend

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Napping at the Kyakhatwine monastery.

Napping at the Kyakhatwine monastery.

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Copyright:

© Claude LeTien.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

02.2013

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 27, 2013, 12:07 a.m.

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Camera Model:

NIKON D7000

Focal Length:

50mm

Shutter Speed:

1/59

Aperture:

f6.3

ISO:

ISO3200

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