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Daredevil checking a ride before the opening, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN

A monk calls for me to ring a bell on the climb down from Adam's Peak.

A woman lays offerings on a beach in Bali.

A man carries 50-pound bundles of rice during the harvest in Indonesia.

A palm tree sways as the sun sets in Indonesia and paints the sky with color.

Wind-forged ripples on a Saharan sand dune.

Ait Ben Haddou bathed in evening light as showers decay in the distance.

Red Admiral butterfly sipping nectar from a pink daisy.

A woman carries fruit through the Old Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam. Women truly carry the world on their backs.

A volcano, ceaselessly active for 2000 years, casts a shadow on its own smoke plume. Taken at dusk on the Island of Stromboli.

African Darter, stalking its prey.

At the harbour in Essaouira, Morocco, seagulls gathered to eat scraps thrown to them by returning fishermen. The fog shrouding the ancient fortifications and the constant movement of the birds made fo

Colorful buildings are dotted throughout Little India in Singapore.

Climbers sit on the side of Mount Merapi looking at other volcanoes while waiting for dawn to break.

7 month old lion living in a natural game reserve in Zambia.

Girl playing outside on the cobblestone street of Panarea, in the Aeolian Islands.

Jamestown Settlement

BURRICO -JAGUARIPE

BICICLETA APARECIDA NORTE

Cemetery in New Orleans

PA ROOSEVELT-S.P

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

At the harbour in Essaouira, Morocco, seagulls gathered to eat scraps thrown to them by returning fishermen. The fog shrouding the ancient fortifications and the constant movement of the birds made fo

At the harbour in Essaouira, Morocco, seagulls gathered to eat scraps thrown to them by returning fishermen. The fog shrouding the ancient fortifications and the constant movement of the birds made for an eerie and haunting atmosphere.

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© Jeremy Meyer.
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10.2011

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Oct. 11, 2012, 4:30 p.m.

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NIKON D50

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38mm

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ISO400

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