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Downtown store window, Lawrence, Kansas

Man and woman standing on "lock-of-love" bridge, where local couples place a lock on the bridge to symbolize their lasting love.

Young children at airshow carrying American flags

representa la diversidad del tropico

Classic car in the canyon

Rhododendron trees bask in morning sunlight as the sun creates a star burst at the misty Yumthung valley in North Sikkim, India.

Chandelier made of salt hanging in the world's largest underground chapel, also made entirely of salt.

Rosary hanging in memory at the "killing wall" of the concentration camp.

Sack of potatoes at a farmers market

Remembrance plaque at Nazi camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Sunrise on the Hazel River

Hookah hoses at a desert get-together

Mist surrounds the trees at Yumthung valley in North Sikkim, India.

Venetian canal with Venetian taxis.

High Above Glenwood Springs Colorado

Statue for the centennial celebration of the Star Spangled Banner

Kayaking on the reservoir in my back yard

Buzzing bee on purple flower.

This was taken beside the road on a summer evening last year

freshly-picked tomato atop of a farm post

A Quiet Halloween night after an Historic snow storm in October.

A squirrel was coming down vertically from a coconut tree.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Hookah hoses at a desert get-together

Hookah hoses at a desert get-together

TAGS: United Arab Emirates

Springfield, Virginia, United States of America

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© Brittany Beben.
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12.2010

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Nov. 29, 2011, 6:39 a.m.

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PHOTO LOCATION United Arab Emirates