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Shore lines in San Fransisco

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Lone phone booth on a late Carnival night under a single street light in Venice, Italy. The absence of human connection is evident by the significant presence that still lingers from recent calls.

Cloud at 20,000 feet. My first time on an airplane at the age of 43. Being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, I figured I needed to fly at least once before my surgery so away we went and I took th

I have a flee. Waiting to board a sailboat and a white crane landed on a piling long enough to scratch his neck and fly on.

Sailing in the Gulf of Mexico with a storm brewing in front of us.

I see you said the fish. Out having dinner and when we walked by the aquarium the fish popped out of the skull.

Hiking in Fountainbleau State Park in Louisiana and came across a fawn who was playing peek a boo with me.

Waited all day for a photo of the king of the jungle.

Sunset at Tofino, Canada.

The full moon rises over the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.

The "Rose Dick Clark"

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe illuminated by the light of the full moon.

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe illuminated by the light of the full moon creating lunar rainbows in the mist of the falls.

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe illuminated by the light of the full moon creating lunar rainbows in the mist of the falls.

A winding road through the colorful rock formations at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.

Looking down the narrow cobblestone streets of Trinidad, Cuba as a storm moves past and bolts of lightning flash in the distance.

The "Rose Dick Clark"

The Milky Way and star-filled sky over the Chapman's baobab in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. I stood under the tree with a green headlamp and illuminated the tree during the 25 second exposure to h

A tiny praying mantis reaches up to climb on the finger of a person's hand.

12th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest

Sunset at Tofino, Canada.

Sunset at Tofino, Canada.

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04.2013

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