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The girl. Rajesh Dhar

Flower bed near Senate Fountain- Wesley Guerrier

Underside of a Mushroom Cap. Cindy Scheuer

Over the Rainbow- Chip Grefski

Hiking in the Redwood Forest in Northern California- Forest James

Fishermen Go to Work- Tran Tuan Viet

Natural Contrast- Angelica Pasquali

Guardian of Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt. Jarrod Castaing

Golden Fall-Colleen Water

Traces of Life. Zay Yar Lin

Drying of Stockfish. Fabio Menghetti

Snow and the City- Hester Margreiter

Her smile… sudip saha

A Gift-Aleks Schoen

A flying bird over the flowery fields of Israel. Ofer Agiv

Backyard Gardens. Dennis Golas

Medusozoa-Sophia Crimmins

The Seagulls of Corpus Chrisi attack!!. Katherine Cuff

Gabna Sami Reindeer Coral, northern Sweden. David Bacher

Stealth- Michel Zoghzoghi

Caddy Camper in the Mojave Desert- David Evans

While walking in the amazing Taj Mahal, a local boy peered at me through the bars-natalie vainer benaiah

Maasai Beadwork – Kenya. Steve Baroch

A Old Relic in the 21st Century. Brandon Cowans

Clearing Storm over Lake Tahoe-Douglas Croft

The Shy Manatee- Michel Labrecque

I was shooting into the light and the image came out kind of washed out and abstract-Maria Cox

Mangrove River-Vido Valianto

The Dark Hedges- Colette Cannataro.

Chin Tribe Woman From Myanmar-Kyaw Kyaw Winn

fishermen at work-PRADEEP RAJA

Succulent-Rebecca Groynom

The Vision of the Spotted Owl-omar alasem

visiting temple. CHANCHAI ITTIKRAICHAREON

A group of Camels in the western region of Abu Dhabi in UAE-ali suliman

Dubrovnik through the city walls-Tyler Thorp

Portrait Mentawai-Mohd Irman Ismail

Arround the sun-SANGHAMITRA SARKAR

Washing My Boat-Nick Ng

Sunset in Jarbridge Wilderness, Nevada. Allen Karsh

Cardinal during ice storm-Brenna Whitson

A damselfly resting on a slender stem of a grass-Joel Forte

This is a photograph I captured of Simeis 147, a supernova remnant, that is, gases that result from the death of a massive star. Rogelio Andreo

Elephant seal pup gets struck by a wave on South Georgia-Anthony Smith

A crowned crane-Max seigal

Tulips of Amsterdam-Evelyn Chavez

Coloratura. Leslie Rotherma

The only woman on the verge of a cold-zahra heidari

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