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Stanley Lake with McGown Peak in the background.

An abstract aerial view of a sand dune at sunset at Imperial Sand Dunes, Glamis, California.

Workers are checking solar power system on the lake. This is the first solar water power plant project in Vietnam. It is in Da Mi lake, Binh Thuan, Vietnam. With a capacity of 47.5 MWp, electricity output is nearly 70 million kWph / year.

Taken during the Banpo fountain light show

Fishing down the stream

Man working on a new building

This jumping spider was personable and very easy to photograph as it was willing to sit still, facing me.

Two girls run up the rounded walls of the Heydar Aliyev Center in the heart of Baku.

Sunset at Lake Wanaka

A Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) surveys its surroundings from a vantage point at sunset, with the imposing Torres del Paine (Chile) in the background. Scouts like this individual keep an eye out for predators.

A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming by an iceberg in Antarctica on a snowy day.

a little is watching the sky

Depicts a woman standing at the end of a staircase on the edge of a building, while the pipes coming from the structure continue on only to come to an end. The woman posing in the photo stares straight into the lens of the camera to emphasize the dividing nature of the image.

A grandmother indulges her grandchild by allowing her to get makeup on her face.

Part of an extended family of lions, this little lion cub practiced his climbing skills in a tree. Trying to judge what was above him, he looked up, giving me an adorable shot.

Tucked away in southeastern Washington is an agricultural area with a unique topography. Known as the Palouse, this area is primarily noted for growing grains. This grain elevator located in Steptoe is one of the more popular subjects to photograph.

A new housing community in Northern California. Aerial image (photographed from a plane at sunset).

Monuments in winter

A Brown Bear takes a quick dip while hunting for salmon at Anan Creek Bear Observatory in SE Alaska.

Spring bloom near my house

A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race

The hair-care magnate at the center of the new Netflix series 'Self Made' left her imprint on the city where she launched her career

In 1919, a second wave of cases of the previous year's flu lead to the sudden death of the hockey championship

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It all began when three frustrated women sought the no-bounce zone

In the hours after disaster struck Anchorage, an unexpected figure named Genie Chance came to the rescue

A century ago, Susan Pringle Frost tirelessly campaigned to save these South Carolina buildings from destruction