I love powerful images. They transport me to other parts of the world I might otherwise never see. These striking images show the world from all different angles, walks of life and distances. Every one of them offers a different kind of beauty, telling a unique story. |
The light of Earth |
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Pedestrian crossing trompe l'oeil |
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Students lining up to have Steve the Custodian sign their yearbooks |
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This pup will grow up to be a guide dog |
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Yoga on the edge, in Trolltunga, Norway |
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When snow happens to the Grand Canyon |
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Penguin pool party |
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The snow’s artful gift: ice grill |
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On the left, Earth from Mars and on the right, Mars from Earth |
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The lights of Rio at night |
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Iceland’s Dynjandi Waterfalls |
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Rare sight: a quadruple rainbow |
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Typical winter day on the Canadian railway |
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Flirting houses |
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Hard to tell: Is it a pirate ship or a kite of a pirate ship? |
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Turtle hitches a ride on the back of a crocodile |
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Cypress tree lined avenue in Point Reyes, California |
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A car sculpture issued a parking ticket |
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Nature loves a contrast |
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Banyan: Strangling fig tree |
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Alaska’s own Aurora Borealis, near Bear Lake |
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A wet water walkway in Croatia |
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Trick of the eye or the biggest puppy ever? |
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Metropolitan Tokyo |
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Snow creates Canadian Gothic |
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Strawberry up close |
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Rwandan cycle team stop to see snow for the first time |
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George Peabody Library in Baltimore |
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China’s Guangxi Province |
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