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I was taking photos of a couple of trees and when I walked back to my car I was followed by this herd of nosey cows. I had already packed all my equipment in the car but I had to take a photo of this. They lined up perfectly for me as if they were posing. I was really lucky with the weather as well. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Worth waking up early for this amazing scene. It is an HDR (high dynamic range) image capture during the early blue hour at the Temple of Borobudur. This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa. The walls and balustrades are decorated with fine low reliefs. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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A shot taken from the path while entering the incredible bamboo forest outside of Kyoto, Japan. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Glacial meltwater flows into Tasermiut fjord in south Greenland on a late September afternoon. The region's 4,000-foot-high (1,200-meter-high) granite cliffs draw world-class rock climbers.
Photo: Silhouette of a person against a starry sky
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Driving home over the Waterville Plateau, a waxing sliver of a moon that fell early below the horizon made for a perfect moment of stargazing. What was even more eerie though, was that the wind had completely stopped also. Even from about 30 feet up a small embankment I could hear my shutter trip for a 25-second exposure. The lights on the horizon, shining from over 70 miles away, were the city lights of Ephrata and Moses Lake, Washington. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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Fall leaves drift on the surface of a stream, in which are reflected the branches of trees which have already shed their leaves. The picture was taken on a farm in the southern Free State, South Africa. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Driving back from Moab, Utah, an impending tornado made us exit the highway and wait at the gas station. These two sat out on the curb watching the tornado come closer and closer until they couldn't remain exposed for any longer. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Under the cover of darkness, industry continues to expel smoke and steam into the wind currents along the Mississippi River. This image was captured in Muscatine, Iowa, as part of a 110-day expedition down the entire length of the river. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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Hengill mountain is close to Reykjavik and is famous for its geothermal areas and vivid colours. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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French soldiers chase down papers picked up by a small dust tornado that went right through their camp during a ten-day French Tactical Desert Survival Training Course on May 8, 2008, in Djibouti, Africa. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Autumn colors are a beautiful subject to shoot. This place has a special aura all year long, but at autumn it reveals its best.
I used a tripod standing in cold water. There were a few moments when I could have slipped in the water from slick rocks, but glad it didn't happen. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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Needing fuel for his efforts, the silverback soaks in a swamp for hours, methodically stripping and rinsing dirt from herb roots before munching.
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Rolling off Kronotsky Volcano, an autumn storm billows toward the tundra. This vast tweed of feathery grasses, red bearberries, and green crowberries attracts grazing reindeer, berry-picking bears, and curlews that swoop in by the thousands to strip the bushes of their fruit.
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One of several images I took on April 19th, 2009, in Christian County, Kentucky. The day was filled with rotations and wonderful lightning storms. The series of storms rolled on for about three days. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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Sunset flares over Thunder Lake, one of 14 small lakes on the Red Lake Reservation managed by the tribal fisheries department. It feeds Red Lake, sacred to the Chippewa and once again thick with walleyes—fish with a glassy stare revered for their sweet, snowy flesh. By 1996 decades of overfishing had decimated the Red Lake fishery. Tribal, state, and federal agencies, along with the University of Minnesota, cooperated to set up a management plan. Fishing was suspended. Walleye fry were stocked. In less than ten years the fish population exploded from 200,000 to eight million, and tribal members were allowed to resume commercial fishing.
