Dubrovnik – Jewel of the Adriatic
Birds-eye view of the lovely walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Cutback – Santa Cruz, 2015
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Faded Memories – Vulture Mine
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The Vulture Mine was a gold mine and settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The mine began in 1863 and became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. From 1863 to 1942, the mine produced 340,000 ounces of gold and 260,000 ounces of silver.[1] Historically, the mine attracted more than 5,000 people to the area, and is credited with founding the town of Wickenburg, Arizona. Today the mine and ghost town are privately owned, but tours are offered. Two-hour, dirt path, guided walking tours at the historic Vulture Mine offers a glimpse of the olden days through a tour of some of the remaining buildings of Vulture City, a booming mining town.
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Intersection
A glass windchime created an interesting study of geometric shapes.
Art Imitates Life...Successfully!
A small desert cactus wren clings to a Chihuly sculpture as if it's a natural part of the desert landscape, which it has become!
Aspens – North Rim
Life imitates art as an explosion of fall color resembles the pointilism of post-impressionist Georges-Pierre Seurat.
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The Arizona Biltmore
The Arizona Biltmore – Grand Dame of Arizona Hotels, built in 1929. It's where Ron and Nancy Reagan spent their honeymoon, where Irving Berlin dreamed of and wrote "White Christmas," and was designed by Albert Chase McArthur, in consultation with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Fatboy–Beijing Harley Davidson–2006
Closeup of a harley Fatboy taken at Beijing Harley Davidson.
Dale Chihuly Sculpture
A dale Chihuly sculpture in the Phoenix Botancial Garden, in monochrome
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Segovia by Starlight
The spectacular late gothic cathedral of Segovia, which towers over the urban landscape was built in the late 1500's.
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The Guard in The Guard in The Garden
The Tuileries Garden (French: Jardin des Tuileries) is a public garden located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution. In the 19th and 20th century, it was the place where Parisians celebrated, met, promenaded, and relaxed. In July 1559, after the death of her husband, Henry II, Queen Catherine de Medicis decided to move from her residence at the chateau of Tournelles, near the Bastille, to the Louvre Palace, along with her son, the new King, François II. She decided that she would build a new palace there for herself, separate from the Louvre, with a garden modeled after the gardens of her native Florence. - Wikipedia~
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Starlite Motel
The Famous "Diving Lady" neon sign which graces the entrance to the Starlite Motel in Mesa, Arizona. The sign was shattered in a storm in 2010, and had to be completely rebuilt, thanks to the dedicated work of The Mesa Preservation Foundation, and may generous donors.
Arizona Dreams of the Eastern Lands
Light falling across shovels on a wall in an old Ghost Town in Apache Junction, Arizona
The Mission
Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel, California.
Cloud Crowd-Haleakalā
Watching the sun come up at Haleakalā crater on Maui is a very popular event, It's kinda ethereal to look out over a blanket of clouds as if you were flying through the air.
Prickly Pear Painting
This image was originally acquired about eight years ago, on a trip to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Here, it is processed as an oil painting, making multiple trips through Lightroom, Photoshop, third party software and back again, in order to achieve a slightly more abstract effect.
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Rainy Afternoon- Milano
Milanese shoppers take refuge in a local café on a rainy winter afternoon in the shadow of the Duomo di Milano.
Tequila Sunrise
Morning light falls across the beautiful geometry and sharp spines of the Agave plant, cousin to the blue agave, from which tequila is made, and also a relative of the aloe vera plant.
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Summer Storm, Lake Tahoe
A sudden summer thunderstorm swoops down from the north at Tahoma on the Western shore of Lake Tahoe in California.
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Sonoma Sunflower
Sonoma County, smack dab in the middle of the California Wine Country was famously lauded by none other than world renown botanist Luther Burbank as "...the chosen spot on all the earth, as far as natire is concerned."
The Little Church
Alexander Valley Community Church, in Healdsburg, California.
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Anatomy of a Monsoon
The long dry summer of the Southwest is punctuated by magical monsoon storms, that blow up from the gulf of Mexico, dumping significant amounts of moisture on the parched desert, giving its denizens a welcome respite from the unrelenting heat of the Sonoran summer.
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Arizona Monsoon Sunset
Monsoon clouds set the sky on fire at the upper lake at Granada Park, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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