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Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness is interred here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5f3054dc-9639-4282-a29f-e121e9fee8f2/1949-buick-roadmaster-london.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom 1949 Buick Roadmaster - Hyde Park, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/eb494810-6a65-49a5-82e6-e9d7491853ae/arun-river-near-amberley1.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Early morning on the Arun River near Amberley, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c7f65869-8061-49c9-99f3-9c1d0e9ef161/Chiddingstone+-+St.+Mary+the+Virgin.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Country Churchyard - Church of St. Mary the Virgin in the charming village of Chiddingstone, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7475adac-4dc7-481e-9441-268d65d25244/dsc_3320-2-booth-plaque-salisbury.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Memorial Plaque - Salisbury Cathedral: A fascinating feature of every British cathedral is the memorial plaques that line the walls, niches and walkways. They summarize–often in magisterial prose–the lives of people from interesting, and sometimes unexpected, corners of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7ce4f27a-627a-49c7-9567-4d2c980f6b24/dsc5755-country-land-ightham-mote-uk.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom A tranquil Country Lane - Ightham, Kent, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9546a810-e85f-41d4-9d82-60bbdc668956/dsc8740-edit-hampton-court.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom A swan cruises at leisure in a pond at Hampton Court Palace, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b5396ee4-5060-4431-b0f0-daed9ec43bfc/dsc9714-2-edit2.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Studley Royal estate includes one of the best surviving examples of a Georgian water garden. It also incorporates Fountains Abbey, the largest monastic ruins in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/125ad2f3-2234-4276-bf3c-dff0ad9c6b15/Ely+Cathedral.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Ely Cathedral - With the lofty title of The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, this site has been the scene of construction, dissolution, reconstruction and renovation since the 7th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/60de5c2c-0cce-4f0e-b7b3-7ef43963b3a0/fountains-abbey3.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom The nave of the 12th century Benedictine monastery, Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. It was one of the largest monasteries in England until it’s dissolution by Henry VIII in the 1500s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/dc2a0c98-8660-4f50-8a34-a8f01b4096b3/Great+Park-Windsor.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom An impending storm hovers over the Great Park at Windsor Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d0de06ea-8045-437c-9a55-3cb655a32b99/Hampton+Court+stairway.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom A decorative staircase at Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII’s palaces. The paintings are by by Antonio Verrio, and the balustrade is the work of the Huguenot ironsmith, Jean Tijou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e2e6432a-ca12-4d1d-bb4f-e07d5169babc/kell-river-at-fountains-abbey.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom The Kell River as it flows through Fountains Abbey, the ruins of what was one of the great monasteries of Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d85becec-07fa-4007-bb3f-f97d73fda8d6/lake-district-skiddaw.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Skiddaw, in Keswick, Cumbria, is the sixth highest mountain in England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/de874f00-3f39-4838-a0eb-5e9ea65aa39e/lily-pads-kew-gardens.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Giant lily pads – Kew Gardens, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/16a80b4b-34c4-4f81-8ac9-5e639efdd5ec/london-eye.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom The London Eye, an observation wheel on the Thames River, London. 443 feet in height, it is one of the tallest Ferris wheels in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/60656916-fd01-40c9-b9ac-ae023a6e9c71/mervyn-peake-tombstone2.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Yard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, in the charming and friendly village of Burpham, Sussex. Mervyn Peake was the author of the famous “Gormenghast” fantasy novels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/32e5da97-1269-4ff0-a6c7-da2694623191/New+Forest.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Trees and ferns in the New Forest, in southern England, declared a royal forest by William the Conqueror (reigned 1066-1087). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c7427e4e-4537-494a-9bf5-a23424514759/octagon-ely-cathedral.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Victorian-era paintings in the Octagon tower of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/02b49bd5-10d1-4d77-94fc-6c3f8e638b85/reed-arun-river-england.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Reeds on the Arun River in West Sussex, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/328ed315-4c09-43a3-a5f3-da2d40b04c93/regent-park-london-after-snowstorm.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom A winter storm lays a silvery coat over Regent Park, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3f8ea86b-f25f-421a-a669-58200815c5e8/Roman+Bath.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom An ancient Roman bath, in—of all places—Bath, Somerset. The city was established as a spa by the Romans around 60 CE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c68f9972-dfca-4a09-8b2f-2f35486c7190/St.+Luke%27s+Liverpool.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom St. Luke’s church, Liverpool, at sunrise on a cold winter morning. The church was nearly destroyed in The Blitz and now serves as a memorial and a public park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4d2d95bc-ba8e-4b32-bc52-e0c3b1208610/st-leonards-south-stoke-w-sussex.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Tombstones and 11th century buildings made of flint – St. Leonard’s church, South Stoke, West Sussex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4fc22456-ca67-4678-97f9-98962c06e446/Stonehenge.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom The setting sun reflects off the ancient pillars of Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain. The structure is believed to have been built between 3000 BCE and 2000 BCE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2936da70-32cc-445f-af7f-6c31e98b11fa/Titanic+Orchestra.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Titanic band memorial at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. The eight-member band assembled on the deck and continued to play to calm the passengers’ panic as the ship sank in icy north Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 2012. The entire band perished. The inscription: “Courage and compassion joined, make the hero and the man complete.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/fd69de4c-f630-465f-a514-324722ec0f21/Winter+Window-+St.+Luke%27s.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom St. Luke’s Cathedral - Liverpool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ce649db5-7760-4026-8708-4bfdfdfe1035/Derwent+Water.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Derwent Water lake, near the town of Keswick, in the Lake District of Cumbria, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/0d150176-07d9-430a-88e9-2e54af756218/Canterbury+Cathedral.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the leader of the Church of England. Construction began in 1077 with substantial rebuilding and expansion ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b3281aa1-7a70-4b3b-8730-c637bee2a181/Regent+Park+after+a+snowstorm.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Regent Park, London after a snowstorm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/329f7ff0-79b8-4934-bcb2-05594a5a4d56/Choir+-+Winchesterr+Cathedral%2C+UK.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Choir - Winchester Cathedral, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d120b400-d05d-4ff5-82af-23c7e4703f17/Tree-by-Arundel-river.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom A lone tree reflected in the languid waters of the Arun River, West Sussex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/87dca85f-bcc9-4053-bfab-a2e1c18ede5a/Melrose-Abbey-shadowy-window.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Melrose Abbey - The ruins of a Cistercian abbey established in 1136 in the Borders region of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/37bb1614-a1ed-4aee-845c-1489bcd4dc5c/Salsisbury+Cathedral.jpg Photos - In the United Kingdom Salisbury Cathedral, over 760 years old, and repository of one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta. https://www.beheld.net/work/studio-vega-glm2b monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7439f826-fabe-4314-b11d-156acb936fed/danube-budapest.jpg Photos - In Europe The mighty Danube River as it flows through the Hungarian capital of Budapest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/09e4b644-cfc2-40db-8409-714eab50ad0d/boat-and-floats-cavtat-croatia1.jpg Photos - In Europe A boat floats serenely on a small lake in the town of Cavtat, Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7a711698-4cd6-4bfb-8c1a-f9a098bb9f48/canadian-memorial-vimy-ridge-france.jpg Photos - In Europe Canadian Memorial – Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France. The memorial, designed by Walter Allward, commemorates the Canadian Expeditionary Force and its valiant actions in the WW I Battle of Arras, where the Canadians suffered 10,600 casualties during the assault to seize Vimy Ridge in April 1917. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ffd78f96-c5c0-44f9-9bf3-5003bcb5b931/Cavtat+cemetery.jpg Photos - In Europe A charming cemetery on a December afternoon on the Adriatic coast near Cavtat, Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ee5038c3-52ff-4d9c-8ad6-0de5b409980e/church-of-the-holy-trinity-budva.jpg Photos - In Europe A mosaic depicting the Old Orthodox trinity over the entrance of the early-1800s Church of the Holy Trinity in Budva, Montenegro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6ed418ed-1c7d-49e5-b4f9-1b3fabed0ee0/dsc_1879-between-sorrento-and-amalfi.jpg Photos - In Europe A hazy afternoon on the southern Italian coast between Sorrento and Amalfi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a31115b0-b45b-468d-a00e-e60bcc417cac/dubrovnik-rectors-palace.jpg Photos - In Europe The Rector's Palace, in Dubrovnik, Croatia was built in the 1400s as a center for government administration. Successive renovations incorporated Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque features. It is now a museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3cacc242-790b-4167-a8d2-035c7725b3ac/giverney-garden.jpg Photos - In Europe The Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, created this water lily pond at his home in Giverny, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ef10066c-ea83-461b-a20e-4ac74d0d5e24/Hagia+Sophia.jpg Photos - In Europe Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, has served as a cathedral (for Greek Orthodox, then Catholics), later, as a mosque during the Ottoman Empire, and then more recently, as a museum. In 2020 it was declared a mosque once again. Completed nearly 1,500 years ago, it once had the largest interior space of any structure and is still judged to be an outstanding example of Byzantine architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ca031fd8-90fc-48a9-bfca-b33948f645a2/Harpist+at+Sacre+Coeur.jpg Photos - In Europe A harpist at the Sacré Cœur Basilica, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/263879fc-f218-4194-b26a-d6327aff1cae/Library+at+Ephesus.jpg Photos - In Europe The façade of the Library of Celsus in Ephesus (now Selçuk), Turkey. The building was constructed in the early 2nd century CE and was the third largest library in the Roman world, containing about 12,000 scrolls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/128f2ab1-f57b-47f5-9103-33c1d55835c7/mt-igman-memorial.jpg Photos - In Europe On Mt. Igman, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a memorial to American diplomats and a French soldier who died in an accident on the mountain during a courageous mission to try and restore peace during the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war. The diplomats were Robert C. Frasure, Joseph Kruzel and Nelson Drew; the soldier was Stephan Reault. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8c3179ce-f1bf-4bef-8405-1268ea4f2844/mt-san-michele.jpg Photos - In Europe Across a farmer’s field, the island of Mont Saint-Michel, and its ancient abbey is partially shrouded in the coastal mists of Normandy, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9c1d1d81-0188-4140-98f5-f70f7cbb0406/musician-orhid-macedonia.jpg Photos - In Europe A musician in traditional costume - Orhid, Macedonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/05553980-57fa-4534-b404-e5a0b78bc3b4/napoleons-tomb-paris.jpg Photos - In Europe Napoleon's Tomb - Les Invalides, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a1d16a5f-6b9a-44b1-ab43-2ace5e834d5e/old-friends-pocitelj-bosnia.jpg Photos - In Europe Two old friends talk before entering the mosque for mid-day prayers in the town of Pocitelj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/26e6f9da-be3d-4d16-ac82-4012593d70c3/pompeii-street.jpg Photos - In Europe A Pompeii street with Mt. Vesuvius in the background. The volcano, still active, erupted in 79 CE, destroying the city and burying most of it in 20 feet of ash for hundreds of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7b6bcd9f-6ebf-4cfd-b7ad-6b724c8176bb/Seveille+-+Feria.jpg Photos - In Europe Equestrians enjoying the annual fair in Seville, Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5ec77305-6167-48e4-a93b-956b3814cd3e/skateboarder-on-the-bank-of-the-seine.jpg Photos - In Europe A skateboarder navigates through a graphic design on the banks of the Seine, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/eb4b462e-c0bc-499c-b30e-74dc2be13872/stroll-in-sarajevo.jpg Photos - In Europe An afternoon stroll in the mountains above Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/75481c09-9b9f-4dbb-a726-c04deac738cd/temple-of-hera-paestum.jpg Photos - In Europe The Second Temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy was built around 560-550 BCE and is one of the best preserved early Greek temples. The town of Paestum was largely abandoned in the early Middle Ages and rediscovered in the 18th century around the time the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/650ece75-c6e9-437f-a02e-fde524ccf04e/vase-on-balcony-kotor-montenegro.jpg Photos - In Europe In Montenegro, the setting sun highlights the texture of a vase, with the Bay of Kotor and the slopes of Mt. Lovćen in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f0efa291-1efa-4967-8e79-fb7fb5e17c03/venice-backstret.jpg Photos - In Europe Gondolas on a "back street" in Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/eaccde9a-81f0-4a3e-ba4b-e09087473266/vondel-park-amsterdam4.jpg Photos - In Europe Vondelpark in Amsterdam is named after one of Holland’s noted playwrights, Joost van den Vondel, whose works may have influenced John Milton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/da87b1c1-2da4-40ca-973d-7208c4023249/Wedding+on+a+Venice+Bridge.jpg Photos - In Europe A marriage on a bridge over a Venice canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e86f9cbb-c3f8-4994-82f4-f5890e4a32b0/Dubrovnik+at+nightfall.jpg Photos - In Europe The Croatian city of Dubrovnik awaits nightfall on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a88f1860-08d3-4f51-9f16-93cf28c9606a/Royal+Palace%2C+Oslo-+changing+of+the+guard.jpg Photos - In Europe Royal Palace, Oslo – Changing of the guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/feb76680-2bc5-4fe7-bccb-68d9184012fb/Village+between+mountains+and+fjord.jpg Photos - In Europe A peaceful Norwegian village between the mountains and a fjord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e58fabe0-ecc9-430a-baac-25e60d50de95/An+agent+monitors+a+passing+train+from+a+station+on+the+Oslo-Bergen+railway.jpg Photos - In Europe An agent monitors a passing train from a station on the Oslo-Bergen railway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7febbacb-9bfa-4d0c-a650-6cd1b960f6b6/A+village+nestles+in+a+mountain+valley%2C+Norway.jpg Photos - In Europe A village nestles in a mountain valley, Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d4783e5a-315c-4ac3-95da-12aa06b97440/A+colorful+village+on+the+edge+of+a+fijord%2C+Norway.jpg Photos - In Europe A colorful village on the edge of a fjord, Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2a664fe6-8aff-4729-8d70-a54e9256cc0a/Violinists+-+Berlin.jpg Photos - In Europe A violin concert on a Berlin street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/21899e7f-c203-4a71-b325-748d7b48447d/Matera+Cathedral.jpg Photos - In Europe The tower of a 13th century cathedral captures the fading sunlight on the town of Matera in southern Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5962cd05-00f3-4531-bb07-7c9908d81536/Budapest+-+Castle+Museum+Chapel.jpg Photos - In Europe The royal chapel of 15th century Buda castle in Budapest, Hungary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a55e7bbb-a59f-478c-b14b-b98cddf431a6/Nun+at+the+gate-Dubrovnik.jpg Photos - In Europe A nun passing through one of the old city gates, Dubrovnik, Croatia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d743bf84-4b34-4496-9c4d-b1ea06f50e8d/Eiffel+Tower+-+Trocadero.jpg Photos - In Europe The Eiffel Tower seen from the Trocadro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/dbc9193a-e498-4dff-9e66-c92cf2b40c73/12th+Arrondissement+Pollice+Station.jpg Photos - In Europe The 12th arrondissement police station, Paris, seen from the Coulée Verte René-Dumont, the world’s first elevated linear park. The police station was built in 1991, designed by architect Manuel Núñez Yanowsky. The classical figures on the façade were modeled after Michelangelo’s “Dying Slave,” created for Pope Julius II’s tomb. The inclusion of such classical elements in a modern government building is remarkable. It’s hard to imagine that kind of whimsical artistic expression appearing in any contemporary American government structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f7365e78-875c-4488-a0d2-48d9bc647321/Gardens+at+Fountainbleau.jpg Photos - In Europe A small portion of the gardens at the Chateau Fountainbleau, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/204cf141-def5-41fa-99b2-0b142c9f0431/The+Grand+Canal%2C+Venice.jpg Photos - In Europe The Grand Canal in Venice, with the domes of the 13th century Basilica de Santa Maria della Salute in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e477216c-548c-4ec8-a2c8-e8126d8f0b85/Otranto%2C+Italy.jpg Photos - In Europe In the coastal town of Otranto, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e6bd7c09-d626-479d-9f3e-c693b62091c1/Alberobello.jpg Photos - In Europe A quiet afternoon in Alberobello, Italy. The “truli,” whitewashed stone huts with their conical roofs, are distinctive to the Puglia region of southern Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2f43a509-4400-4bb5-bec1-2fe4b6182fd6/Matera+-+Church+and+Convent+of+San+Francesco+D%27Assisi.jpg Photos - In Europe Interior of the Church and Convent of San Francesco D'Assisi in Matera, Italy. The 18th century building features paintings by the 15th century artist, Lazzaro Bastiani. https://www.beheld.net/work/crosby-nursery-nap8c monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7c286515-af9e-40ac-ba76-9642952c3ee1/autumn-in-maine.jpg Photos - Here and There Mount Desert Island, Maine-- Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. (Robert Frost) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/81387234-d223-4058-a9b2-c1a34ac6ca1b/Bahai+Houuse+of+Worship%2C+Wilmette%2C+Illinois.jpg Photos - Here and There The Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois is the oldest surviving Bahá’í temple. It was designed by French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois. Construction started in the 1920s but due to the Great Depression and World War II was not completed until 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ddc29e22-318e-48f6-9af5-debcd1f4247f/Banff+Park.jpg Photos - Here and There The rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies enclose a serene canyon near Banff, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d5c2cd26-46e4-4725-9603-9e86fb515de1/barak-obama-seoul-3-27-12.jpg Photos - Here and There U. S. President Barack Obama in Seoul, Korea in March 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3533c900-91a9-45a6-9d12-ac2451f675ec/burying-ground-hartford.jpg Photos - Here and There The Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut was the colonial town’s cemetery beginning in the 1640s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/69d7fe5e-1567-452d-b6f3-d35cb54edaa0/cheticamp-nova-scotia.jpg Photos - Here and There The coastline near Cheticamp, Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/faa8d094-837b-46dc-8b51-1e576ae52d1c/christ-church-cathedral.jpg Photos - Here and There Doorway at Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick. The cathedral itself is said to be one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/24121709-e776-4362-9c37-2bc7714ed5a2/civil-rights-memorial-philadelphia-mississippi.jpg Photos - Here and There A memorial at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner were in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 as part of a civil rights campaign to register African-American voters. They were kidnapped and murdered by local law enforcement officials and members of the Ku Klux Klan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d012069d-8f56-46d1-96e8-2c4a719ad000/columbia-lake+%281%29.jpg Photos - Here and There Columbia Lake, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c1fbbdc6-fca1-4854-b117-3466b3bf9b98/columbia-lake.jpg Photos - Here and There Morning on Columbia Lake. The morning sun brings a burst of vibrant color to the headwaters of the Columbia River, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8b95af9c-bfa3-4f63-baf9-572246e51425/couple-resting-beside-the-road-guerrero-mexico1.jpg Photos - Here and There A couple resting beside the road in Guerrero, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/32db5269-bf2b-4ffe-8b26-3f95fb3f5874/crater-lake-oregon.jpg Photos - Here and There The collapse of a volcanic cone 7700 years ago formed the basin for Oregon’s Crater Lake. It is the deepest lake (1,946 ft./593 meters) in the Western hemisphere, and the third deepest in the world, holding about 4.6 trillion gallons of water. The depth and purity of Crater Lake’s water absorbs the longer red wavelengths of light, reflecting more of the shorter bluish wavelengths, resulting in the lake’s intense color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/0e344a15-fded-4e0a-93c2-f5d171ed6948/fairview-lawn-halifax.jpg Photos - Here and There Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Ernest Freeman was the Chief Deck Steward on the Titanic, although he reportedly was also an assistant to Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line which owned the Titanic. He is buried in Halifax's Fairview Lawn Cemetery along with 120 other Titanic passengers and crew--some still unidentified. The number "239" on the tombstone indicates that his was the 239th body pulled from the water during the recovery efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8dd42700-805d-4e92-b740-5c677b099dba/fiery-sunset-nebraska.jpg Photos - Here and There A fiery sunset over a Nebraska back road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a4e6b1fb-b910-4b78-9402-ba3bfdc00339/Hubbard+Cottage+-+New+Brusnwick.jpg Photos - Here and There Hubbard Cottage on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. A Victorian breakfast room looks out over the Bay of Fundy. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt owned a neighboring cottage, and it was there, that FDR was stricken with polio in 1921. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7fc09c3a-d2c8-4712-8491-a044e10cb779/Hudson+Valley+-+Olana.jpg Photos - Here and There Olana, the residence of famous 19th century artist, Frederic Edwin Church. The house, which Church wanted to incorporate Persian influences, has spectacular views of the Hudson River and the Catskill mountains in upper New York state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/13f293aa-6771-4497-bc48-8207b4320e9a/insinger-saskatchewan.jpg Photos - Here and There The abandoned Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Descent of the Holy Ghost in the ghost town of Insinger, Manitoba dates from 1942. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/47655011-8790-45d5-95d0-298c48d65dfb/Jefferson+Memorial.jpg Photos - Here and There The Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the edge of the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6f175a36-cef5-4f6c-9861-ae8f7dcd8774/jordan-pond-mount-desert-island-maine.jpg Photos - Here and There Mt. Desert Island, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/aac29ffc-c60e-4d39-bd4e-65307e5b8626/lake-annette-alberta.jpg Photos - Here and There Lake Annette in Alberta was created at the end of the last ice age when the great glaciers retreated from this beautiful alpine valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9609ed88-767a-4db3-878f-9f786f74bdb2/Lighthouse+in+Maine.jpg Photos - Here and There Portland Head lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/86f87335-fe4d-466f-bc0e-8ba719e4c425/linville-gorge-north-carolina.jpg Photos - Here and There A bucolic stream meanders toward Linville Gorge, in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/abe4d4ff-22bd-45eb-8135-692c90d678fc/Low+Tide+Fiji.jpg Photos - Here and There https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/044f7218-45a2-4908-9380-1ff5ab09a251/Maligne+Lake%2C+near+Jasper%2C+with+Mt+Charlton+and+Mt.+UnwinAB.jpg Photos - Here and There https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3c9737e1-a0bc-45f6-8179-02da8acc993a/Oak+Hill.jpg Photos - Here and There Oak Hill cemetery in Lewiston, Illinois was the inspiration for Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters’ famous collection of poems narrating the lives and epitaphs of residents of the fictional town of Spoon River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/831deb50-26e6-48f0-b400-6ae83634478e/Oak+Hill+cemetery%2C+Lewishtown%2C+Ill..jpg Photos - Here and There Oak Hill Cemetery in Lewistown, Illinois. The town was the setting for Edgar Lee Master’s poems in in Spoon River Anthology –a series of epitaphs revealing the hidden realities of small town life. The tender heart, the simple soul, the loud, the proud, the happy one? All, all, are sleeping on the hill. The Hill, in Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c7819595-e3f1-41a1-8615-55cfa1f5f3c3/presidential-podium-seoul.jpg Photos - Here and There Staff members affix the presidential seal to the podium before a speech by President Obama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/bada80b9-1bd8-4ed0-8c27-e92ad93f07da/Prince+Edward+Island.jpg Photos - Here and There Prince Edward Island – A field at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/76c2a17f-d3b3-404e-9066-93159188d558/sabbathday-lake-maine.jpg Photos - Here and There An impressionistic view of Sabbathday Lake, Maine. The village is the site of the only remaining Shaker community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e3cee346-6569-446d-bc67-9128db69d10a/Sackler+Museum+Courtyard.jpg Photos - Here and There Courtyard of the Sackler Museum, Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d54bc324-9a71-4bb4-9dfb-c3e31e400f8b/sleeping-bear-dunes-michigan.jpg Photos - Here and There The morning mist shrouds Lake Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ce40ee71-37ea-4f85-a573-69f9d636ec25/Sloss+Furnace+2.jpg Photos - Here and There Sloss Furnaces was a former blast furnace complex in Birmingham, Alabama, that is now an industrial museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6d3d5796-08b8-4091-8ab7-051cb7e79778/theodore-roosevelt-island.jpg Photos - Here and There A startled deer keeps a wary eye on a hiker on Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River near Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/46b71255-f260-4f13-aca0-a365f443fd27/titanic-memorial-ii.jpg Photos - Here and There Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney designed this 1931 memorial to men aboard the RMS Titanic who gave up their places on lifeboats as the ship sank. The inscription: “To the brave men who perished in the wreck of the Titanic, April 15, 1912. They gave their lives that women and children might be saved. Erected by the women of America” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e08e7766-22ab-4620-b1df-278af4e348e7/hernando-de-soto-bridge-memphis-tennessee.jpg Photos - Here and There The Hernando de Soto bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee. The Spanish explorer De Soto mounted expeditions in Central and South America, and into the interior of what is now the United States. He is credited with being the first European to cross the Mississippi River, sometime in 1541. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4d9f4071-1da5-49d8-81ee-eb86b21b683b/Abandoned+Farm+-+Manitoba.jpg Photos - Here and There Twilight enfolds an abandoned farm in Manitoba, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/14fc22c6-9d37-4b31-8c80-b9485156b7eb/Jordan+Pond%2C+Mt.+Desert+Island.jpg Photos - Here and There A thick morning mist flows from the hills surrounding Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c1f4afa2-a430-43bf-9416-235d280203e0/Medicine+Lake%2C+Jasper.jpg Photos - Here and There Medicine Lake near Jasper, Alberta. The lake is in a mountain valley carved out by glaciers during the last ice age. The rocks in the foreground date back over 500 million years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c704b031-4da6-4969-94eb-2a8a710346ff/South+of+Vaiden%2C+Miss.jpg Photos - Here and There A sunny bayou near Vaiden, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8e3191e3-b863-4faa-882b-388cf5502a6e/Kansas+Farmhouse.jpg Photos - Here and There An abandoned farmhouse sinks into decay on the Kansas plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/1398efa2-411d-44cc-bbd9-b5c0630bd6d5/Ashville%2C+NC.jpg Photos - Here and There Near Asheville, North Carolina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f13818d5-d686-41ae-94e0-48dbb9ea52d4/Maligne+River+-+Alberta%2C+Canada.jpg Photos - Here and There The Maligne River cutting through the spectacular Canadian Rockies near Jasper, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a98e8be1-925e-42cf-9246-f5684eee4cb3/The+West+Quoody+Head+Lighthouse+in+Lubec%2C+Maine+easternmost+point+in+the+US..jpg Photos - Here and There The West Quody Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine is the easternmost point in the United States. https://www.beheld.net/work/clay-ceramics-n6e5s monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/1633294483796-M7GOK6GOYJWPOBGNQPEL/Death%2BValley%2BCottonwood%2BMtns%2Bat%2Bsunrise%2BDSC_4511.jpg Photos - In the American West Sunrise paints Death Valley’s Cottonwood mountains with a vermillion glow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/767aea8e-b96b-4f57-91ce-a1e1535a6605/abo-ruins.jpg Photos - In the American West The ruins of Abo Pueblo, probably built in the 14th century by the Tanoan people in central New Mexico. The pueblo was abandoned sometime in the 1600s, then re-discovered in 1853. Some of the structures were built during the period of Spanish colonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e0ffff37-169e-44a0-968c-ff9c2ec6dd1d/albuquerques-west-mesa-from-the-rio-grande.jpg Photos - In the American West An afternoon storm passes over Albuquerque’s West Mesa volcanos and the Rio Grande: Known locally as the Three Sisters, the cinder cones are the result of lava flows from perhaps as recently at 150,000 years ago. Although the volcanos are dormant, they are not extinct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/914dda74-7097-4674-8ec0-9ed8797e8eb1/alma-nm.jpg Photos - In the American West This rural cemetery is near the ghost town of Alma, New Mexico, where the famous outlaw, Butch Cassidy, lived in the late 1800s, along with members of his gang, The Wild Bunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9fc15e5f-1422-428c-a5a4-f11ab7fc8e6f/Artist%27s+Palette%2C+Death+Valley.jpg Photos - In the American West The strange atmospheric effect of partial rainbows in the bone-dry furnace of Death Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a9cd5c36-ebc3-467e-abf7-757b48178751/Badwater+Basin.jpg Photos - In the American West Death Valley, California - Stars emerge in a twilight sky over Badwater Basin, the lowest point of land in the western hemisphere (277 feet below sea level). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9917a4b2-2c2f-445c-b224-ff8cc9a53d13/Big+bend+little+rio+grande.jpg Photos - In the American West The Rio Grande wends its through the arid landscape of the Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d5d942df-19bb-4604-804c-4cace402399f/bison-medora-nd.jpg Photos - In the American West A grazing bison placidly regards an evening visitor near Medora, North Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9b624d0d-a81e-4c2e-8fd7-a98a90c66444/bridge-over-the-colorado-river-arizona.jpg Photos - In the American West Spectacular cloud formations tower over Marble Canyon, Arizona, where the Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/14f8c392-149a-4dd8-b187-9ae5cd0c37fd/Bright+Angel+Canyon+%282%29.jpg Photos - In the American West A turbid Colorado River on its unhurried path through Bright Angel Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2d3ae15d-2f43-4919-a0a2-e9dbe6b4978f/Bright+Angel+Canyon.jpg Photos - In the American West Late afternoon settles over the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/da3b194a-7d70-4982-ad51-1c438e5692a4/Buffalo+herd.jpg Photos - In the American West A bison herd grazes in northwest Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ca48e6db-7179-4dad-8434-7da8b3d47592/Canyonlands+vista.jpg Photos - In the American West Canyonlands, Utah - The Colorado and Green rivers, working over millions of years with other geological forces produced what Edward Abbey called “the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ad2aeab8-f5e2-4e65-9b45-aecffe0498a9/canyonlands-arizona.jpg Photos - In the American West Canyonlands, Utah - The Colorado and Green rivers, working over millions of years with other geological forces produced what Edward Abbey called “the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/02638dae-a813-4109-8788-0dff4b5ebbb9/canyonlands-vista.jpg Photos - In the American West Canyonlands, Utah - The Colorado and Green rivers, working over millions of years with other geological forces produced what Edward Abbey called “the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/71f84fdf-9cd6-482a-b16b-a2895ad61bff/cathedral-valley-capitol-reef-np.jpg Photos - In the American West Cathedral Valley, Utah: Sedimentation, uplift and erosion create fantastic sandstone shapes in this isolated desert basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/be5394fd-19b5-4416-a805-015c9d1e02ca/cloverdale-new-mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West Cloverdale is a ghost town in the far south of New Mexico. Apache warriors and the U. S. Sixth Cavalry fought in this area, and later, several ranches were established in the early 20th century. The old general store is the last structure still standing at the site of the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7691a578-0f1c-40c2-a3ba-f01274359e4d/Colorado+River+-+Willow+Beach.jpg Photos - In the American West Winding through the immense arid landscape, the Colorado River carves a boundary between Arizona and Nevada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/bedf5be2-5d41-43da-9294-44a88f7c41ec/Cotton+City.jpg Photos - In the American West The plains around Cotton City, New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/57c9e0f3-5691-4ac0-8ac6-b6058b72f9b4/dawson-nm.jpg Photos - In the American West The cemetery in the ghost town of Dawson, New Mexico. One of the worst mining disasters in American history occurred here in October 1913, when 263 miners were killed in an explosion. Another 123 miners perished in a 1923 accident. The grave markers show that the miners came from all over Europe to work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7ce25dd9-64f0-4f41-828c-f40628c6e566/Devil%27s+Garden+archiatecture.jpg Photos - In the American West Eons of weathering and erosion create a natural architecture of fantastic sandstone structures in Devil’s Garden, Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4358c6d1-c920-45fc-b4dc-1ed777e8f64e/devils-garden.jpg Photos - In the American West Midnight in Devil’s Garden, Utah - Fantastic rock forms caused by erosion take on an eerie aspect late at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/08f55832-e09e-4cde-ba85-632de53f17df/death-valley-sunrise.jpg Photos - In the American West The morning sun highlights curves and angles among the sand dunes of Death Valley, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f128c57f-61be-452f-9007-74b7e4ea4469/Delicate+Arch.jpg Photos - In the American West Delicate Arch – Utah: The sandstone arch, 52 feet (16 meters) tall, is a result of millennia of weathering and erosion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a6dec61f-24cb-4c08-9e4c-eaec5b62f777/dripping-springs-nm.jpg Photos - In the American West An abandoned cabin near Dripping Springs, in the Organ mountains of southern New Mexico. The area was a resort in the late 1800s and early 20th century, and included a hotel, a stagecoach station and a tuberculosis sanitarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/234dc00e-d58f-464c-8b31-3d703c0df819/d-h-lawrence-memorial-new-mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West D. H. Lawrence shrine - New Mexico: The novelist and poet, D. H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, briefly lived on the northern New Mexico Kiowa Ranch (now the D. H. Lawrence Ranch) in the 1920s. Years after Lawrence’s death in France, Frieda wanted his ashes brought to the ranch to be placed in this shrine she had built on the ranch grounds. The artist Georgia O’Keeffe spent time at the ranch, and one of her paintings (The Lawrence Tree) depicts Lawrence’s favorite tree there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3202bb15-36bc-46a2-99d2-ee0f1dbd6c95/D+H+Lawrence+shrine+interior.jpg Photos - In the American West Interior - D. H. Lawrence shrine. Lawrence’s wife Frieda constructed this shrine after the writer died in France of TB in 1930 at age 44. The shrine was originally designed to hold Lawrence’s ashes but there is evidence that Lawrence’s ashes actually are not interred there. In the arched niche below the window is a sculpture of the Phoenix, the mythical creature that rises from the ashes of its own destruction. The shrine is on Lobo Mountain, on the Kiowa Ranch in northern New Mexico, north of Taos. See the nearby photo of the shrine’s exterior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/50a3b862-c285-4a82-9bac-3a86e38263b9/white-sands-curves-and-shadows.jpg Photos - In the American West White Sands, New Mexico stretches across 275 square miles (710 square kilometers), the largest expanse of gypsum crystals in the world. The area was created by successive periods of complex pre-historic geological activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/66faf9b0-36b6-43c6-9678-794b3dffa2a7/Windmill.jpg Photos - In the American West An abandoned homestead gradually crumbles into the landscape near Caprock, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/bc37383f-9326-45e1-81c0-631fb2feb058/dunes.jpg Photos - In the American West White Sands, New Mexico stretches across 275 square miles (710 square kilometers), the largest expanse of gypsum crystals in the world. The area was created by successive periods of complex pre-historic geological activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d258a271-21cf-4d91-93df-06dc41f080d9/Elkhorn+Ranch.jpg Photos - In the American West Near Elkhorn Ranch - North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt sought the solitude, hard work and beauty of his Elkhorn ranch in the 1880s following the death of his wife and his mother. His time there gave him a respite before he began the long road to the White House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/1d63517c-050b-4504-92ff-7cdce6f04332/Fins-of-Fire-Big-Bend.jpg Photos - In the American West The Fins of Fire in Big Bend, Texas are composed of magma that was cooled underground, then extruded onto the surface, forming a dike across the landscape. Eons of erosion gave them their fin-like appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4017433c-d8be-43cf-8175-9ff71cf7641f/friends-patio.jpg Photos - In the American West A serene moment on a friend's patio - Mesilla, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/48d68642-2f5b-435d-a788-f1e689661375/Ft.+Union.jpg Photos - In the American West Ft. Union, a 19th century cavalry post in northern New Mexico, along the old Santa Fe Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9105ce73-efb3-48f5-b7fc-d9f00419685a/highway-95-utah.jpg Photos - In the American West Sunset in southern Utah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/61a20473-189c-4ff5-a07a-60dc30363ab1/johnson-family-cemetery-near-pedernales-river-central-texas.jpg Photos - In the American West Johnson Family Cemetery – Texas: U. S. president Lyndon Johnson and generations of his family are buried on the banks of the Pedernales River in “the barren and still isolated hill country of Texas” that did so much to shape LBJ’s early life. The tombstones of LBJ and his wife, Lady Bird are in the center of the first row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/01053e6e-c37e-4bd5-8753-55b05c8e5197/lake-powell.jpg Photos - In the American West Lake Powell, a man-made lake created by the Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River. The lake is a reservoir created by flooding the Glen Canyon following completion of the dam in 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/637a3fb8-ff95-4f1f-8342-824a90e6c8ee/Las+Cruces+festival.jpg Photos - In the American West A hot air balloon sails over the outskirts of Las Cruces, New Mexico during the annual festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/caeb26c4-4102-45a5-ae8f-8ae9294b30ae/last-motel-glen-rio-texas.jpg Photos - In the American West Last Motel - Glen Rio, Texas: Glen Rio is a ghost town that straddles two states, Texas and New Mexico. In its glory days, it was a busy railroad town, with the railroad station on the Texas side, and the post office on the New Mexico side. Later, the classic film, The Grapes of Wrath was partially filmed here. The sign in front of the motel originally read, “Last Motel in Texas.” The reverse of the sign read, "First Motel in New Mexico." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/bf4d2163-2048-483c-9192-4d0fc6083df8/Madonna+of+the+Trail.jpg Photos - In the American West This sculpture, Madonna of the Trail, is one of a series of identical monuments placed in the twelve states through which the National Old Trails Highway passed. The monuments were intended to memorialize the contributions of pioneer women in settling the American West. The speaker at the 1928 dedication of the Albuquerque sculpture was Harry S. Truman (later, U.S. president), who at the time was a county judge in Missouri. All twelve monuments were sculpted by August Leimbach. For decades, Albuquerque’s Madonna of the Trail was ensconced in a pretty, inviting neighborhood park. Unfortunately, the landscaping of the park was destroyed to make way for a large state government building—an architectural monstrosity of which Albert Speer would have been proud. The sculpture is now unfortunately diminished by such surroundings. Monument inscription: “To the pioneer mother of America, through whose courage and sacrifice the desert has blossomed, the camp became a home, the blazed trail a thoroughfare.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/1df2b65a-d5b1-41aa-8374-a971a0a98fe3/Memorial+Bridge+-Hoover+Dam+.jpg Photos - In the American West The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge in Nevada was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, has the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. And at 890 ft. above the Colorado River, is the second highest bridge in the United States. O’Callaghan was a former governor of Nevada. Tillman was a former professional athlete and U. S. Army Ranger who was killed during the US war in Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f6ca7e3a-6e82-4bc1-9f4c-f58a12827cc5/monument-valley.jpg Photos - In the American West These stubborn red sandstone buttes stand tall in Monument Valley, Arizona after the desert has eroded around them over long millennia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f72d132d-ebb8-4e15-a58a-f263aca52c38/monument-valley-buttes.jpg Photos - In the American West These stubborn red sandstone buttes stand tall in Monument Valley, Arizona after the desert has eroded around them over long millennia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4eea9e29-0bee-457a-8978-dca6f670121f/near+cedar+ridge+ariz-hiway89.jpg Photos - In the American West Cedar Ridge, Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/aa899f0f-955a-4b65-926d-c1970e437184/old-and-new-riders-of-the-plains-magdalena-new-mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West Old and new riders of the plains in the town of Magdalena, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2d111232-fdaa-42f3-bac3-dd59a50328b7/On+the+Shore+of+the+Great+Salt+Lake%2C+Utah.jpg Photos - In the American West On the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/48203953-cd84-446b-811d-a5da6a97cd4f/orthodox-church-albuquerque.jpg Photos - In the American West The Kazan Russian Orthodox Monastery and Seminary in the Barelas neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c485cbed-0078-4374-b886-65eba1de71ad/Pony+in+Medora.jpg Photos - In the American West A pony from a wild herd grazes at sunset near Medora, North Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/06be4fe2-d3d1-4620-9042-b5d70e2242c6/pueblo-motel-whites-city-nm.jpg Photos - In the American West A vintage motel - Whites City, New Mexico. Originally, "White's Cavern Camp," it was expanded during the Great Depression to become the Pueblo Motel, serving visitors headed for nearby Carlsbad Caverns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/83051c1f-fb2d-4340-bbe5-b44c25175436/Quarai.jpg Photos - In the American West Quarai ruins in central New Mexico. This building was a Catholic church, in use around 1629-1678. There are a number of sites in the area, dating from around 1250 through the Spanish colonial era, as well as some prehistoric Native American sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d2fcd8fa-a342-4698-b5ba-498b8a11387a/rainbow-mountains-and-river.jpg Photos - In the American West Rainbow, Mountains and River: A shimmering rainbow arcs across the Madison River, as storm clouds loom over the mountains near Ennis, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8d187386-7e9d-460d-ba14-35507104b582/Rio+Grande.jpg Photos - In the American West The Rio Grande as it makes its sluggish way through Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/58c2cef9-d017-40fd-8a5b-e526d580b8ec/rocks-momument-valley.jpg Photos - In the American West Stone sentinels- Monument Valley, Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5c227ada-ecd5-4e1f-ab58-5693d99f8c42/San+Francisco+de+Asis.jpg Photos - In the American West San Francisco de Asís Mission church – Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico: And adobe structure originally built between 1772 and 1816 when the area was part of New Spain. Georgia O’Keeffe judged it to be “one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/eea2da38-bbbb-4f6c-8d3b-f43e9032abbd/sandia-mountains-from-the-west-mesa1.jpg Photos - In the American West The Sandia Mountains seen from Albuquerque’s West Mesa. The city itself is hidden in the Rio Grande river valley between this mesa and the mountains in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3bd4b830-1f0b-4961-b67c-0da2998a7454/Santa+Catalina+mtns+-+Tucson.jpg Photos - In the American West The setting sun bathes the Santa Catalina mountains of Southern Arizona in an iridescent glow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/fe5937cb-0c92-46d2-8fd4-43fd741beeb9/Santa+Fe+window.jpg Photos - In the American West A picturesque window in Santa Fe, New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/fc3779d2-6dd5-4464-bca1-bbf5bddf2aca/santo-tomas-abiquiu.jpg Photos - In the American West Pueblo Revival architecture of the Santo Tomas El Apostol Church, Abiquiu, New Mexico. Although there has been a church on this site since the 1770s, this structure dates from the late 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ae3a58b9-2fd8-4f72-ad0e-3da739a4151b/south-rim-grand-canyon.jpg Photos - In the American West A gnarled Juniper tree—possibly hundreds of years old—clings tenaciously to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/95175d06-e3c3-4a7d-bb43-63825bb9a038/storm-route-66-west-of-albuquerque.jpg Photos - In the American West A sudden thunderstorm on Route 66 west of Albuquerque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/1010ed1e-100b-4509-ba63-44b80466f9e2/Sunset+E+of+Chaco+Canyon.jpg Photos - In the American West Sunset near Chaco Canyon, New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/eadd5abb-f38e-4f9d-bbba-60336c430937/trees-by-rio-grande+%281%29.jpg Photos - In the American West A tangle of trees on the banks of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6ae89d32-50c8-4d6c-9ee7-2ea76cb99b59/very-large-array-plains-of-san-augustin-new-mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West A radio telescope, part of the Very Large Array (VLA) on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, probes the universe as the Earth’s rotation turns the stars into streaks of light overhead. The antenna dish is 82 feet (25 meters) in diameter and weighs 230 tons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3682164a-43bb-4a77-904f-99b666aba246/Water+Towers.jpg Photos - In the American West The iconic industrial design of water towers forms an abstract sculpture against the desert sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5c9c237d-e9ed-4d8e-87af-1870d546852a/Tent+Rocks.jpg Photos - In the American West A scattering of stars in the night sky over a narrow, moonlit canyon -- Tent Rocks, New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b83c0920-0e13-4e5d-a4df-dbf656c63c9c/First+Street.jpg Photos - In the American West One of the few residences remaining in a small neighborhood in the North Valley of Albuquerque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5b5a0c79-36e1-4223-8f8c-b735bdd29048/Southern+Colorado.jpg Photos - In the American West A spectacular desert landscape in southern Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ceabed45-f410-43b0-ba38-e06a00830f2d/Frazier+school.jpg Photos - In the American West An abandoned schoolhouse in the southeast New Mexico ghost town of Frazier. The structure was built by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, using stones from the local area as building material. The town of Frazier withered away in the years following WW II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e282079d-246e-4f82-b8b3-4173565c401f/Horseshoe+Canyon+buttresses.jpg Photos - In the American West A pair of stone formations highlighted in the blazing sunlight of Horseshoe Canyon, Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9a3bab0f-50b7-4ee8-a89f-9dd4dcebec1b/Cave+Entrance+-+Page%2C+Arizona.jpg Photos - In the American West Slot Canyon Entrance – Page, Arizona. The curvaceous walls of this small canyon are formed by erosion, weathering and periodic flash floods that blast through layers of limestone and sandstone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/451f6df8-3687-49fd-8233-67ccfba5b665/Clouds+hanging+low+over+a+Utah+highway.jpg Photos - In the American West Clouds hang low over a Utah highway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e14b5bd4-90cc-46e0-ab68-07c36b19be50/Gulls+circling+at+Cape+Blanco%2C+Orgon.jpg Photos - In the American West Gulls circling Cape Blanco, Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b1385140-e4b4-45e9-8395-2f147f06ab10/Near-Green-River%2C-Utah-Arroyo-after-a-Storm.jpg Photos - In the American West Arroyo after a flash flood, near Green River, Utah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/005670d0-63f4-462b-9c17-1b415a9a6fcb/Shiprock%2C+New+Mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West Northern New Mexico after a Rainstorm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e90ce3d3-0df1-4391-85ff-8622955996bc/Cottonwood+grove-sandstone+-+Horseshoe+canyon.jpg Photos - In the American West A cottonwood grove shelters from the mid-day sun at the base of a sandstone cliff- Horseshoe Canyon, Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/79737064-1e06-4585-a920-136778dbe68f/Giant+Redwood+trees%2C+California.jpg Photos - In the American West A grove of giant Sequoia redwood trees, California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7fc9fd00-387e-4809-8598-d5fb6821784b/Big+Bend%2C+TX.jpg Photos - In the American West Bright sunlight and fleeting shadows near Big Bend, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9a77ecc9-7fa3-4f85-858c-c7957f5bfe24/_Kootenai-nat-Forest%2C-Montana-Aug-2023.jpg Photos - In the American West A deer on alert at the edge of a forest near Libby, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9442ba73-97bf-4e8b-9509-e86d026f5125/A+deer+near+VLA.jpg Photos - In the American West As a rainstorm approaches in the background, a deer pauses in front of the Very Large Array radio telescope facility on the Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b365e63f-f193-4a6e-bd40-f8d15994a3ef/Antelope+Wells%2C+NM.jpg Photos - In the American West A grove of trees shelters an abandoned windmill, near Antelope Wells, New Mexico. Antelope Wells is the southernmost settlement in New Mexico, a few hundred meters from the U.S. – Mexico border. It is also the southern terminus of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route which stretches north 3,084 miles (4,963 km) to Jasper, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/34bf6223-852c-4a18-bed3-10d60db5353f/Zabriskie+Point%2C+Death+Valley.jpg Photos - In the American West Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, was named after an early 20th century mining company executive., and has been the setting for movies, novels and musical compositions. These dramatic landforms were created by eroded sediments from a lake that disappeared five million years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/56a90a64-e4d6-4245-96c1-c900831c639f/Old+Horse+Springs%2C+New+Mexico.jpg Photos - In the American West An abandoned homestead in Old Horse Springs, in the high grasslands of western New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/48c2520b-17ec-4a27-b2c4-77a58a2f9e80/Rock+Formation+-+Oregon+Coast.jpg Photos - In the American West Rock Formations on the Oregon Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6736d743-902c-4e3c-b6c1-8bc42ff03453/Mule+Shoe%2C+NM.jpg Photos - In the American West A crumbling farm house in Mule Creek, a ghost town in southern New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/040745df-5afb-4017-b9ac-fd6cd8ef7e41/San+Mateo+Mtns-NM.jpg Photos - In the American West The San Mateo mountains in south central New Mexico were once the domain of Apache warriors such as Geronimo, Cochise and Victorio, as well as outlaws like Butch Cassidy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/6f608edd-32db-45b5-8fb8-326a01216037/Chama+River.jpg Photos - In the American West The Chama River at Abiquiu, New Mexico, near the ranch where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and worked. The river is a 130-mile long tributary to the Rio Grande. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/777c66ba-b41d-4d6b-96ab-b64767b06381/A+drilling+rig+near+Odessa%2C+Texas+looms+in+the+evening+like+a+prehistoric+monster.jpg Photos - In the American West A drilling rig near Odessa, Texas looms like some prehistoric monster in the twilight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/670da8f7-5bd1-42ca-a4f6-ed63daee3d09/Sanctuario+de+Chimayo+2.jpg Photos - In the American West Santuario de Chimayo in northern New Mexico. Thousands of people make pilgrimages—some, going miles on their knees—to this 19th century church each year seeking ‘miracle cures.’ https://www.beheld.net/work/sackett-woodworking-895rt monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/8022a08d-4ca7-4aeb-8ef6-26871f827084/Bedouin+man+-+Wadi+Musa.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A Bedouin man – Wadi Musa, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/302997a4-a4cb-4e33-9ca9-b6586e1441a4/bedouin-tent.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A sand-blown haze drifts between the mountains and a Bedouin tent in the Jordanian desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f0a13093-cb16-4267-813c-c5d40e63e554/Dome+of+the+Rockj.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine built in Jerusalem in the 7th century CE on the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif, which was also the site of the Jewish Second Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/3607aa28-1639-4ef6-873a-717ebcabbc35/kids-at-wadi-rum.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa Children playing at Wadi Rum, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/39c32324-7666-4b0a-87b5-036fad3b73db/Aqueduct+of+Caesarea+Maritima.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa Aqueduct of Caesarea Maritima, established by Herod the Great as the capital of the Roman province of Judea. Running from a spring 10 miles (16 km) away, this aqueduct delivered water for 1200 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/50acdfff-40e6-4416-9606-94194b925b89/Petra+doorway.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A visitor contemplates the entrance to a structure carved out of the red sandstone at Petra, Jordan. The city was probably founded sometime in the 4th century BCE and was largely abandoned by the mid-8th century CE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d0f0f852-d7e4-4620-8e04-5844f9c110f0/petra-jordan.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A narrow sandstone gorge—the Siq—frames the entrance to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/0fb7fbc9-c86d-4513-98d3-55b02304637a/Shrine+of+the+Book.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa The Shrine of the Book in Tel Aviv houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish manuscripts found in caves near the Dead Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/29e88e78-738f-4c42-928a-80f5d805724a/snake-charmer-morocco2.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A snake charmer in Jemaa el-Fnaa square -Marrakesh, Morocco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/0516aefe-41b8-4baf-a01a-78a803464df2/woman+near+wadi+musa.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A woman resting in the shade, Wadi Musa, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f92ebc80-2c60-4e12-8ff3-4744a602610f/woodgatherer.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A woman gathering wood in Wadi Rum, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/de80329d-bb13-4677-b27b-eed15c5c7125/A+bread+merchant+in+Jerusalem%27s+Old+City.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A bread merchant conducts business in Jerusalem’s Old City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5f783b5b-6821-41cb-b220-2fb36ce4f950/Midday+meal%2C+Petra.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A woman and a child prepare a mid-day meal in Petra, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/60204269-8670-46d6-8ecd-b55a5c69a5a3/Donkey+at+Bedouin+encampment.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A donkey patiently waits at a Bedouin encampment in the Jordanian hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7bb2d40a-106e-4371-a683-36bc1b884544/Petra+Portrait.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A Bedouin man in a leather-jacket near Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e654d0e1-952c-4f03-b66d-8258700d6747/on-the-road-to-marrakesh-morocco.jpg Photos - In the Middle East and North Africa A man confidently strides along the road to Marrakech, Morocco. https://www.beheld.net/work/5past-watches-gc9n3 monthly 0.5 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d3ee61b7-7f21-469c-824a-8c67f3e914c4/Angkor+Wat.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The enormous Angkor complex consists of hundreds of structures and sculptures built by the Khmer empire in the 12th century CE.. Originally dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu, this City of Temples gradually became a Buddhist center of worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/fc78ba88-8237-41df-be10-7e767806ce1c/bangkok-grand-palace-complex.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific The Grand Palace complex, Bangkok, Thailand. Construction of the palace began in 1782 and continued through the reigns of many kings of Siam and later, Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/01ebf22f-3ea8-4db1-a267-a0e6a4deef28/Buddha+figure+-+Angkor+complex.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A representation of the Buddha – Angkor, Cambodia. The figure of the Buddha, who began life as a prince, is draped with a gold-colored scarf in the manner of a monastic robe. Visitors’ offerings of Incense sticks rest on the pedestals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4b888fc5-5115-4684-8ff1-2bfccd04af02/Cao-Dai-elder-inside-temple-at-Tay-Ninh.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific An elder of the Cao Dai sect at the main temple in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/48895362-8abc-4a9d-bad1-582f3feaa954/cao-dai-temple.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Worshipers at the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam - 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/453c3a48-0ac9-4450-aa45-9fb71340f82f/cao-dai-temple-exterior-tay-ninh-vietnam.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/02803296-91d3-4963-8445-fc06026cedf6/Card-Game---Ho-Chi-Minh-City1991.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Kids in a street card game – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b745c183-dbbc-4e68-ac79-0d735e0b4510/dsc0310-2-reclining-buddha.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific The Reclining Buddha, Wat Po, Bangkok, Thailand. The statue, 49 feet tall, and nearly 151 feet long, is made of brick, and plaster gilded with gold leaf. It represents the moment of the Buddha’s entrance into Nirvana at the end of many cycles of reincarnation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/af6fe712-fa0a-4a38-8eb9-164ea917c94f/Fabric-seller-at-Siem-Reap.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A woman pauses from her work of selling colorful fabrics in the market of Siem Reap, Cambodia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/32f95bfe-6ce6-4025-8aa5-709c787acea7/A+group+enjoying+an+afternoon+on+the+Mekong+river.+.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A group enjoys an afternoon on the Mekong river near Dai Phuóc, Vietnam, 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/cd5d1f26-797d-45f4-8ce9-efbd9eec40e2/food-seller-on-nha-trang-beach-vietnam-1993.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A woman prepares food on the beach at Vung Tau, Vietnam – 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4d91c717-c8ba-4323-9921-05245b808b8f/game-of-go.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Korean men enjoying the ancient strategy game of Go in a Seoul park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/a690267a-e07f-4081-9f4e-9cee884d67c0/gyeongbokgung-palace.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Hyangwonjeong Pavilion in the park at Gyeongbokgung Palace – Seoul, South Korea. The name of the pavilion can be loosely rendered in English as “Pavilion of Far-Reaching Fragrance.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/9e32f8ad-222b-4779-9cd7-7259fae47eef/hcmc-police.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A smiling policeman stands in front of the old National Palace in Ho Chi Minh City - 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b27555a7-d2ec-46ac-b7ec-7564fa077a2b/img_0211-2-takeoff+Geo+Washington.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific An F-18 Super Hornet takes off from the deck of the U.S.S. George Washington in the Gulf of Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/0ce39162-609f-4f3a-a92a-b18726ba4c8f/kids-on-hanoi-police-motorcycle-c.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Hanoi kids playing on a police motorcycle, 1993. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/c3e9513c-4ff1-44eb-b61f-002af181dbba/Maldives+Manta+rays.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Seen from 50 feet underwater, a group of sting rays glide overhead in formation through the Indian Ocean near Male Atoll, Maldives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/d9bf632c-2096-4640-913b-5c7b2ca115e4/maldives.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Calm Ocean, Stormy Skies: A row of bungalows stretches out from a beach in the Maldives, as a storm gathers over the Indian Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5fbfce01-d7bb-4a09-98a0-d1aaf6e2e344/market-bound-bali-indonesia.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Women head toward the market – Bali, Indonesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/be41c542-c67e-4bd7-8363-e7bbab376a17/mid-day-break-chiang-rai-thailand.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Agricultural workers pause for a mid-day break near Chiang Rai, Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/2208c685-a5ff-4bc2-bd0c-20121878be69/Milford+Sound+with+Mitre+peak.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific New Zealand’s Milford Sound, one of the rainiest inhabited places in the world. In the background, is Mitre Peak, the world’s largest mountain to emerge directly from the seafloor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/723f3b60-b9e1-4bcc-93b5-29c09755c5f1/Near+Tonlee+Sap.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Babysitting in Siem Reap, Cambodia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/4124d264-c26c-4052-b8b4-9777e4155663/Phanmun+Pavilion+at+DMZ.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific South Korean soldiers maintain watch in the Joint Security Area of Panmunjom, a few yards from the line demarcating the border with North Korea. A North Korean border guard stands at the top of the stairs of the Phanmun Pavilion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/de5b29aa-93bb-4bfb-9fbc-5fa6d293adef/phuket-sunset-1.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A Thai fisherman ends his day as a coral-tinged dusk settles over the Andaman Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/f89bca0c-f45b-4e1e-83c0-9465cdcbec29/Sailor+on+guard+HCMC+port.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A sailor at Saigon Port, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/b7e0b55a-9edc-42b9-acef-e2916c24da4e/Siem+Reap.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A visitor at Angkor Wat, Cambodia admires colorful fabric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/196ca4d6-3e0b-4828-b721-e9844ffc057b/Sunset-over-the-Mekong-at-Vientiane.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Sunrise on the Mekong River as it flows serenely past Vientiane, Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7b34cee8-9bff-424e-8346-da6dbfda91d4/Two+Faces-+Angkor.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Stone faces at the Bayon Temple in the enormous 12th century temple complex of Angkor, in Cambodia. Constructed by the Khmer empire, Bayon is one of the temples at Angkor dedicated to the Buddha, rather than to a Hindu deity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e8a970d4-f6c7-4d7d-a47c-0115febc3351/villagers-vietnam-1992.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A family in a village along the Mekong River, south of Ho Chi Minh City – 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/cf27d58e-4b90-4e41-b89d-80ddba03d68b/young-monk-at-ankor.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A young monk – Angkor, Cambodia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/95c5bcf0-a3eb-4192-b01f-054fa302fa5d/Saigon+Harbor.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A boat passenger enjoys the sunset on the Saigon River - 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/cf606105-607c-41f1-91d0-f0d37ed37a0b/Low+Tide+Fiji.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Low tide captures a colorful boat in the mud flats of Suva, Fiji. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5588def0-e4ca-4add-a559-989d305a4677/Dan+tranh+at+Tay+Ninh.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A musician plays the đàn tran, similar to the zither, during a service In the Cao Dai temple at Tay Ninh, Vietnam – 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/7506ed11-cc62-40e4-92a6-ef20b521e9a2/Fruit+merchant+-+Hanoi.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A fruit merchant on the streets of Hanoi, 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ff9c5d23-f583-40d6-9dfe-afb75ad63773/The+day+ends+in+Papette%2C+Tahiti..jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific The Day Ends in Papette, Tahiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/06bcf7d3-ac5a-4f34-a286-2267fe05608a/Sewing+Lesson+-+Chiang+Rai.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A distraction pulls a small girl’s attention from a sewing lesson – Chiang Rai, Thailand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/e8d5f8d4-3caa-4f30-9031-4c76de02929f/Angkor+Guardians.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific Stone sculptures stand guard at the enormous 12th century temple complex of Angkor, in Cambodia. Constructed by the Khmer empire, and originally dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu, the City of Temples was transformed over time into a Buddhist center of worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/5b3bccb7-8d9e-4b64-9710-38f5b89729a4/Andaman+Sea+at+Nightfall.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A small boat returns home as night falls on the Andaman Sea off the coast of Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615a0d0e98f69f13289a170e/ccdea4e0-960e-4784-b380-336a95b664cd/Woman+Descending+Steps+at+Angkor.jpg Photos - In Asia and the Pacific A woman descends the steps of an Ankor Wat temple under the inanimate gaze of a statue of the Buddha.