Sense of Place—Week 10 Gallery
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- Shark!
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- I was swimming with my camera in a water housing with the intent of shooting photos of surfers when a 6-foot bull shark decided it had a better idea. It blew up on foot-long bait fish about 10 feet away and then turned and charged me on the surface. You can see a mullet fleeing in mid air on the right side of the photo. I punched the shark with my free hand, it freaked out and tail whipped me in the throat before swimming away. I then got to swim 75 yards to shore as quickly and calmly as possible.
Photo and caption by Kris Kerr
Location: South side of Ponce Inlet- New Smyrna Beach, FL
Category: Sense of Place
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- Evening in Santorini
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- Peaceful scene at the end of the day at Oia, on the island of Santorini, Greece
Photo and caption by Anna Politalska
Location: Santorini, Greece
Category: Sense of Place
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- Magic beneath the ground
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- Magic beneath the ground
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- Yerebatan Sarai is the most unusual place I have ever seen. Most of the time it is empty, but I happened to be there when it was decorated and magical music was playing. Built in the 6th century, it’s the largest of several hundred cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Cisterns were typically used for water storage, and Yerebatan Sarayi once provided water for the Great Palace of Constantinople.
Photo and caption by Magdalena Biskup
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Category: Sense of Place
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- Cobalt Gem
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- Cobalt blue paints the magical city of Chefchaouen. Settled between the peaks of the Rif Mountains, this dreamscape can only be discovered by a journey through winding roads and endless almond tree fields. The streets of blue glow at sunset to the echoes of 'Call to Prayer', this village is truly a mystical gem lost in time.
Photo and caption by Shay Spaniola
Location: Chefchaouen, Morocco
Category: Sense of Place
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- The Beach Before the Rush
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- The Beach Before the Rush
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- Early morning, before the rush of bathers. A lone woman was sitting at the life guard's shack, feet hanging.
Photo and caption by Doron Talmi
Location: Ha'On beach, Sea of Galilee, Israel.
Category: Sense of Place
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- Buriganga pattern
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- Buriganga pattern
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- Boats on the Buriganga river, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 2010.
Photo and caption by Roland von Kaenel
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Category: Sense of Place
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- 23 de Enero
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- 23 de Enero
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- “23 de enero” is the name of one of Caracas biggest slum, spreading fast on the hills surrounding the city. Living conditions inside the shacks (called “ranchos” in Venezuela) are disastrous, they are among the most violent places in the world, and education or healthcare are not to be mentioned. On top of that, they are usually built in very steep areas improper for construction (some people shall climb the equivalent of 60 floors to reach their home), and are regulary devastated by landslipping during heavy rains. Between 1 and 3 millions people would be living in such places in Caracas.
Photo and caption by Vincent Riedweg
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Category: Sense of Place
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- Guardian Angel
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- Guardian Angel
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- We set off before dawn for our sunrise trek to the mountain top Brahman Savitri Temple in Pushkar, India. This dog befriended us along the way and became our guardian at the top when 3 other dogs felt we were encroaching on their territory and blocked our path. We got to the top and saw the sunrise because of this guy!
Photo and caption by Will Jennings
Location: Savitri Temple, Pushkar, India
Category: Sense of Place
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- Horses in Snowdonia, Wales
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- The photograph has been taken near Pitt's Head in Snowdonia National Park. The sun was setting down and the backlightning created this dramatic picture.
Photo and caption by Marian Ubrankovic
Location: near Pitt's Head, Snowdonia National Park, Wales
Category: Sense of Place
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- early morning , heavy overcast ..fresh powder !
Photo and caption by craig cameron olsen Inc.
Location: mammoth ski resort
Category: Sense of Place
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- Fan Coral in the Sky
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- Image captured in parcel calm waters close to the shore break looking upwards. Tucked under the reef looking upward waiting until sky is in perfect form, fish out of view, and my air bubbles dissipate to capture this image with a since of Fan Coral in the sky. This was a long underwater 20 minute shoot, consisting of blowing groups of bubbles to herd fish to tuck tight into the fan coral, then holding my breath until most all air bubbles had dissipate, then snaping away for 15 seconds intervals up until the fish returned in view swarming the edges of the fan coral.
Photo and caption by Shawn Mrzena
Location: Indonesia, Komodo Islands
Category: Sense of Place
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- "Star-board"
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- The next vast ocean to navigate will be the sky itself. After being frisked by park police and proving that I was indeed photographing and nothing else I snapped this 30 second exposure of the Hatteras Lighthouse as the Milky Way came into view at about 3:50 AM. (The picture was taken with a Canon EOS 7D digital camera, EF-S10-22mm lens at 12mm, exposure at 30 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2000, minor color correction and noise reduction applied)
Photo and caption by Ryan Chylinski
Location: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, NC
Category: Sense of Place
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- Ancient Armenian Monastery
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- Ancient Armenian Monastery
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- Partially carved out of the cliffs of a mountainside, Geghard was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator. Inside the cave is the site of a sacred spring which yields some of the purest water in Armenia. The outer section of the monastery was constructed near to the 11th century. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Kotayk province of Armenia
Photo and caption by Alexander Erkiletian
Location: The Kotayk province of Armenia
Category: Sense of Place
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- flying out of LAX
Photo and caption by craig cameron olsen Inc.
Location: los angeles airport
Category: Sense of Place
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- Flea Market Concerto
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- These were antique violins for sale at the Naschmarkt, in Vienna, Austria.
Photo and caption by alexander roatocki
Location: Vienna, Austria
Category: Sense of Place
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- Pygmy Seahorse at Wakatobi
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- I found this pygmy seahorse camouflaged on coral while diving at Wakatobi Dive Resort in Southeast Sulawesi Indonesia.
Photo and caption by Robin Coggins
Location: Southeast Sulawesi Indonesia
Category: Sense of Place
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- The little red house
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- The little red house
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- 'The little red house' was captured on the Lofoten Islands at the beginning of the darkness period. In summer the sun shines above the little house for 24 hours, in winter it is surrounded by natures most beautiful twilight before standing in complete darkness for most of the day and night. And yet the house shines bright and gives out the feeling of warmth and home, no matter what time of the day or year it is.
Photo and caption by yenny huber
Location: Lofoten Islands, Norway
Category: Sense of Place
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- MAXXI MO
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- This photo captures a moment of tension in the ultra modern MAXXI Museum designed by Zaha Hadid and recently built in the eternal city of Rome. The juxtaposition of the minimalist architecture and the provocative red element with the unsuspecting person below creates a tension as eternal as the history of Rome.This is an composition of space tie and architecture.
Photo and caption by christopher Tweel
Location: MAXXI MUSEUM ROME ITALY
Category: Sense of Place
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- PANORAMA
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- Street vendor selling panoramas of the Annapurna Range on an overcast day at Sarangkot Viewpoint, Pokhara, Nepal.
Photo and caption by Rebecca Rust
Location: Sarangkot, Nepal
Category: Sense of Place
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- Far away Island
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- Far away Island
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- My girlfriend and I kayaked 7 miles alongside the Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior in Michigan to reach this desolate island made entirely of Sandstone.
Photo and caption by Andi Hahn
Location: lake Superior, Michigan
Category: Sense of Place
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- Edge of darkness
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- Edge of darkness
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- My friend and our guide at the edge of an abandoned pier, in an abandoned Russian mining village in Svalbard. The arrival of the migrating geese signals the end of a long dark winter and the beginning of summer on this Arctic archipelago.
Photo and caption by Chen Fei
Location: Colesdalen, Svalbard, Norway
Category: Sense of Place
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