Blue SpreadIn the rolling hills north of Los Angeles spring wildflowers bring abundant beauty following winter rains. Here, lupine surrounds a patch of sleeping poppies on the shady side of the hill while they await the sun to wake them.

A midnight bolt out of the darkness backdrops the big red monument known as Bell Rock in Sedona

has stripes even on its skin

Dark storm clouds yield to morphing light

United Arab Emirates is of architectural importance to a world community from from whom many of its elements have originated

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The southern end of the longest continental mountain range on earth has its share of magnificent scenery and handsome landforms

Called the Birthplace of California and America's Finest City

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The Fräumunster Church observed from the banks of the Limmat River which flows out of Lake Zurich through Old Town

Nampeyo of Hopi