Commons:Photo challenge/2021 - August - Contre-jour
2021 – August – contre-jour[edit]
The new challenge features contre-jour or photographing into the light.
Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.
The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout August UTC.
Checklist for this theme:
- Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
- Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. August 2021 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
- Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
- Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.
Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:
Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron
For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.
- Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.
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Examples[edit]
Entries[edit]
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Happiness of the child in the paddy planting ground
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Small boat highlighted in sundown on Baltic Sea
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Echinopsis Oxygona
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Sailing boat in Baie d'Audierne, Brittany/France.
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Sea arch, Second Beach, Olympic National Park
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Lower Manhattan skyline in morning fog
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Sunset over Pacific
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Into the sun - on the ferry nearby the Danish island Bornholm
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The beaches of the island Rømø in Denmark
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Elounda am Morgen elounda at sunrise
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Typhoon mast in Macau
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Rose window at Strasbourg Cathedral
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December sun over Glonn valley seen from Jakobsbaiern
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Mirabellobucht am Morgen mirabellobay at sunrise
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A couple on a jetty at Röhälla beach, Govik
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Sun on the ice of Åbyfjorden at Röe Sandvik
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Sun on the ice of Åbyfjorden at Röe Sandvik
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Birch with frost and ice in Lyckan, Hunnebostrand
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Choir of St. Martin, Landshut, Lower Bavaria
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U Timonu parallel lines
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Winter sunrise in Kaaks
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Agavenblütenstand im Sonnenuntergang
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A sculpture in Kaaks
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Almost sunset at Saimaa
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SunBlocker
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Children and bikes.
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Holding the sun.
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People swimming in the golden sea, a boat on the horizon.
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Heart of stone in sunlight.
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Aspen Tree in Sunlight
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Pink Dahlia Closeup
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Rock Shadow
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Spruce Trees and Sunset
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St. George's Anglican Church
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two duck families on a pond near Ebersberg
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suggestivo tramonto al porto di ancona
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Sommer auf der Karlsbrücke in Prag
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Taube auf dem Dach beim Sonnenuntergang_ dove on the roof
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Contre-jour photograph
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Contre-jour photograph
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Port Boulevard, Ustka
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Birders at sunrise, Cape May, New Jersey
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Luci di Macerone
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Oh, Moon!
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People and tree
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Ceiling light
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Common borage in backlight
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Northern gannet
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Leafs of an apple tree
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The North Sea island of Nordmarsch-Langeneß in the backlight
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Old graveyard in the backlight at Stirling Castle, Scotland
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Surfer on Lake Garda near Turbel (Torbole) in Italy
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Moth trapping at Bosigran Smelting Works, Cornwall
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Church of St Hilary, St Hilary, Cornwall
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Wind turbine at St Clare Cricket Ground, Penzance
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Grand Canyon during sunset
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Yellow-crowned night heron about to swallow a crab
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a ship in the sunset on Lake Geneva
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Chillon Castle is an island castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud
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Sonnenaufgang - Sunrise Rialto beach near La Push
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Church of the Theotokos of Smolensk, Novo-Gorbovo, Ruzsky Urban District
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Seagull resting on sign
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Midnight sun at North Cape
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Lanterna Lighthouse in Genova (IT) at sunset
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container cranes and Lanterna lighthouse in Genova harbour (IT)
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Ostsee bei Finnland
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Sonnenaufgang in Trondheim
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Leuchtturm in Rubjerg Knude
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Bahnhof in Myrdal
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The tail of a Boeing 747 with the sun shining from behind it
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Common cruiser butterfly in the morning sun
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Morning sun on the Baltic Sea
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Утро на реке Волхов в Волхове, Россия 2H1A2147WI
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Baveno at dawn, view on the lake and the islands
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Bäume im Gegenlicht der untergehenden Sonne
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Wald mit Moosboden in Edelbach
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Die Nachtkerze (Oenothera) im Gegenlicht
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Natürlicher Schwimmteich in Niederösterreich
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Monument The Emigrants by Frank Varga in Bremerhaven (Germany)
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Island Düne off Heligoland in the morning sun
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Kerch. Port
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Evening on the lake,Belarus
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Winter unter dem Gurten
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Gewellte Wolken über dem Birehübel
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Autumn
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The sun setting behind palm trees at the beach in Santa Monica, CA
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Light Reflections off water under Santa Monica Pier.
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Sonnenstrahlen bilden ein Sonnenherz im Baum
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Kühe bei Sonnenuntergang auf der Weide
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Feuer zur Sommersonnwende - hier begleitet vom Vollmond
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Das welke Schilf weht leicht im Wind bei Sonnenuntergang
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The sun through the curtain,Belarus
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Sonnenaufgang in Hausdülmen
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Sonnenaufgang in Hausdülmen
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Sonnenaufgang mit Wildpferden im Merfelder Bruch
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Sonnenuntergang am Roten Meer IMG 6149WI
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Frostiger Abend an der Newa in St. Petersburg 2H1A2327OB
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Sonnenuntergang im Glaskugel. Rotes Meer, Ägypten IMG 8406WI
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Autofahrt an einem Dezembernachmittag bei tief stehender Sonne im Dunst
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Segelboot fährt durch den Sonnenstrahl, der auf den See fällt
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Doppelter Sonnenuntergang
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Die Blüten des roten Fingerhutes und die Sonnenstrahlen des Nachmittags
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Alte Brücke Saarbrücken, Contre-jour
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Chimney sunrise
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Sunset at Arcachon over moored yachts, France
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Sunset on Sibilla Mountain, Italy
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Contrejour Rainbow Rays of Sun shining through branches of a tree in Mysuru, India
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Landscape south of Speyer, Germany, with a view of the poplars of the old rhine area of Berghausen
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Archipelago at the island of Svartso near Stockholm, Sweden
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Waterfront in Teignmouth, Devon with the Grand Pier
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Rosemary twigs against the light
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Storm clouds in Galley Common, UK
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Hotelpool am Mittelmeer
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Wiese hinter dem Jagdschloss Springe
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Sunset in Normandy (France)
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light on mud
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Ein Jabiru im Pantanal, Brasilien
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A sunny summer day,Belarus
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Developing
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Christmas of Christ from 2015,Belarus
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sunset at beach contre-jour
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At dusk, Gornergrat
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Torre de Collserola
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wake and spray after catamaran ferry
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waves at beach in the backlight
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two rocks at beach in last sunlight of the day
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Trees during sunset, Rodenhof
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Heligoland Düne Lighthouse
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The sky is the limit
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Branch Contre-jour with Blur disks
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Sun light through trees, Oberlinxweiler
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Sunset in Winter through the trees at Malye Korely, Arkhangelsk Oblast
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View to the East from the peak of Mount William in the Grampians Ranges at dusk
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Contre Jour,Refraction,Macro photography
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Lago Piccolo di Monticolo, Italy
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Walnut Tree, Po river, Italy
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Il sole nell'albero
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Ombrelloni in controluce
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Salice in controluce
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Stile hawaiano
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Botanical garden at night
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"Diamond Fuji" taken from the mountains of Yamanashi prefecture
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greens and brown and red under the sunny water
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lights and shadows in the water
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Red leg in the sunny water
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The morning sun tries to prevail against thick clouds
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The setting sun illuminates trees bevor the nightfall
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Gemeinde Hüttwilen aus Sicht von Herdern TG
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Blue Sky with the hovering clouds in Pokhara Nepal
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Boat and Soil at Fewalake in Pokhara
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Sihouette scene at Fewalake in Pokhara
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Summer sunlight at Agios Mamas Beach Halkidiki Greece
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Morning sun summer 2021 in Halkidiki Greece
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Morning sun summer 2021 in Halkidiki Greece
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Contre-jour in the forest
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Sunset over the Railway station, Tambov, Russia
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circular halo of the sun. Genoa, Italy
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backlight of a waterfall in the village of Rasiglia, Italy
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backlight at the La Rochelle city, France
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backlight in a beech forest, Mount Beigua, Italy
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Naiskogu IREN Isamaa suurkogul
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Grass when the sun is low
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Porteuse d'eau, Liège, Belgium.
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Small Lake of Monticolo - Photo by Giovanni Ussi
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A_minimalistic_look_at_Fort_Munro
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Being Eaten
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Feierabend im Bodden bei Usedom
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Opening in the forest canopy at Mbe, Cross River, Nigeria
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Watching the sunset - ship from Athens to Crete, Greece
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Cinnamon Bittern Flying
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A picture of a plant, facing into a woods with sunlight passing through the trees
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Gate of Athena Archegetis (Athens)
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Mouette admirant le Coucher de Soleil
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Plage de Rochebonne_Paramé_St Malo
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Halo at the German research Station Kohnen in Antarctica
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Sunset near Feilbingert / Germany
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Sunrise near Nörvenich / Germany
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Gipfelkreuz am "Wilden Mannle" gegen die Sonne
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Statuette, Saint-Etienne de Mélas
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Carrelet in the sunset
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I hung the moon
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Mirage in the rising sun
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Towards the setting sun
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Slnko nad Štrbským Plesom vo Vysokých Tatrách
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Vlak v žiari Slnka
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Sunrise in Tambov, Russia
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Anthony Chapel at Garvan Woodland Gardens near Hot Springs, AR, USA
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This Paraglider Pilot needs to sharpen up on his raft landings
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Grazing beef calf in the midday sun
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View of the Mediterranean Sea in the backlight
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Blue iris in the backlight
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Silhouette of the Cologne Cathedral in the backlight
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Gegenlicht in Austria
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Gegenlicht in Austria
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Gegenlicht in Austria
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International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Château-d’Œx, Switzerland
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Flag of Germany in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2019 (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
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Cat looking at sun
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rail station in Paris (gare de l'est)
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Ruins in Tyre, Lebanon
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Railbus with semaphore
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Vintage railbus
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Full moon shining through cirrostratus clouds
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Dirt road and timber framed house wall in the morning sun
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Penguins
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Dandelion seed stand
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Sunset at Lake Hefner featuring a lighthouse and photographer
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Small Lake of Monticolo - Photo by Giovanni Ussi
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Powerful cannon spreading artificial snow on ski slope in Switzerland
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Sunset illumination above the church of a mountain village
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Daylight falling into the Round Tower in Copenhagen
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Sunshine reflecting lily pads
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Twilight at Rue du Mont-Cenis, Paris
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Sun going down
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Small Lake of Monticolo - Photo by Giovanni Ussi
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Sun in altocumulus
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Туманное утро в парке
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Закат на Москве реке
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2021
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Живописный мост. Москва
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Nuit blanche à Saint-Pétersbourg
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Raton laveur
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Les Aigles d'Aure Arreau.- Hautes-Pyrénées (France)
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Whisky on the rocks
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Sunshine through trees in De Sijsselt
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Sonnenaufgang am Moorauge - Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald
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Winter in the higher mountain regions in the Bavarian Forest National Park
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View to Ermershausen football ground
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Morning at Hohe Wann near Hassfurt
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Forest near "Steinerne Rinne" natural monument
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At "Naturschutzweg" near Stadtlauringen
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December sunrise in Stonehenge
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Contre-jour Maine sunset
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Contre-jour sunset from schooner Victory Chimes
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Kokura Station, Japan
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Nuage-fumée
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Montgolfière
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Sunset view of the Lakhta Center and cyclists on the embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads
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Зимний восход над озером Бельское 04
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Заснеженная лестница на рассвет
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Свет в начале тоннеля
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Терраса под снегом на реке Кожурновка
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Sunrays shining through trees and weak fog near Walchwil, Switzerland
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Sunset viewed through glasses, taken in Kabylia Mountains
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Contre-jour Stonehenge
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Railroad switch
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Pine tree in the mountains at the morning
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3-Borderline AT-HU-SLO
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Boros_I_FotowettbewerbAug2021
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Some flies soak up the sun lying on a leaf
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Sonnenuntergang vor Zadar
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פורטרט סילואט עצמי תופס את השמש
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