Photo by Bill Hunter, taken in China, 1982. He was teaching summer courses on statistics and industrial engineering in China before China was still mostly closed to foreigners. After the courses he took a week or two vacation to visit a China few foreigners had seen to that point. See more photos of China in 1982.
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When I was visiting Siem Reap there were numerous locations where work was going on to put temples back together. That included less know smaller temples but even Ta Prohm had quite a bit of stones being arranged to rebuild parts of the temple complex.
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I took this photo on a beach in Maine while I was in High School. I was in Maine visiting colleges.
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I took this photo while on my way from Dinosaur National Monument (Utah) to Mesa Verde National Park.
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The Reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho is 15 meters tall and 46 meters long. The statue and the building that houses it were created in 1832.
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Next to this on the wall (in Yangshuo, China) was another posted with all the text in Chinese on various topics.
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Bee on purple flowers, Ice Age Trail, Wisconsin, USA
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Wedding photo shoot with the Japanese Bridge in the background, Hoi An, Vietnam. Hoi An has a very touristy but still nice and picturesque old town (it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The bridge dates to the 16th or 17th century.
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Beetle on plant stems at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas, USA.
Please comment if you know what type of beetle this is. Help identify birds, insects, plants… in other photos of mine.
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