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The previous evening I visited Charlemagne, a retired show horse, and fed him an apple. The following morning I visited Charlemagne again with an apple and my camera. As I walked up, starting from the far end of his field, Charlemagne rewarded me with a series of astounding poses, trotting toward me in fine form. The morning mists, hawthorn in bloom, distant hills came together for this dreamlike image from a morning in County Cork, the Republic of Ireland.

A view from Black Oak Road northwest across the land between Cayuga and Seneca lakes, all forests and farm land. Seneca Lake is not visible,15 miles distant, and the Finger Lakes National Forest in between. The only town is Hector, New York, population 4,854 in the 2,000 census. The foreground are sere grasses, a field of beef cattle and pond.

Inscription on the upper surface of stone marking grave of Saint Patrick. Located on Cathedral Hill overlooking the town of Downpatrick, the informative placard text reads: "A large memorial stone of Mourne granite was place here in 1900 to mark the traditional burial-place of St. Patrick. The stone was quarried at Slieve-na-largie near Castlewellan, and it took 12 men 14 days to cut from the quarry." There is no attribution for the stone or inscription, the authors are anonymous. Tradition holds the remains of three saints were reinterred in the 12th Century by John De Courcy in fulfillment of the prophecy all three would be buried together. The other saints are Saint Brigid and Saint Columba, also known as Columcille.

Historical Sign at 118 Lower Creek Road, Ithaca, New York. Under a maple tree in full autumn color (yellow), ground covered with fallen leaves (brown) on a fine early October morning. The sign reads, "New York, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, HOME OF WILLIAM HANFORD AND WIFE ALTHA C. TODD, WHO SHELTERED FUGITIVE SLAVES ON THE WAY TO CANADA AND FREEDOM, STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932, dark blue background, bright yellow letters

Cairnbane East of the Loughcrew Cairns site, County Meath Ireland, is also known as Hag's Mountain. We are looking south from the north side of Hag's Mountain. Cairnbane West is on the right. Flowering yellow whin bush is in foreground, white flowering hawthorn trees in distance.

Cushendun (from Irish: Cois Abhann Doinne, meaning "foot of the River Dun") is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits off the A2 coast road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbor and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim. Seen here is the dunes walkway, wood groynes at the foot, the beach, harbor. In the distance, the Scottish coast across the North Channel. Cushendun is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. Cushendun Caves are featured in the "Game of Thrones" series.

Nacre, also known as mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.

This long exposure blurs the two distant human figures looking downstream toward junction of Ordville Canyon, around corner. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah

View northwest from Hill of Tara looking across County Meath with views of Counties Westmeath and Cavan. On the horizon, right, is Hag's Mountain, site of the Loughcrew Cairns. The standing stone is the "Stone of Destiny" (Irish:Lia Fáil) which served for the coronation of High Kings of Ireland. It stands on the Inauguration Mound (Irish: an Forrad) of Tara. This photograph was taken the morning of May 27, 2014 hours before the stone was valdanized, doused with green and red paint.

Here is the view of Glenariff from the Glenariff Forest Park on a June morning. An anonymous human figure walking away provides scale and interest. Glenariff is a valley of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Known for lush farmland, this glacially carved glen has a mouth on the North Channel of the Irish Sea at the town of Waterfoot.

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail. The forest is burgeoning: the buds formed on the long winter are unfurling into leaves in this characteristic upland forest of Central New York State.

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

Scattered remains of shell left by receding surf. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

Small whole and fragments, gastropod shells in fresh sea foam. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County Florida

An early May morning, Brock-Harvey Forest Preserve, Newfield, Tompkins County, New York on the Finger Lakes Trail

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

Shell of the Moon Snail (Naticidae) found in the surf wash. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

Shells washed on beach by waves. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

Shells washed on beach by waves. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

Scattered remains of shell left by receding surf. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

Planting of Sea Oats. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

Small whole and fragments, gastropod shells in fresh sea foam. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County Florida

Shells washed on beach by waves. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

Shells washed on beach by waves. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

A local family kept chicken and peafowl. After the family moved in 1986 and abandoned them, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus) thrived and now inhabit neighborhoods of north Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida. These are the national bird of India.

Sand Dollar fragment washed on beach by waves. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

The celebrated "Ladies View" of lands within Killarney National Park taken from the Ring of Kerry, N71, as it runs through Derrycunihy Townland, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. The site is named from the enchantment felt by Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting during an 1861 tour of Ireland, just nine years after the Great Famine.

The celebrated "Ladies View" of lands within Killarney National Park taken from the Ring of Kerry, N71, as it runs through Derrycunihy Townland, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. The site is named from the enchantment felt by Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting during an 1861 tour of Ireland, just nine years after the Great Famine.

One of a series of photos taken from the beach from the very first sign of light. This included two unidentifiable human figures as silhouettes. "Rosy fingers of dawn" is a figurative expression used repeatedly by Homer for "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

The celebrated "Ladies View" of lands within Killarney National Park taken from the Ring of Kerry, N71, as it runs through Derrycunihy Townland, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. The site is named from the enchantment felt by Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting during an 1861 tour of Ireland, just nine years after the Great Famine.

The celebrated "Ladies View" of lands within Killarney National Park taken from the Ring of Kerry, N71, as it runs through Derrycunihy Townland, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. The site is named from the enchantment felt by Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting during an 1861 tour of Ireland, just nine years after the Great Famine.

One of a series of photos taken from the beach from the very first sign of light. "Rosy fingers of dawn" is a figurative expression used repeatedly by Homer for "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

View from Moll's Gap at the intersection of N71 (Ring of Kerry) and R568, Eirk, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. Here we are, a May evening, on the road from Kenmare to Killarney, N71, part of the Ring of Kerry around the Iveragh Peninsula. The spot is the mountain pass Moll's Gap. In the Nineteenth Century a woman named Moll Kissane ran a public house here, operating illegally.

View from Moll's Gap at the intersection of N71 (Ring of Kerry) and R568, Eirk, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. Here we are, a May evening, on the road from Kenmare to Killarney, N71, part of the Ring of Kerry around the Iveragh Peninsula. The spot is the mountain pass Moll's Gap. In the Nineteenth Century a woman named Moll Kissane ran a public house here, operating illegally.

One of a series of photos taken from the beach from the very first sign of light. "Rosy fingers of dawn" is a figurative expression used repeatedly by Homer for "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey. Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida

View from Moll's Gap at the intersection of N71 (Ring of Kerry) and R568, Eirk, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. Here we are, a May evening, on the road from Kenmare to Killarney, N71, part of the Ring of Kerry around the Iveragh Peninsula. The spot is the mountain pass Moll's Gap. In the Nineteenth Century a woman named Moll Kissane ran a public house here, operating illegally.

The celebrated "Ladies View" of lands within Killarney National Park taken from the Ring of Kerry, N71, as it runs through Derrycunihy Townland, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. The site is named from the enchantment felt by Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting during an 1861 tour of Ireland, just nine years after the Great Famine.