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  • Land yachts race the wind and each other across the Alvord Desert playa’s flat, dusty terrain. Fans of the sport flock to the ancient lake bed in search of speeds beyond most posted interstate highway limits. The world record stands above 116 mph. Sports enthusiasts race in high temperatures when the playa is dry enough to drive on.<br />
The desert lies to the east of Oregon's Steens Mountain, and Steen's Mountain Wilderness which is “the largest fault-block mountain in the northern Great Basin.”  It abruptly falls to the dry Alvord Desert 6,000 feet below.
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  • Aerial view of some of the 16,000 participants in the Ski Marathon as Nordic skiers trek across frozen upper Engadine valley. The winter event has been hosted since 1969 drawing athletes and tourists to mountain communities around Saint Moritz in the Alps.
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  • Summer rain does not dampen spirits of loyal Cincinnati Reds baseball fans.
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  • At eyou.com they have a climbing wall and the CEO’s computer (that was used to found the company) is embedded partially into the wall of the conference room. These employees work in a faux-silicon-valley atmosphere. Eyou wants to bring Facebook to China, which brings up some serious issues. Facebook is based on knowing and trusting your community of friends. But many Chinese only feel comfortable using pseudonyms and eyou forces them to be who they are when they talk about issues with their parents, girlfriends or boyfriends.
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  • Lined up at the start of a ski marathon, man competes dressed in a colorful feather headdress and costume depicting an native American Indian. The Engadine Valley event attracting over 16,000 skiers began in 1969.
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  • Climbers leave their base camp to trek on the ice field of Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier is one of many that connect to the vast Juneau Ice Field, a 1,500 square mile remnant of the last ice age, cradled high in the coastal mountain’s lofty peaks in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Renown ice climber Marco Prezelj tackles an ice candle in Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park in the Alps. Frozen waterfalls are a technical challenge and Prezelj explained he listens to the pitch of sound of ice cracking to plan the safest route.
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  • A climber hops from boulder to boulder on petrified dunes at Nevada's Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, one of Bureau of Land Managment's most visited sites. The world-famous for its climbing where a million people chose the canyon's solitude over the slots every year.
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  • Mer de Glace Glacier in the Alps has lost 1000 meters in 130 years and thinned 150 meters in the last 100.  Children don helmets and clamp on crampons and to run playing on crevices between the last bit of melting ice on the northern slopes of Mont Blanc.
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  • Novices play ball in a courtyard during a short break from the strict everyday life in a cloistered convent at Santa Catalina Convent in Arequipa, Peru. Older Catholic nuns allow this scheduled play to help the young nuns adjust more easily to the new rules and a routine: They are always silent, pray seven times a day, and never leave the grounds. Visitors to the convent can attend mass but never see life behind the walls where 23 women ranging in age from 15 to 93 make their home.
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  • A Tiger head light on the outside of the Comerica Park building.
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  • Skiers race down the slopes of Sestriere, site of Olympic skiing events near Turin in 2006. Snow flies up as they cut back and forth gliding down the snowy downhill path. The resort was first built in the 1930s by the Agnelli family founders of FIAT, and today is one of the largest ski resorts in Italy.
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  • Yin Qi Xing Indoor Skiing Site.
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  • Each Wednesday these friends gather for skiing and homemade wine away from the trendy ski resorts in the Swiss Alps.
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  • Canoe floats in placid waters along the bank of the St. Mary's River as warm rays of sun fade after sunset. The river originates in the Okefenokee Swamp and flows toward the Atlantic Ocean forming a border between Florida and Georgia.
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  • War Emblem races down the final stretch to win the Kentucky Derby in 2002 at Churchill Downs.
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  • A sea of orange boats float on the placid waters of the Rogue River. Rafters join some 100,000 other day trippers who paddle, float, or kayak the river each year. <br />
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Nightfall brings tranquility; only a few lucky winners of BLN's annual lottery can continue into the Wild and Scenic portion s it rushes toward the Pacific Ocean near Gold Beach, Oregon.
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  • A large field of Thoroughbred horses gallop in tight formation down the stretch into the first turn in the Kentucky Derby. Run on a dirt track, this two minute horse race is one most famous in the world.
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  • Boys jump from a sunken canoe into the waters off a fishing village. Brightly coloured pirogues or canoes line the beaches in Saint-Louis.<br />
Upwelling – whereby cold nutrient-packed waters from the ocean’s depths rise up to nourish life on the surface – keeps West African waters some of the richest in the world.
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  • Fishermen power through the fog and waters through Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. West entrance of the swamp's open water is also the origin of the Suwanee River that flows into Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.
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  • Canoes are tied up for the night as paddlers camp on a wilderness trip through the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Summer storms build in the distance at sunset over the wetlands prairie.
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  • Flat bottom boats tied at a dock on a foggy morning at Stephen Foster State Park west entrance to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
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  • A still life of a canoe with a paddle floating in still waters reflecting the prairie in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
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  • Canoes stacked for the evening are mirrored in reflections in still waters of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.<br />
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Paddlers access the swamp through the Suwanee Canal dug in the 1890's by Atlanta lawyer Capt. Harry Jackson, who planned to drain the swamp for farmland before his company went bankrupt.
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  • Farmhands that care for the horses take a break from chores with games and refreshments. The workers become close like family and get together for informal parties and pot luck dinners where they bring dishes from their countries Columbia, Lithuania, Australia, Mexico, Ireland and the U.S.
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  • Farmhands that care for the horses take a break from chores with games and refreshments. The workers become close like family and get together for informal parties and pot luck dinners where they bring dishes from their countries Columbia, Lithuania, Australia, Mexico, Ireland and the U.S.<br />
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  • Farmhands that care for the horses take a break from chores with games and refreshments. The workers become close like family and get together for informal parties and pot luck dinners where they bring dishes from their countries Columbia, Lithuania, Australia, Mexico, Ireland and the U.S.
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  • Fans gather on the lawn under flowering trees at Keeneland race track on race day. Founded in 1935, Keeneland takes pride in maintaining racing traditions. It was the last track in North America to broadcast race calls over a public-address system, not doing so until 1997. Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland, because its appearance has changed relatively little in the last several decades. The Thoroughbred horse track was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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  • A jockey and horse walk back to the barn in a picturesque scene after an early morning workout during Keeneland race track's spring racing season. Founded in 1935, Keeneland takes pride in maintaining racing traditions. It was the last track in North America to broadcast race calls over a public-address system, not doing so until 1997. Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland, because its appearance has changed relatively little in the last several decades. The Thoroughbred horse track was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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  • A large field of Thoroughbred horses blur as they run by the twin towers and down the stretch for the Kentucky Derby. This two minute horse race is one most famous in the world.
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  • Early morning workout on the track empty of cheering crowds as Thoroughbred horses prepare for the Kentucky Derby. Jockeys and trainers train on the dirt track under the famous twin spires at Churchill Downs. This two minute horse race is one most famous in the world.
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  • Morning workout on the track as Thoroughbred horses prepare for the Kentucky Derby. Jockeys and trainers train on the dirt track under the famous twin spires at Churchill Downs race track. This two minute horse race is one most famous in the world.
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  • A large field of Thoroughbred horses gallop in tight formation down the stretch to the first turn in the Kentucky Derby. Running on a dirt track, this two minute horse race is one most famous in the world.
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  • Race fans crowd the rail to cheer for their horse to win at Churchill Downs racetrack, a long-standing tradition at the Kentucky Derby.
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  • A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass. Although talented women compete, it is not an easy life.
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  • Jockeys wait for the next race to be called when they will make their way to the paddock and mount their horse. A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass.
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  • A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass.
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  • Walking down a muddy track after a thoroughbred horse race at Keeneland. A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass.
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  • A female jockey carries her tack down the track after a race at Keeneland. A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass.
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  • Horses break from the starting gate at Churchill Downs race track. The two minute Kentucky Derby race is run on dirt as horses jockey for position on the stretch to the first turn.
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  • Sunday afternoon brings out families and friends to Break dance, skateboard, bike and entertain with the hip hop/ BBoy culture are at La Carolina park.
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  • Mountain bikers’ Main Street is the Slickrock Trail that undulates for 13 miles over Navaho sandstone outside of Moab, Utah. Silhouetted on a ridge, clouds put the red rock into deep shadow making the ride more challenging.
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  • Braving wild waters of the Rogue River and tasting triumph over the rapids, rafters join some 100,000 other day trippers who paddle, float, or kayak the river each year. Nightfall brings tranquility; only a few lucky winners of BLM’s annual lottery can continue into the Wild and Scenic portion s it rushes toward the Pacific Ocean near Gold Beach, Oregon.
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  • Full moon rises over a pastoral waters of the Rogue River, a Wild and Scenic River in western Oregon.  Some 100,000 day trippers paddle, float, or kayak the river each year but nightfall brings a dreamy world of pastels, peacefulness and tranquility.
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  • Freewheeling four-wheelers trek across Coral Pink Sand Dunes of southwestern Utah. Part state park, part Bureau of Land Management wilderness quality land, the dunes are both playground and battleground. ATV riders fight for wide-open access: environmentalists for rare plant and animal species. <br />
The orange/pink color is from the Navajo sandstone layer formed 190 million years ago in the early Jurassic period. High winds pass through the region whipping sand into piles and water seeped down into the sand, carrying minerals with a mineral composition of iron, calcium carbonate, and manganese which gave the rock warm hues.
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  • A freewheeling four-wheeler flies over the Coral Pink Sand Dunes of southwestern Utah. Part state park, part Bureau of Land Management wilderness quality land, the dunes are both playground and battleground. ATV riders fight for wide-open access: environmentalists for rare plant and animal species. <br />
The color is from the Navajo sandstone layer formed 190 million years ago in the early Jurassic period. High winds pass through the region whipping sand into piles and water seeped down into the sand, carrying minerals with a mineral composition of iron, calcium carbonate, and manganese which gave the rock warm colors.
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  • A boy bounces a soccer ball of his head while playing on a field near a large statue of a man with two horses.
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  • Young men leap from a high cliff into the Black Sea below.
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  • People bathing in the sacred Ganges River in Varanasi.
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  • Kayakers come to the Saint Lawrence River to see whales.
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  • Tailgaters watch a Lions game on TV, parked in the erstwhile Grand Michigan Theater.
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  • Detroit Tigers baseball fan line up outside Comerica Park before a game.
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  • A boat on the Detroit River against the skyline of Windsor, Canada.
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  • A boat motors past Stiltsville: abandoned homes on stilts.
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  • A weight lifter on the beach at Lummus Park.
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  • Walking in Lummus Park along Ocean Drive in South Beach.
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  • A sculpture of a wrestler, created for the Los Angeles 1932 Olympics.
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  • Cross country skier glides along side his dog as snow falls on frozen Mendenhall Lake surrounded by trees at the base of the glacier in Alaska's Southeast.
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  • Skiers negotiate rocks on the ski runs at Passo Di Sella in the Dolomites where the snow pack melts and annually declines because of warming temperatures. Climate change is warming mountain regions at the lower elevation.
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  • Skiers assemble high atop Aguille du Midi in the French Alps near Mont Blanc. A cable car lift takes tourists one way or round trip from Chamonix for a view of the snow-covered mountain scenery at 3,842 meters. Some skiers ready themselves  for the challenge of a steep, downhill slope.
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  • Thoroughbred racehorses break out of the starting gate at Keeneland Racetrack. Position is randomly picked in the electronic gate that opens when all horses are loaded.
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  • A cigar-smoking, casually dressed fan stands in the clubhouse courtyard of Churchill Downs on Derby day. Fans crowd into the paddock with racing programs to place their bets and watch the horses being saddled.
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  • Farmhands that care for the horses take a break from chores with games and refreshments. The workers become close like family and get together for informal parties and pot luck dinners where they bring dishes from their home countries Columbia, Lithuania, Australia, Mexico, Ireland and the U.S.
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  • Waiting in the paddock before a race is Pat Day who had a career win of over 8000 races.  A jockey’s life is not easy—a member of an elite club of professional athletes who maintain a near inhuman weight restriction that most Americans couldn’t pass.  He speaks with a trainer before a race and is surrounded by the trainers’ sons at Keeneland Race track.
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  • Fans crowd in Keeneland race track's paddock on race day while horses are saddles for the next race. Founded in 1935, Keeneland takes pride in maintaining racing traditions. It was the last track in North America to broadcast race calls over a public-address system, not doing so until 1997. Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland, because its appearance has changed relatively little in the last several decades. The Thoroughbred horse track was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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  • A young hockey player dressed in a red snowsuit heads for the frozen lake in Mount Royal Park. Montreal's city park is beloved by in all four seasons with skiers, skater, hikers and bikers. It is a magnificent urban green space featuring 200 hectares of biodiversity and natural beauty. Inaugurated in 1876, it was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted who is famous for creating New York's Central Park.
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  • A young girl holds a baseball while watching boys play in a ball field in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. In the original plan of the park, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed with Calvert Vaux, appreciated pastoral scenery and long meadows broken only by clumps of deciduous trees. Those open views have been difficult to preserve in present day times as a demand for active recreational facilities has mounted in urban areas. The ball fields in Prospect Park were moved to the ends of the meadow, pushing the backstops to the edges to conform to Olmsted’s original plan.
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  • The Tangle Lakes area contains reveries for paddlers.
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  • A woman floats in her swimming pool on the edge of a wetland.
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  • A boy prepares to play in a baseball game.
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  • People play in the surf along the beach during soft summer light in La Serena, Chile's premier beach resort. La Serena enjoys a transitional climate between the arid northern desert of the Atacama and the pleasant Mediterranean climate of the central coast.
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  • People play in the surf in La Serena, Chile's premier beach resort north of Santiago. The white sand beach is rain free nine months of the year and enjoys a transitional climate between the arid northern desert of the Atacama and the pleasant Mediterranean climate of the central coast.
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  • During October Festival of Bullfighting for the Lord of the Miracles, hundreds of spectators gather to critique the finesse of both red-caped matadors and bovine competitors. Plaza de Acho is Peru's oldest bull ring is located in a Lima suburb under the towering Cerro San Cristóbal mountain.
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  • Matador faces a bull in Peru's oldest bullring, Plaza de Archo in Rímac, a Lima suburb. Red cape flying, sword drawn, the costumed man faces a close call with the angry beast. Bullfighting remains a passion for many Peruvians who revel in its pomp and pageantry--and its inherent danger.
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  • On the edge of the PanAmerican highway, a Huastec Indian family plays soccer kicking the ball under a clothes line in the front courtyard. The family still follows the old ways in the mountains of Mexico, living in a thatched adobe house and surviving on farming.
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  • A woman stands in a basketball court lined with Nike ads.
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  • A teenager dribbles a basketball on an outdoor court with Nike ads.
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  • At the Mission Hills Golf Club, the largest in the world.
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  • Golf Driving Range, off the Fourth Ring Road lined with skyscrapers.| Beijing, China
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  • Skiers relax in the sun at a ski resort restaurant in the Dolomites. Resorts provide places to stop and rest and enjoy food and drink along a mountain trail in the Alps.
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  • Warm, well-dressed dogs and tourist families wait for a race to begin on frozen Lake Saint Moritz. The Engadine valley hosts winter competitions such as skijoring where a skier is pulled by horses or dogs and a cross country or Nordic skiing marathon race.
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  • Skiers dressed in fashionable clothing wait in a lift line in St. Moritz which has been referred to as "Europe's winter playground."
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  • A young Australian woman and two Aborigine children swimming.
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  • Aborigine mothers and children cool off during a swim in a river.
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  • A boy bounces a soccer ball of his head while playing on a field near a large statue of a man with two horses.
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  • Young men leap from a high cliff into the Black Sea below.
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  • Father and son play in the bay.
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  • A Samoan family takes a dip in the bay.
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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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  • Spearfishing in the bay.
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  • Underwater view of swimmers and a boat at the surface of the ocean.
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  • Children swimming in the bay at sunset.
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  • A Samoan's body is covered with traditional tattoos.
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  • A diver searches for tasty seafood in a coral reef in the National Park of Amer ican Samoa.
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  • A pick-game of baseball is played on a little-used airstrip on Ofu Island, Amer ican Samoa.
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  • Wrestlers prepare for competition.
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  • Wrestlers prepare for competition.
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  • A child plays baseball in a yard where dyed yarn or wool is hung to dry in red bunches.
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  • Amish women watch a professional harness racer rush past them during competition at the Geauga County fairgrounds.
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  • A man embraces an arctic bath on  Siberia's Putorana Plateau.
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