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  • Piazza Navona, Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, detail of the figure representing the River Nile, its head covered; part of the figure representing the Amazon River visible behind it, and the facade of Santa Agnese in Agone.
    Bernini_fountain_four_rivers_Rome_IT...jpg
  • Landscape view of the waterfalls on the Krka River at Skradinski Buk, near Sibenik, Croatia.
    landscape-Krka-waterfalls-HRV200606-...jpg
  • Waterfalls on the Krka River at Skradinski Buk, near Sibenik, Croatia.
    HRV200606-045ptg copy.jpg
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  • Helmeted passengers speeding down the Mekong River in a sleek longtail speedboat, northern Laos; the standard mode of transportation in this part of the country.
    Mekong_river_Laso_LAO200601_0151.jpg
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  • Two sampan type water craft sailing with patched sails in the Buriganga River near Dhaka.  The sails billow, showing their colored strips of patchwork.
    BGD198201-109.jpg
  • Uffizi Gallery from across the Arno River at sunset.  The crowd is like a row of dots along the river bank.  The intense yellow color of the setting sun on the gallery wall is reflected in the water of the river below.
    Uffizzi_gallery_sunset_reflection_IT...jpg
  • Landscape view northward toward China from the Mekong River.  Buddhist spirit house in the foreground, longtail motor boats moored at the river's edbe, sand reaches of the low river, distant mountains.  Orange roofs on the horizon are large casinos across the border in China, where rich Thais go to gamble.
    Golden_Triangle_THA200603_046.jpg
  • View northward (toward Cairo) from the top of the Aswan Dam.  Low slope toward the river Nile sheathed in cut stone.  Shadows of pedestrians at top.  Desert and river recede to the horizon.
    Nile_river_Aswan Dam
  • Telephoto view of the Uffizi Gallery river facade from across the Arno River, showing the late afternoon crowds, seeming like a row of ants creeping along the sidewalk behind the river bank balustrade.
    Uffizi_crowds_river_facade_ITA201012...jpg
  • River Dee, Scotland, landscape view eastward from a bridge near Balmoral in Aberdeenshire.
    landscape-river-Dee-Scotland-RS19931...jpg
  • View up the Mekong River somewhere in Laos.  Sandy river bank, colorless river water, and distand hills.
    landscape-Mekong-Laos-LAO200601_0143...jpg
  • Arno River at Cascine, outside Florence.  Weekly market stalls just visible at left.
    Arno_river_Cascine_ITA201012--0035.jpg
  • Two Bangladeshi fisherman with nets determinedly pursue fish in the muddy waters of the Buriganga River near Dhaka.  They are wading in water up to their waists.
    Bangladeshi-river-fishermen-BGD19820...jpg
  • Ancient Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, Merida, Spain.  It has been kept in good repair and traffic still uses it. Its perfect hemicycles are perfectly reflected in the river as a mirror.
    Merida_bridge_ESP201210--0069.jpg
  • From the Taj Mahal terrace, looking toward the Jumna River past the adjoining caravansaray.  One corner of the tomb at the left, marble terrace and Jumna river gleaming, and caravansaray shadowed on the right.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-9a.jpg
  • View along the diminishing Todra River, through a gorge toward distant mountainous desert.  Landscape of desert, cliffs, and drought-affected river, low in its bed.
    landscape-Todra-gorge-MOR200411_920.jpg
  • Bridge on the River Kwai, current version, looking down on floating restaurants in the river.
    Bridge_River_Kwai_THA200603_395.jpg
  • London Duck amphibious tourist vehicle entering the Thames River alongside the MI6 building near the Vauxhall Bridge on the south bank of the river.
    Vauxhall
  • Small grove of autumn trees along the James River, on the original Jamestown island.
    James_River_VA_USA.VA200711---108.jpg
  • River Dee, Scotland, from a bridge near Balmoral.
    River_Dee_Scotland_RS199310-17.jpg
  • Taj Mahal at sunset from across the Jumna River.  Water is very low,  Six or seven people are gathering buffalo pats in the sand, with the Taj and its guest house just beyond.
    Taj_Mahal_sunset_IND200111-03-27c-sc.jpg
  • Rowboats packed on the banks of the Yen River at Duc Khe village, embarkation point for the rowboat trip to the Perfume Pagoda (Huong Pagoda).  The riveer itself looks like a silver ribbon between them, with a few solitary craft rowing upriver.
    Yen_River_VTN200602-323.jpg
  • Vietnamese woman oarsman in her rowboat, smiling, as she rows passengers to the Perfume Pagoda (Chua Huong) up the Yen River from My Duc hamlet. She supports herself and a son with this employment.  River, mountains, and other rowboats filled with passengers, visible beyond.  The rowboat is red-painted metal, worn, battered, but maintained.
    Portrait-woman-rowing-Vietnamese_VTN...jpg
  • Florence, Arno river, view of apartments and shops along the river bank, reflected in the water.
    Florence_apartments_riverside_ITA201...jpg
  • Taj Mahal at sunset from the other side of the Jumna river; buffalo walking by, on its way home.  The entire complex is visible: tomb, guest house, and mosque.  Two figures in the distance in brightly colored saris.
    Taj_Mahal_sunset_IND200111-3-26.jpg
  • London Duck amphibious tourist vehicle entering the Thames River alongside the MI6 building near the Vauxhall Bridge on the south bank of the river.  Telephoto view from the north bank, Chelsea.  The cheerful and frivolous seeming vehicle looks tiny next to the overpowering size and abstraction of the secret service building.
    London-Duck-MI6-ENG200706--3180.jpg
  • Potomac River in winter: shallow and deep waters rushing over boulders and logs in a close view riverscape.  At this level upriver, swimming and boating is dangerous.
    Potomac_current_rushing_RS200701--11.jpg
  • American woman customer at a floating restaurant under the Bridge on the River Kwai at Kanchanaburi,Thailand.
    Bridge_River_Kwai_THA200603_385.jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace, looking westward along the Jumna River. Part of the adjoining mosque and its chhatri.  Bench for visitors to enjoy the view, empty now.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-10.jpg
  • Looking down on the Rio Grande from the high Taos bridge.  River, sand, bushes, and cliffs form a linear design of different textures.  Warm oranges and yellows contrast with the dark blue water of the river.
    River_abstraction_USA.NM1998-08-18.jpg
  • Passenger's viewpoint on a raft of thin logs lashed together.  The rafter pushes hard with his pole to keep the little vessel away from the river bank.  Forest, sandbar, and smooth river water.
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  • Two slim sycamore tree trunks define the foreground of this view across the  river.  Railroad bridge on the left.  Winter, cold weather.
    USA.WVA200701--1.jpg
  • Border collie, pet sheep dog, fetching a yellow tennis ball in the Wharfe River. He swims with determination across the river width, the ball clutched in his jaws.
    border_collie_swimming_fetch_ENG2006...jpg
  • Memorial garden in Kanchanaburi, showing inscription, dedicated to those who died building the original bridge over the river Kwai.
    Bridge_River_Kwai_THA200603_397.jpg
  • Charles Bridge and view of Hradcany from a river weir studded with seagulls.  Riverside buildings reflected in the water.
    Prague-Vltava-weir-CZR200901--0136.jpg
  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
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  • View of the shallow, depeted Karnali river near Bardia Park in southwestern Nepal.
    Karnali_river_Nepal_NPL200110-11-7.jpg
  • Mekong River near Luang Prabang, Laos.  Small row boats and a farm visible along its banks.
    Mekong_river_Laos_LAO200601_0153.jpg
  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
    Toledo_view_ESP201210--4092.jpg
  • across the Guadalquivir River
    ESP201210--0124.jpg
  • View of Toledo, Spain, from across the river where a viewing platform has been established.  This is more or less the vantage point from which El Greco painted his famous view of the city.
    Toledo_ESP201210--4092.jpg
  • Portrait of a middle aged man beside the Potomac River, looking seriously at the camera. He wears a blue dress shirt but no jacket.
    Portrait of a middle aged man FH2014...jpg
  • View of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, seen from the Dyke Marsh bird refuge.
    Potomac_Wilson_bridge_USA.VA201011--...jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace, looking east at sunrise, up the Jumna River.  The white marble terrace emits an orange glow from the rising sun.  Chhatri of the adjoining han in the complext in silhouette.
    Taj_Mahal_sunrise_IND200111-3-8.jpg
  • Tom, Jeanne, Robert, Isabel, and John Tifft, with two white mice, sit in a row for their portrait while sailing up the River Nile.
    Family portrait
  • The two-masted sailboat, the traditional Egyptian felucca, is being used for freight -- a load of stone blocks (granite? marble?)  One crew member stands at the rudder while the other jumps off the bow into the water, holding the rope for tying it up.  Masts, sails, and jumper are all reflected in the still river water.
    Felucca tying up
  • Evening view of the London city skyline, anchored by the Swiss RE "gherkin" tower rising among the high rises.  A steeple of one of the Georgian City churches is also visible.  A composition of old and new.  Viewpoint from across the river Thames just west of London Bridge.  An anchor chain of HMS Belfast visible at right, a buoy at left, and a barge tied up on the opposite bank in front of an anonymous looking early 20th century neoclassical style government office building.
    London-City-skyline-ENG201101--0013.jpg
  • Model of Toledo showing the whole steep hill surrounded by a wall, below it the River Tagus.  The buildings of the town cluster near one of the bridges.
    Toledo_Spain_model_ESP201210--4150.jpg
  • Telephoto view of The City of London from the South Bank of the Thames river.
    London-City-skyline-telephoto-ENG201...jpg
  • Two swans elegantly swimming in the River Test, Hampshire, England. Nearby grasses are reflected in the water. One dips its head in the water while the other sails gently past.
    two_swans_swimming_BD199512-04-15.jpg
  • View of Tower Bridge, London, at dusk.  The sky and river water are pink and purple, and lights on the bridge are lit.
    Tower-Bridge-full-moon-ENG201101--00...jpg
  • View of the Thomas Jefferson Bridge over the Patuxent River in Solomon's Island, Maryland.  Cropped winter fields in the foreground, some just planted.
    USA.MD.Solomons-201005-14.jpg
  • Passenger's point of view; partial view of the motor driver who wears ear pads to lessen the ferocious noise of the motor.  Wake behind; forest and cloudy sky.  Exciting and rather dangerous trip.
    Speedboat driver LAO200601_0133.jpg
  • Richmond Lock house and office from the lock; airplane above just taken off from Heathrow Airport.
    Richmond_lock_ENG200305-17.jpg
  • Rocky stream bed alongside a narrow road through the High Atlas mountains.
    Streams and cliffs of the High Atlas..occo
  • Riverscape, with the city in the distance.  In the foreground, a wooden rowboat, its oars held by the husband, while his wife sits opposite smiling gently.  Though clearly poor they radiate dignity, kindness, and trust.  A water jar hangs off one gunwale, and a fishing net off the opposite gunwale.  A canvas covers the rest of their belongings in the prow.  See the book "Khuul Khaal" by Nayra Atiya to learn more about them.  The rowboat is their home.
    Portrait of an Egyptian couple livin..boat
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4054.jpg
  • A wide angle view of Florence along the Arno, that includes a support of the Ponte S. Trinita
    Arno_river_Florence_ITA201101--0025.jpg
  • Looking directly down onto the Rio Grande from the high Taos Bridge.
    River abstract
  • Tourist boats moored on the shore of the Mekong, in the delta.  Decorative motives on the bows, covered passenger area, Vietnamese flags flying.  One boatman stands on the bow of the middle vessel as though waiting for someone.
    Mekong_River_VTN200602--010.jpg
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  • "... London was sprawling, dirty and happily voluptuous, in the yellow evening sun ..." Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds. Riverscape of the Thames from the top of the London Eye at sunset, showing Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament.  Machinery and tubular supports of the London Eye frame the view.
    Thames_river_ENG200401-02-30m copy.jpg
  • View to a stream of water from underneath a screen of willow branches hanging from above.  A single swan is visible through the leaves.
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  • Everyone loves the Ponte Vecchio.  It was always crowded, so I preferred it from further away.  I had lots of opportunities from the next bridge over, the Ponte S. Trinita, restored after bombing in World War II.  The bus stop I used to get back to my B&B was nearby, so most of these images were made in the late afternoon or dusk.
    Florence_Ponte_Vecchio_ITA201012-094.jpg
  • St. George's Wharf development near Vauxhall Bridge: view over the bridge to the high rise apartments, construction cranes beyond.  The four tallest roofs have angular profiles shaped like diagrammatic wings, or opened books.
    Vauxhall_Bridge_ENG200706--3176.jpg
  • Portrait of a woman boat rower, who takes pilgrims to the Perfume Pagoda.  Head shot, conical straw hat tied under the chin, serious but pleasant facial expression.
    Vietnamese_Heritage_VTN200602-340.jpg
  • View of the performance in the Thang Long water puppet theater.  Audience heads, puppets in the water, backdrop, and orchestra on the left.
    Water_puppets_VTN200602-176.jpg
  • Aberdeenshire landscape seen from a heather covered hill.  Beyond, farmland rolling into the distance, over which looms a cloudy grey sky.
    Scotland-heathered-landscape-LD19931...jpg
  • Still later, after the night lights had come on.
    Arno-Ponte-Vecchio-night-ITA201012-2...jpg
  • There are many postcard views of Florence, the Duomo, and the Palazxzo Vecchio tower, so it's not easy to be different.  Here is one of the standard viewpoints from the terrace in front of San Miniato al Monte.
    Florence_cityscape_ITA201012-155.jpg
  • There are many postcard views of Florence and the Duomo, so it's not easy to be different.  One of the standard viewpoints is from the Piazzale Michelangelo, a hub for tourists, buses, and souvenir sellers.  The Duomo, Campanile, Baptistry, and Palazzo Vecchio are all visible.
    Florence_cityscape_ITA201012-129.jpg
  • Rear view of four elephants, each with a howdah, two passengers, and a mahout, crossing a stream near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
    THA200603_168.jpg
  • London at sunset: view west along the Thames from the top of the London Eye.  Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge in view, along with some of the metal struts of the wheel.
    London_Eye_sunset_ENG200401-02-30.jpg
  • Piazza Navona; Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, detail of the lion lapping the water at the base of the fountain.
    Bernini-fountain-Navona-lion-Rome_IT...jpg
  • On a winter day, the medieval Charles bridge and its abutments are covered with snow.  View from a boat in the river near the bridge, looking up past it to the cathedral on its hill above.  Cold weather, white sky, gray river water.
    Charles-Bridge-Prague-CZR200901--025...jpg
  • Bardia National Park guide paddles a dugout canoe across the Karnali river.
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  • Closeup of a school of minnows going after a fly in a pool in the Krka River park near Skradin, a day trip from Sibenik.
    School of minnows chasing a bluebott.. fly
  • View of Tower Bridge, London, from the south bank of the Thames River, at dusk, with a full moon on the rise.  Violet colored evening light, glowing lights of the bridge and nearby buildings.
    Moonrise over Tower Bridge
  • General view showing, in the foreground, agricultural land of planted fields, orchards, palm trees; then a river low in water; in the middle distance, a mud brick village, with mosque minaret; in the distance, bare hills rising toward the Atlas Mountains.  In the far distance, snow-capped peaks.
    Moroccan-farmland-Atlas-MOR200411_90...jpg
  • Prague cityscape from Petrin Hill toward Charles Bridge over the Vltava River; Old Town Prague beyond; in the distance, Soviet era high rise structures line the hills.
    Prague-cityscape-winter-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Thien Mu (Huong ) Pagoda, on the Perfume River near Hue, Vietnam: a group of Korean men on a business trip are pleased to photograph two elegant Vietnamese hostesses who pose for them wearing silk ao dais.
    Korean-tourists-Vietnam_VTN200602-15...jpg
  • Thien Mu (Huong ) Pagoda, on the Perfume River near Hue, Vietnam: fierce and colorful guardian statue figure in ancient military garb seen through an arched doorway.
    Hue_Thien_Mu_Pagoda_Vietnamese_Herit...jpg
  • Scene from the Skyline Drive in Virginia, looking westward toward the Shenandoah river valley across a meadow of grass, wildflowers and Queen Anne's lace in bloom.
    Shenandoah landscape USA.VA201408--3...jpg
  • Composite of night time  moving automobile lights across the James River at Jamestown, VA, overlaid with captures with moving camera.
    Nocturne at Jamestown USA.VA200711-3...tif
  • Taj Mahal seen in the distance across the Jumna river from a room in the Agra Red Fort palace area.
    Agra_Fort_palace-IND200111-04-30.jpg
  • Ponte Vecchio in soft colors on a cloudy day.  Subdued golds and pinks of the buildings along the river are reflected in the pale grey water.  The hill of San Miniato and a few bright clouds visible beyond the blanket of grey cloud above.
    Ponte_Vecchio_cloudy_cool_ITA201101-...jpg
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