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America's National Parks 2010

More than 1,700 new images from America's National Parks have entered Aurora's online collection, many of them in the last 12 months. Have a look!
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Out of the Ordinary from Cultura

A dynamic collection capturing the individuality of Europe and its people. Unusual and diverse photos of the simple, ordinary things that make up daily life. Experience a rich spectrum of location, emotion and style.
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A Unique View from Nordic

Scandinavia's leading photo agency offers the premier collection of unique, expressive photos from the North. These images add the unexpected to make a personal artistic statement.
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Acting Viking

Every other summer for one week at Borrekaupangen in Scandinavia hundreds of Viking enthusiasts meet to keep their ancient culture alive. Sleeping in tents and dressing in authentic outfits people leave all technology at home and live like the Vikings did thousands of years ago; making handcrafts to sell at the market, having sword fights and holding archery competitions. A thousand years later, the long lost culture of the Scandinavian Vikings still fascinates.
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Back to work in the Gulf?

While some areas have recently opened to fishing, change for many comes slowly. Photographer Alessandro Gandolfi explores the aftermath of the BP oil spill along the Gulf of Mexico.
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Axiom Rough Guides Collection

Introducing a band new partnership between Axiom and award winning British Travel publisher Rough Guides to represent the best of their commissioned travel photography. Rough Guides is widely recognized for their unique travel images that take you off the beaten path to experience unusual, unknown sights first hand. Explore this exclusive collection available only to Aurora Photos from our travel photo partner Axiom.
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The Red Hatters

The Red Hat Society aims to ignore growing old, embrace silliness, and just have fun. These images capture the character and spirit of this international movement that has inspired women over 50 to create thousands of chapters all over the world.
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Tobacco

When photographer Rocco Rorandelli's father was dying of lung cancer and refused to stop smoking cigarettes, Rorandelli decided he needed to learn more about the industry. He visited China and India, the first and second largest producers of tobacco in the world. These photos explore the extreme differences he found between the two country's views on tobacco; in China the industry is synonymous with prosperity and is a symbol of suburbia, while in India tobacco is equated with poverty and hardship.
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Destination Laos

Still considered an untouched gem, Laos has not yet been hit by the tourism industry and is a haven for adventurous backpackers. Located in Southeast Asia, Laos’s forested landscape dotted with mountains and pristine rivers, its intact ancient cultures and its relaxed lifestyle make it the perfect destination for the traveler looking for a unique getaway. Photographer Aaron Joel Santos captured all Laos has to offer in these vivid images of its wilderness attractions, Buddhist culture, local villages, and of course, partying backpackers.
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Two Cities

Photojournalist M. Scott Brauer has a knack for capturing unique imagery in any environment. He demonstrates his eclectic style in these photos of his recent travels and visual explorations of Kashgar and Urumqi, two cities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China.
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Tuna Decline

Tuna, the fish that is the staple of kids lunches, sushi platters, and Mediterranean cooking, is in decline. Conservation efforts to control the overfishing of tuna stocks, especially the giant blue fin and yellow fin, are growing, but enforcement continues to be a problem. If trends cannot be reversed, the fish that most recognize only in a can, may cease to be recognized in the seas.
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Scenic Inspiration

Aurora Photographer Marc Adamus captures amazing light in the fleeting atmosphere of bold landscapes. His pursuit of unique moments generated by the magic and energy of the wilderness, means Adamus will often spend months immersing himself in a place, despite the rigors of season and weather.
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Prison Valley

Philippe Brault spent several many weeks documenting life in Fremont County, Colorado. There, prisons are an industry like any another, and the great majority of the county's inhabitants depend on the prison industry.
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Urban Sprawl

Marcus Doyle has always been interested in the way humans adapts to their natural surroundings and in turn the way nature adapts to the artificial. In this body of work he wanted to show various aspects of the landscape containing some form of man made element. He chose to shoot a lot of the images at night because the light source is always man made and immediately creates an artificial looking alien landscape with enhanced unnatural colors and surreal quality.
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Meat Packing

At the Cargill meat packing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, vaccinating the cattle for e-coli is one of the many measures taken to control the harmful-to-humans pathogens that can come in the process of slaughtering. Inspectors work hard taking core samples and scanning beef trimmings to be tested for e-coli and other contaminants.
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Flamenco Passion

Spain's deep south, Andalusia, gave birth to Flamenco. It was prohibited under penalty of death by the Catholic kings and later used by Spain during the French invasion to communicate news and political and military plans. Only during the Romantic age did Flamenco open up to the public and transform into the tradition we know today.
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Oro Win

Deep in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, the Oro Win are an indigenous tribe on the cusp of change. Only five native speakers of their traditional language remain, and as the words of their ancestors fade, so does much of their culture. By day, they live traditional native life; fishing, cooking, weaving baskets, yet modern technologies such as television, and electricity have been introduced. With one foot in the past and the other in the future, Aurora Photographer, Andy Richter, documented the present moment with the Oro Win at this picotal time in history.
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Gaza Daily Life

Gaza today is a land marked by war; physically and psychologically. Recently, the world's focus has been on the humanitarian crisis, however there are basic quality of life issues such as unemployment, and the lack of electricity and water. For many, everyday life is unbearable, and most Gazans wish to return to normal life and dream of a better future. "Behind every crisis there's an opportunity," says Ammar Al Yazegi, 27, "Even here in Gaza."
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Beyond a Spill

James Balog gets into the visceral heart of the gulf spill catastrophe, an epic breakdown of technology and of the human response to the breakdown. From the source, to the fisherman, to the earth, Balog illustrates the entire episode as a bitter paradox; a fight of technology versus nature.
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Introducing Renan Rosa

Aurora Photographer, Renan Rosa, has traveled around the world, to nearly 40 countries documenting exotic places and beautiful people. Renan's photography uncovers human reality through calming and intimate portraits that explore ethnic and social diversities.
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Training in Jordan

Located in Amman, Jordan, the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) is a one-of-a-kind special ops training facility, designed to provide world-class training and instruction to US Armed Forces, Jordanian Armed Forces and other regional allies. It is the world's first and largest special forces counterterrorism training facility and provides high tech and fully-immersive training called "Real Combat."
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Hearing Around the World

Aurora Photographer, Andy Richter, worked with The Starkey Foundation, whose aim is to bring the simple miracle of hearing to the developing world. The foundation has distributed hundreds of thousands of hearing aids in Africa and Asia providing many young people with the ability to hear for the very first time.
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Little Big Men

The Bambuti pygmies, live in the remote tropical rain forests in the heart of the Congo. A life in balance, between the forest and the roads, between customs and habits, which are the result of an extremely ancient wisdom and the forced contact with a “modernity” which is often transformed into abuses and exploitation.
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Exorcism in the Congo

Father Riccardo, a Saverian missionary, is 67. For the past 37 years he's lived in Congo and for the last 20 he's been carrying out a very special job: as an exorcist. Thousands of people frequent his home, receiving free advice and care. In return, Father Riccardo has many stories to tell: from houses burnt to the ground but with the image of the Virgin still intact, to scissors extracted from a patient's vagina.
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Wings Over Africa

A bird’s eye view over the spectacular landscapes of the black continent. An incredible safari on wings over archaeological wonders, national parks, herds of animals, unspoiled wilderness, hidden villages, tribes and natural masterpieces.
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Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

Mohenjo-daro was built around 2600BCE and abandoned around 1500 BCE. It was rediscovered in 1922, and after massive excavations it has been discovered that Mohenjo-daro in ancient times was one of the most developed and advanced cities in South Asia. The planning and engineering uncovered showed the importance of the city to the people of the Indus Valley. Today, the Mohanas live like their ancestors, hunting birds wearing masks made from stuffed birds, have floating homes, and produce the same bricks in factories that were originally used to build the city.
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Congo refugee

The long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been one of the deadliest in the last half century. Displaced people and host communities in eastern DRC require assistance beyond basic services, particularly livelihood and education programs. A decrease in violence in some parts of the DRC has allowed increasing numbers of displaced people to return home. However, infrastructure, particularly roads, remains poor, and returnees are often cut off from services and access to economic opportunities.
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Gabon: The Lost Eden

Gabon has two main resources, wood and oil. With logging as the country's main industry, the country's economy grew, however the industry also took a toll on the environment. In 2002, the president lowered the wood cutting quota creating 13 National Parks to try to restore Gabon back to it's natural state.
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Greenland Ice Sheet

The greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering 660,235 square miles, roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. James Balog has been documenting glaciers in the arctic for several years now, as visual proof of global warming. Scientists estimate that global warming will push the ice sheet over a threshold where the entire ice sheet will melt in less than a few hundred years.
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Gulf Oil Spill

It's one of America's biggest environmental disasters and the largest oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico since 1979. As experts scramble to stop the leak, Aurora Photographer, Blake Gordon goes behind the scenes to see local townspeople and fisherman in Louisiana are being effected and what efforts are being made to protect our nation's sacred coasts.
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Introducing Still Pictures

We are pleased to announce our newest partnership with Still Pictures. Their collection specializse in environmental, nature and development issues, as well as travel, wildlife and culture.
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Quirimbas Time Machine

These forgotten islands off the northern coast of Mozambique, once flourishing as the center of the Swahili kingdom and the province of the Islamic empire, are now abandoned. The colonial architecture of the islands slowly succumbing attacks by sea-salt and ficus roots. And they're also suffering by a gentle sadness which the Portuguese would define as "saudade", crystallized in time like a clock without hands.
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Gorongosa, Dot-Com

Gorongosa, in central Mozambique, was one of the first nature reserves to be created in Africa. In the Sixties, the variety of its fauna was such, that the Portuguese called it the "place where Noah landed the ark". A civil war, fiercely fought right within its boundaries, wiped out the animals. Today Gorongosa, returns to life, thanks in part to nature's amazing regeneration abilities, but also thanks to Greg Carr, an American former dot-com entrepreneur, who has invested 40 million dollars to restore the park to its original splendor.
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HIV AIDS in India

India is one of the largest and most populated countries in the world, with over one billion inhabitants. Within this population, it's estimated that around 2.3 million people are living with HIV. Infection rates soared throughout the 1990s, and today the epidemic affects all sectors of Indian society, not just the groups such as sex workers and truck drivers, with which it was originally associated.
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Patagonia

The pristine Baker and Pascua Rivers, two of the world's wildest rivers in remote Chilean Patagonia, are the proposed sites for five new hydropower dams. From Cochrane to Villa O'Higgins, towns at the very edge of the Patagonian wilderness are at risk of loosing their remote beauty and cultural traditions if these dams and surrounding development are approved.
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Pakistan Soccer Balls

As the World Cup begins in South Africa, factories in the Pakistani city of Sialkot will produce the replica of Adidas's famous Jabulani soccer ball. Today, Pakistan produces 70% of all soccer ball sold in the whole world. Created and assembled by hand in factories, the last of their kind in the world, this industry is concentrated in the city of Siaklot, and as old as the British presence in the region.
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Selective Seeing

People often mistake Hafkenscheid's beautiful photographs for models, and for good reason. His use of tilt shift photography allows for a "toy-train set" appearance and interesting color affects. Hafkenscheid was given a toy train set as a young boy, and since has viewed model train catalogs as his "bible", where the colors are slighty off and have a "1950s postcard" feel - bright and sunny.
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Sicily

Sicily, the largest island in the mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy, has its own rich and unique culture, especially in regard to art, music, cuisine and architecture. Siciliy's culture is based on nearly 25 centuries of foreign domination, and its landscape is as diverse as it's culture with smoldering Mt Etna, miles of dazzling beaches and robust vineyards.
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Congo's Illegal Charcoal

Divided by civil wars, the Democratic Republic of the Congo must fight against the looting of its natural resources, among the richest on the continent. Gaël Turine follows guards in Virunga National Park as they combat the illegal production of coal. The Congolese Institute for the Preservation of Nature (CIPN) supplies local villages with machines which create vegetal bricks, a sustainable energy alternative which protects trees and vegetation inside of the Virunga park.
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Liberia: Trying To Recover

Liberia is Africa's oldest republic, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighboring Sierra Leone. Around 250,000 people were killed in Liberia's civil war and many thousands more fled the fighting. The conflict left the country in economic ruin and overrun with weapons. The capital remains without electricity and running water. Corruption is rife and unemployment and illiteracy are endemic.
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Basic Training

Basic Combat Training (BCT) is a training course that transforms civilians into Soldiers. Over the course of nine weeks these recruits participate in field exercises, marksmanship training, rappelling exercises, and weapon training. Most importantly, they learn how to work together as a team and what it takes to succeed as a Soldier in the U.S. Army.
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Footballing Africa

Football in Africa, is not just sport and leisure. African soccer players are treated like stars, and importat matches can paralyze the entire nation. Following the dreams of glory, millions of children run after battered footballs on improvised dust fields. Nowadays African soccer is a gold mine that produces champions and sport fairy tales, but subsequently also disappointments and ruthless failures.
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Iceland Volcano

Aurora Photographer and trained geologist, James Balog, has been documenting the rapidly declining glaciers of Iceland for years now for his project, The Extreme Ice Survey. Of particular interest to Balog were two glaciers, one flowing from the side of Eyjafjallajokull and another on the neighboring volcano Katla. In late March, when Eyjafjallajokull began to erupt, Balog managed to carve out a five-day trip to the island nation and captured the eruptions from a helicopter and from the ground, where Icelanders gathered to view the show.
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Afghan Army

To the east of Kandahar, the Shoraback base in the Afghan province of Helmand is home to 4000 soldiers of the Afghan National Army. A portion of these troops are members of a commando trained by American soldiers. In this territory, the struggle against the Taliban is an absolute priority. Helmand is a major entry point for insurgents organizing to the south in the Balouchistan region of Pakistan. In addition, this province is the largest producer of opium in Afghanistan. Like gold, the Taliban uses this drug to finance its insurrectional operations. The Diamond Force, the unit name for the commandos based at Shoraback, must respond daily to endless insurgent attacks while cooperating in engaged actions with the American Marines.
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France Seldom Seen

Last February, Le Monde commissioned Martin Kollar to photograph a trip across six regions of France. In each one, his personal style mixes tragedy and comedy with images that hone in on moments that are ever so easily missed. However, once captured on film they stand out with a profound level of humanity.
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Singapore: High Tech Powerhouse

Singapore is a city with its head in the future and its soul in the past. In just 150 years, Singapore has grown into a thriving centre of commerce and industry. The per capita income for its 3.7 million citizens exceeds that of many European countries, the education and health systems rival anything in the West, government officials are largely corruption free, taxes are relatively low, sidewalks are clean, and its port is the busiest in the world with over 600 shipping lines sending super tankers, container ships and passenger liners out globally.
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A Look At Vietnam Today

Welcome to a world where the colours are more vivid, where the landscapes are bolder, the coastline more dramatic, where the history is more compelling, where the tastes are more divine, where life is lived in the fast lane. This world is Vietnam, the latest Asian dragon to awake from its slumber.
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The Limmer Tradition

Pete Limmer is one of the last great American custom bootmakers. His grandfather started the business (Limmer Custom Boots) in the Bavarian Alps in 1921, and Pete, like his father before him, has carried it on in New Hampshire since the 1970s. With 16 hours of labor put into each boot, Pete creates about 175 pairs a year, and although they take a month or two to wear in, they can last a lifetime.
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Bangkok Colors

Aaron Joel Santos is an editorial and documentary photographer based out of Hanoi, Vietnam. On a recent trip to Bangkok, Thailand, Santos documented the contrast of pop-culture and tradition through color, design, and structure.
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The Portraits of Richard Dumas

Richard Dumas is not a portraitist, but a photographer. He is immediately recognizable by his somewhat dandy-like elegance and his intuition for strong and restrained contrasts. His pictures appear to be placed out of time, making them icons through the mystery of his images and their unexpected vibrations of light. This refined photography is nourished by literature, Portuguese cinema, and a rich breath of music ranging from jazz to rock.
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Istanbul

Kathryn Cook documents Istanbul, city of many influences, at the crossroads of East and West. Split by the Bosporus River, both riverbanks observe each other, they are in perpetual dialogue. Rather than a model of culture shock, Istanbul's history has been marked by contact between all sorts of civilizations.
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New Great Images from Axiom

We have added some great images from our new partner Axiom. Axiom is the premier travel picture library in England, specializing in dynamic and unique images of people, landscapes and architecture from around the world. Stay tuned for more in the next coming weeks for a feature on our Travel Hub.
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Poland in Mourning

The Polish president Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 members of an official Polish delegation died when the presidential plane crashed near Smolensk, Russia. The tragedy has struck the entire country. Since the announcement of the accident, the Polish people have come together in grief and meditation through gatherings, masses and ceremonies. In all cities of Poland, time seems to stand still. These acts of mourning and families comforting one another show a nation in a state of shock.
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In Memory of Lech Kaczynski

Thousands of mourners, gather in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, following the death, in an airplane crash in Russia, of the Polish president Lech Kaczynski, his wife, the country's entire military leadership and numerous other political, civic and religious leaders. The plane crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk while the party were en route to attend commemoration of the 70th anniversary of a mass murder, near the town of Katyn, of thousands of Polish soldiers and intellectuals by the Soviet forces during World War II.
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Chiapas, Mexico

Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, is as rich in history as it is in culture and natural wonder. The state of Chiapas remains largely unknown to travelers, which can lead to rich authentic travel experiences. Between visiting Mayan ruins to making your way through wild tropical jungles, there is a diverse range of adventure just waiting to be found.
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Congo: Christian Church of the Holy Spirit Union

In the heart of the forest in the Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, daily life for the members of the Christian Church of the Holy Spirit is punctuated by prayer. Every six hours, men and women wearing hessian clothes gather to pray and sing, while others who have been selected by Tata Gonda, the spiritual head, perform curing sessions to mend adults and children of their sins. The clothes are sewn from hessian bags, which is a symbol of a renouncement of life's pleasures.
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Kidnapped For Life

In Svaneti, a remote region of Georgia situated in the Caucasus mountains near the Russian border, 1 woman in 3 is abducted. Before their forced marriage, they are sequestered in towers dating from the middle ages, and cut off from their families. Some women manage to escape, others prefer to marry to avoid tarnishing their family reputations. Today, the new generation has rejected these barbaric practices, and marry for love.
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Caucasus Treasure

Situated between 5,000 meter summits and ten hours by route from the Georgian capital, Svanetia, is a natural fortress. For centuries, its inhabitants have hidden in their homes treasures worthy of the worlds' greatest museums. Kings regularly sent their treasures to Svanetia to recuperate them after winning wars, and the Svans, as brave and faithful people, defended their treasures from invaders.
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A Look At Children

Photographing children can be quiet an impossible feat, with their squirm bodies and energetic souls. Aurora photographer Winky Lewis has mastered the art, capturing the peaceful serenity of childhood, and evoking the viewer to reminisce upon their own past.
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From the Air

Aurora photographer Kevin Horan is always trying to get the golden ticket of flying, no, not a complementary glass of champagne in first class, but a window seat. With no more physical effort than it takes to sit down at diner, we can zip above the clouds and stare out in awe at the tiny blue marble we all live on.
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Windpark

Until 2007, Germany was the world's largest user of wind power with an installed capacity of 22.3 GW that year. More than 19,460 wind turbines are located in the German federal area and the country has plans to build more. Sabine Vielmo documents the construction of a 2 megawatt wind turbine in Ketzin Germany.
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Medoc

Over the course of an entire year, photographer Jean-Luc Chapin paced up and down Sociando-Mallet property, in the North of Médoc, Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, capturing the evolution of the vineyard and the changing landscape throughout the seasons. Chapin's images with superb color and texture depict the atmosphere of the land as both wild and civilized.
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Introducing Steven Kazlowski

Known within the photography community for his skills of observation and his determination to capture an image even in extreme weather conditions Steven Kazlowski lives and travels frequently from Washington to Alaska, photographing the natural world. He is the only wildlife photographer to date who has extensively photographed the Alaskan polar bear and its critical Arctic coastal habitat, something he wishes to continue throughout the international Arctic - an area rapidly being affected by climate change.
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Japanese Details

From traditional rock gardens to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, from frozen tuna to rows of torii gates, Aurora photographer, Ron Koeberer brings a unique perspective of the culture, traditions and trends of Japan.
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Pakistan Media

Under the pressure of the Taliban and the government repression, the freedom of the media is jeopardized in Pakistan. According to the last report of Reporters without Borders, Pakistan is the country with the highest number of journalists killed in 2009.
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Memory Denied: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide

On March 4th, 2010, the US congressional committee passed a resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide. "Memory Denied" explores the memory of the Armenian deportations and massacres that occurred during the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. Recognized as "genocide" today by more than a dozen countries, Turkey still vigorously rejects that claim.
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Haiti Earthquake

On Jan. 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, reducing much of its capital to rubble. It was the worst earthquake in the region in more than 200 years. Huge swaths of the capital, Port-au-Prince, lay in ruins, and thousands of people were trapped in the rubble of government buildings, foreign aid offices and shantytowns. The devastation created serious obstacles to those attempting to deliver promised foreign aid.
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The Aftermath in Chile

A magnitude-8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010, one of the most powerful earthquakes on record, devastated the country, which has some of the strictest building codes on the continent. The quakes were among the scores of strong aftershocks that have rattled Chile's interior and its coastline.
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Containerization

Throughout the world, Intermodal containers are used to move products and raw materials between locations and countries. Today approximately 90% of non-bulk cargo is transported by container, either by ship, train, freight or plane. In many parts of the world, the containers are recycled and used for sheet metal and homes.
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Tropoje Albania

The region of Tropoje, in northern Albania, at the border with Kosovo, is perhaps the most remote place in Europe. It is a region where the Kanun - a set of laws used from the 15th century and revived recently, after the fall of communism and the Kosovo war - dramatically mirrors some of the customs of the society.
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Peshawar Pakistan

For the past two years, the Taliban's terrorist attacks have claimed more than 2000 victims in Pakistan. These attacks are mostly located in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and its capital, Peshawar, where many deaths are caused by road-side bombs. The population is suffering and public opinion is putting the blame on the American military policy.
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Antarctic Drama

Antarctica is home to 90% of all the worlds ice, 70% of which is freshwater. The ice creates a dramatic backdrop against which live a remarkable diversity of sea life, including killer whales, nesting birds, the world's largest seals, Elephant seals, and Adélie penguins which have a counter-current system in their legs that keep their feet above freezing. These and many other amazing animals create our Antarctic drama.
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Thomas Pickard's Travel Images

Whether capturing magnificent aerial shots of exotic islands or getting up-close and personal with wildlife in the arctic, Aurora Photographer Thomas Pickard documents his subjects' beauty and originality in a dynamic and captivating way. Thomas has traveled to 35 countries, working extensively in the Arctic, India, Maldives, New Zealand, and Thailand.
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Remembering Christian Poveda

French photojournalist and documentary film-maker, Christian Poveda worked his whole life documenting politically contentious or dangerous subjects that others wouldn't touch. He is most notably known for his film La Vida Loca, which documented the lives of the El Salvador gang Mara, and led to his death in September of last year.
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Recycling in Greece

Greece is embarking on a long-term plan to overhaul its waste management practices. New technologies that meet the demand for disposal, energy generation, recycling, and building new, closed-loop systems that limit waste generation are needed to deal with an increasing burden of waste and recyclable materials.
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Hungry Horse Montana

At the far end of Montana, in middle America, lies the little town of Hungry Horse. Many of the towns 900 inhabitants work in other towns of the valley or are unemployed. Drug usage is a common escape from the loneliness and boredom of life, while others, leave school to join the army as an alternative way out.
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Ostalgie Berlin

Since 1989, a generation of young Germans has come of age without lasting memories of life in communist East Germany, yet a powerful sense of separation remains lodged in the country’s collective consciousness. Today, in 'Ostalgie' Berlin, a commercial market has developed with a somewhat blurred vision of the past, and without serious commemoration of the victims of the Communist regime.
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NYC Home Schooling

Home schooling is a growing phenomenon in the US, where families make increasing use of a variety of study and teaching materials available via on-line research. Parents are able to pick and choose the methods that work best for them, their educational philosophies, and their children's needs.
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Somalia's Struggle Continues

Somalia has not had an effective central government since 1991, when the former government was toppled by clan militias that later turned on each other. Somalia remains a raging battle zone today, with jihadists pouring in from overseas, intent on toppling the transitional federal government, TFG.
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Norway's Arctic Wildlife

Join Steven Kazlowski, as he journeys through Norway documenting arctic life for GHG, the coalition of science, environmental, nature, and documentary photographers who have spent the last several years focused on greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of those emissions on our planet.
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Afton Almaraz's NYC Reflection

“Not having lived in New York for very long, I felt compelled to try and tackle a long-term personal project that expresses the cultural fabric and attractions that define the city today." This work in progress comes from Aurora contributing photographer, Afton Almaraz.
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Care and Relief

In times of trouble, health professionals, organizations, and volunteers generously provide care and give relief to restore and revitalize individuals and international communities. There humanitarian efforts draw attention to the global need for advanced aid systems and treatments for all people.
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Kabul Today

Afghanistan's capital, Kabul is a refuge for many who flee from violence in search of a peaceful life and economic opportunities. However, the city has been repeatedly struck by suicide bombers and rocket attacks that usually kill more Afghan civilians than foreign soldiers. It is a harsh reality with little respite.
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Salmon Country

From the mountains of Alaska to the coast of California salmon are a biological phenomena that bind the entire region together. In recent years salmon runs have been devastated due to dramatic changes in their ecosystems. The nature conservancy is working to protect salmon and the habitats.
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The Chilean Huaso

Like the gauchos, their colleagues east of the Andes, the Chilean huasos are skilled horsemen, honing their skills daily. Over the years, the huaso has come to signify much of the Chilean folkloric culture, and he is a vital part of parades, fiestas, and holidays.
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Rio Beach

The beach plays a big part in the minds of the people in Rio de Janeiro. It's not merely a place to absorb the sun's ray. It's a social circus, an important venue for sports and even business dealings. It's a people-watcher's paradise.
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Liberia Still On The Edge

Pep Bonet recently document life in Kingsville, Liberia, population 20,000, where women and children die for the want of a few bare medical necessities. Even before the war, Sierra Leone was the poorest country on earth. It is still in shambles.
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Miss Plastic Hungary 2009

The first ever beauty contest for women who had plastic surgery took place in Budapest, Hungary. Hundreds of women registered to compete for the crown and the luxurious prizes. Any women who had had a beauty plastic operation on her body could enter.
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From Sun Salt

Shallow lagoons that separate the city of Aveiro from the Atlantic. For more than 1000 years, Marnotos, the worker that produce salt through evaporation, work between spring and late summer. It's tough work with great physical effort done under intense sun. The last decades with the expansion of global competition, this labor intensive industry has suffered, even with a charm that lures tourists, the value is not enough to rescue the situation. In the new generation who will continue the tradition?
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Ikea Town

Sixty years ago,Ingvar Kamprad was seventeen years old and sold matches. Kampgrad quickly founded his own company selling pens, furniture, socks... He names it Ikea, an acronym of his initials, that of his village and that of his farm. The legend is born. Today, Ikea has 267 stores in 35 countries, and revenue of 21 Billion euros.
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Dubailand

The announcement of Dubai's debt problems questions the achievement of its gigantic architectural projects. In Dubailand only two attractions are open, the Autodrome, and the Al Sahra Desert Resort. The workers who were in charge of making this dream come true are leaving the place empty.
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History, and tradition mix with technology

With over 4 million people this 500 year old city blends history and tradition with new arrivals; a major hub for the information technology industry in India and the world's largest film studio, the Ramoji Film City as well as the Telugu Film Industry, the second-largest, known popularly as Tollywood.
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Teuquelín

Teuquelín is a tiny island near Chiloé in the south of Chile. The only people who live in Teuquelín are of the Peranchiguay family, who arrived about 200 years ago. They live completely isolated from the outside world.
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The Spark of Hope: Healing and Reconciliation in Modern Rwanda

In late February 2007, photographer Chris Noble accompanied the artist and social activist Lily Yeh and members of her organization, the Barefoot Artists, as they visited their most extensive and ambitious project — the Genocide Survivor's Survivors' Village of Rugerero in western Rwanda. His role was to document Yeh’s work in Rwanda, as well as produce portraits of the genocide survivors (no apostrophe) living in Rugerero.
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Hanks Aero Adventures

Hanks Aero Adventures is a company that organizes and leads flying safaris through southern Africa. Photographer Adrian Bailey joined one of these trips as it went through Botswana's Okavango Delta.
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Yawar Festival

Every year, during Peru’s Independence Day, the Blood Fest is celebrated in the highland communities of Apurimac. This celebration symbolizes the clash between the indigenous people (condor) and the Spaniards (bull).
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Acharnai Olympic Village

The “glorious Olympic village” in Acharnai hosted 17,000 athletes from all around the world during the 2004 Athens Olympics. Six months after the end of the Olympic games, it was transformed into an outlying suburb. Most buildings and houses were assigned by OEK, the Worker's Housing Organization, as primary residences for beneficiary families. Everything else that is taken for granted by most citizens, like banks, shopping malls, bars and restaurants, are a long distance away. All the plans for development of the village were not realized.
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Mornos Lake: Water Shortage

For many years, Athens has been facing water problems. The massive migration of the rural population to the capital in the 1970's increased the need for adequate water supplies. The solution was the construction, in the early 1980's, of Mornos Dam and the creation of Mornos Lake. Unfortunately, dry seasons and excessive water waste have reduced Mornos Lake's reserves causing great concern for the people of Athens.
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Tihama: The Other Yemen

Nestling at the foot of the famous Yemeni summits, the coastal plain of Tihama meets the Red Sea. Though Tihama has lost some of its grandeur, its contrast to the rest of Yemen is fascinating. With its sculpted cities of a glorious past and its abandoned villages of decorated huts, this little known region is pushing to stay alive.
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Shanghai

Photographer Christopher Herwig's series of images deals with the ultra modern city of Shanghai. Focusing on its new and ambitious developments, it prepares itself to host the 2010 World Expo. His explorations include traveling to a traditional silk factory in the nearby city of Suzhou and the ancient canal village of Xitang.
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