Thursday, July 30, 2009SLIDE SHOW
Thanks for your terrific submissions of images from across France. Among the 19 photos we selected, check out a frozen-in-time village in the Loire Valley, lavender fields in Provence, and scenes of Paris that include a flower market, a sunrise over the Eiffel Tower, and an artist in Montmartre.
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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
From our (endless!) sunset series, this week's best come from Monument Valley, Utah (member patfax); the Chisos Basin at Big Bend National Park, Tex. (member BethanieKay); over the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica, with waves crashing against coastal rocks (member sandayle13); at Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Paris (member 189460) and from Restoule Lake, in Ontario (member pgelserwebb).
- Member dni's terrific shot of a single bird in purple-colored water, taken from a seawall in Japan.
- In the event you've forgotten just how green Ireland can be, here's proof from member jenmarie (with sheep, too!).
- Blue glaciers in the fjords of Chile, by member jjjrs5.
- One of our favorite members, riotgirl, took this great shot of the sky after a storm in Fargo, N.D.
- A nice composition from member brettcam, who took this shot of the lighthouse at Portland Head, Maine.
- Our readers are all over the town of Eze, in southern France—here's the latest shot of a charming village vendor's wares from member AnneTravels.
- A nice detail from a market in Barcelona, Spain, from member jcjlkrebs.
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