The "Fire Wave", Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, California
The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, California
Huntington Beach Pier, California
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As in three of the previous four years' 'favorites' albums, there's a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu photo in this year's album. This photo - from the 2013 World Championships - shows Woolf Barnato (Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, San Francisco) submitting an opponent (with a choke), en route to winning the purple belt light-feather division. (May 31, 2013. Nikon D5000, 1/250s @ f/5.6, 270mm, ISO 2500.)
Old Opera House, Frankfurt
Old-town Frankfurt and the Main River - from the top of the
Heidelberg
Churchyard display, Altenstadt, Alsace, France (near the German border)
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the Rhine River, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Pfalzgrafenstein
The Rhine River, Germany, from atop the legendary 'Lorelei' Rock
Eltz Castle, Germany
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/castle-eltz-burg-eltz
Cologne Cathedral at night
Sitting at the point where Germany, The Netherlands, and Belgium meet