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Bull elk in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Two dogs, Jesse and Maude, await the next portion of their ride in the back of a motorcycle in South Hero, Vermont. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Contestants in the Bentley’s Scottsdale Polo Championship at the WestWorld, a multi-use events facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Cattle amble freely in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A very real, very live, very tame deer in a small park the heart of the Casper College campus in Casper, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Two lionesses are less than excited about their chance to star in a photo shoot at the Santa Barbara, California, zoo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Mudpots and hot springs color the terrain in northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A fat and sassy prairie dog on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Cowboy-hat neon in a food tent at the Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Wolf on the run at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Strip. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Art made of "code" named Kryptos sits on the grounds of the C.I.A. Headquarters in Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Dinosaur statue in Mountainburg, Arkansas (2012) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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An owl at the Alligator Adventure in South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Artist Illustration of Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2018).

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A turtle at the Alligator Adventure in South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Landed rockets in hangar 39A (2016).

Satellite Shows an "Arctic Blanket" Over the U.S.

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Artist Illustration of Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2018).

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Elephants at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Tenley-Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library at 4450 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Elk at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's elk refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a valley on the edge of Grand Teton National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horse in the training, racing, and polo grounds section of Aiken, South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A lone and lean coyote makes the best of wintertime in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoyment) up Exchange Street in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Painting of the American and Texas flags on a building in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A white lion at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, America's second-oldest zoo, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horse within a lovely meadow in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A saguaro cactus dominates the scene at dusk in the garden of the White Stallion Ranch, a dude ranch outside Tucson, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Alligator Alley has 20 acres of natural cypress swamp land, where alligators roam freely in a protected environment. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Infrared view of a forest of trees in Montana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress collection.

Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2018).

A photograph of the Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules.

Space Shuttle Columbia climbs into orbit from Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 19, 1996.

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Alligator in a pond at Magnolia House and Gardens in Charleston County, South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Nighttime, ground level view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 13.

Deer in the tall grass below Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

North Window, Arches National Park, Utah. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Fat and sassy prairie dogs on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Corvette Car outside the Route 66 Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Parrot at the Parrot Jungle and Gardens, south of Miami.

Actual skateboarders mimic those on a street mural, Louisville, Kentucky (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Exterior bas-relief, Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Crater Lake, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973, extravehicular activity.

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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini-12 spaceflight, performs extravehicular activity.

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Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission, 16 May 2011.

Pacific Coast Highway Scenic. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Seahorse. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Acadia National Park is one of the most visited parks in America.

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Elk at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's elk refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a valley on the edge of Grand Teton National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Alligator Adventure, a fourteen-acre theme park of sorts that calls itself the "Reptile Capital of the World" in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Brown bear, maybe smiling, at the Wild Animal Sanctuary, a 720-acre animal refuge housing more than 350 large animals near Keenesburg, Colorado. The sanctuary specializes in rescuing and caring for large predators that had being ill-treated. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Spring field of rapeseed flowers in Benton County, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Boundary Layer Ingestion.

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Mercury-Atlas 2 liftoff.

Sand dunes in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Telstar 19 Vantage Mission (2018).

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The rotunda ceiling of the Texas capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Capitol Hill at night. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress collection.

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Exterior, new addition, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

One-third of the Earth's sphere illuminated, Earth's terminator, sunglint, a portion of east Africa, as photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its first lunar landing mission.

An Indian Maid pours waters for explorer Hernando De Soto in the men’s bath at the Fordyce Bathhouse, Helena, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 8 Aug. 2007.

Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

The White House, the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument.

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Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

Aerial view of the Washington Monument in Washington.

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DSCOVR (2015).

White House at dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Manassas Battlefield, Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Golden Gate Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Round Barn, Arcadia, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Grand Canyon excursion railroad runs, complete with train-robber “shootouts,” from Williams Arizona, up to the South Rim of the canyon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Golden Spike National Historic Site, where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads came together in on May 10, 1869. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Pumpkin patch near Litchfield, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane.

Cloud formations are seen through the window of NASA DC-8 aircraft during a flight over the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 17, 2010.

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The White House. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Tobacco Barns in Windsor, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

International manufacturing plant. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Washinton Monument in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Manassas Battlefield, Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Dusk shot of the neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

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Small parts of a branch of the Dogwood: Cornus Nuttallii (Boxwood of North America) enlarged 12 times, Cornus Nuttallii (Boxwood of North America) enlarged 8 times, and  Cornus Florida (Flowering Dogwood) enlarged 25 times from Urformen der Kunst (1928) by Karl Blossfeldt.

DSCOVR (2015).

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