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Wind Turbines in mass out in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Redwood National and State Park on U.S. 101 in Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A harvester kicks up dust in a cornfield near Bridgeton in Parke County, Indiana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Detail of Ruth Glacier, Glacial moulin, Alaska's Denali National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Skyline of lower Manhattan pre 9/11. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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Yosemite National Park, USA. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Dutch-style windmill at the extreme western end of the Golden Gate Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Aerial views of a marina in Los Angeles. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Spectacular rainbow outside the settlement of Humbolt-Dewey, near Prescott in Central Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bell Gas Sign in Truxton, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Fog obscures the mountains outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Battery Park View, New York. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The federal courthouse and post office in Texarkana (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Magnolia Mobil Gas station, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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'Fluid Dynamics,' mixed media by Tina York depicts fluid dynamics studies at the Ames Research Center.

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The flag of the United States and the footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., deployed on the surface of the moon.

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Cupola, Federal Building and U.S Courthouse, Port Huron, Michigan (2008) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Corn rows as far as the eye can see in Buchanan County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Beautiful scenics along Route 46 in California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The University of Wyoming "Western Thunder" Cheer Squad and marching band perform at a Cowboys' football home game in Laramie. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Row houses, Florida Ave. and Porter St., NE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

United States-Mexican border-security fence in Brownsville, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Oklahoma City Memorial located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Curing baby Swiss cheese rounds at the Alp and Dell factory. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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Skyline of Minneapolis, Minnesota Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A fanciful map of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Soaring Mount Shasta is visible from miles away in north-central California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Jewelers' Building, Chicago. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A landscape view of Alaska - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Flea isolated on white background. Original image sourced from US Government department: Public Health Image Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Under US law this image is copyright free, please credit the government department whenever you can”.

The barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Horses head for the corral in the daily roundup of horses, Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Row houses located near intersection of 5th Street and Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Washington Monument, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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East Capitol Street is a major street that divides the northeast and southeast quadrants of Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress collection.

Route 1 along the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The “sheriff” of Old Tombstone, now an Old West tourist attraction in southeastern Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A wind-turbine farm near the city of Snyder in Scurry County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Texas state flags line a path through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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"Austin, Texas" mural — evoking a postcard image — on Guadalupe Street, north of the University of Texas at Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test (2015).

Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

Es'hail–2 Mission (2018).

Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test (2015).

THAICOM 8 Launch (2016).

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Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

Crew Demo–1 Mission (2019).

Artist Illustration of Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

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CRS–12 Mission (2017).

ORBCOMM–2 (2015).

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Orbital Test Vehicle 5 Mission (2017).

Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2017).

Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

One of several four-legged residents of the Forever Home Donkey Rescue & Sanctuary, a private facility in the Cochise County desert, several miles north of Benson, Arizona. "Each animal has a different story" of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, the sanctuary's staff and volunteers tell visitors. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Barn, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Falcon 9 first stage in hangar (2015).

Artist Illustration of Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

GPS III SV01 Mission (2018).

Just Read the Instructions (2015).

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Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2017).

Iridium–1 Mission (2017).

Landed rockets in hangar 39A (2016).

Vintage Texaco station in Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, Oct. 27, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky (2009) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Ponderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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.

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The Columbus, Ohio, skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Spectacular Rocky Mountain valley outside Telluride, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The set sets behind large, metal silos on a farm in Jackson County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Wind turbines dominate the sky over the soybean fields of Franklin County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Christmas tree farm located in Suffield, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Gadsden is the county seat with a population in 2000 of 38,978. Area 37 square miles and is located in the central part of the county. Incorporated in 1871. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Confederate Statue in Jasper, Alabama. Confederate flag made out of flowers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Plowed cotton fields on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The 'Great White Throne,' Zion National Park, Utah. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A red fox prowls for voles, hidden beneath the snow, in Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

New York City Skyline - World Trade Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Row houses, Florida Ave. and Porter St., NE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market renovation in the 80s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Utah's Zion National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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New Carrollton Federal Office building in Baltimore, home to 4,400 federal employees. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Lafayette, Lousiana Swamp. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The rebuilt St. Paul Catholic Church in Pass Christian after the original was destroyed during 2005 Hurricane Katrina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Harbor scene in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Rio Grande River in Big Bend Ranch State Park in lower Brewster County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Sedgwick County, near Julesburg, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Commercially grown flowers in California field. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Hercules ship at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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