Photo of the Month
Inverted Flight
March 2015Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times
Aerobatic performers show off their skills over Lake Washington during Seattles annual Seafair Weekend festival. Copyright 2014, Seattle Times Company. Used with permission.
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Inverted Flight
March 2015Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times
Aerobatic performers show off their skills over Lake Washington during Seattles annual Seafair Weekend festival. Copyright 2014, Seattle Times Company. Used with permission.
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Intense Cheering
February 2015Denny Simmons/Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press
The annual students-versus-faculty tug-of-war match at the Evansville Day School in Indiana fires up the enthusiasm of one particular pupil.
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Honest Selfie
January 2015John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Sarah Dreifke takes a self-portrait atop a statue of Abraham Lincoln, continuing an annual post-commencement tradition of posing for pictures at the memorial on the campus.
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Impactful Advertising
December 2014Doug Finger/Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Emergency crews in Gainesville, Fla. tend to an accident scene involving a bus and a Ford Explorer. The Gainesville Sun reported that the victim pictured here sustained non-life-threatening injuries. No word if he contacted the attorney.
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Big Air
November 2014Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman
BMX freestyler Kevin Robinson takes flight off the vert ramp during the June X Games in Austin, Texas
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Dividing Line
October 2014David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris
St. Louis County sheriffs officers meet a crowd of protestors on the first night of unrest in Ferguson, Mo. following the police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown in August.
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Over the Rainbow
September 2014Michael Ciaglo | The Colorado Springs Gazette
A rainbow lights up a field outside Hartsel, Colo. as a spring storm passes through the area on May 22, 2014.
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Need a Lift?
August 2014Tom Dodge | Columbus Dispatch
David Jackson, with Smoot Construction, backs his truck to load a Tyrannosaurus Rex behind the Manatee Coast at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Copyright: Dispatch Printing Company
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Clean Hit
July 2014Doug Duran | Bay Area News Group
While trying to protect a bull rider, bullfighter Eric Layton is launched into the air by a bull named "Crystal Clean" during the Livermore Rodeo in Livermore, Calif., on Sunday, June 9, 2013.
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Submerged
June 2014John Kim | Chicago Tribune
Ashley McMillan, 22, gets immersed into the water during the New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge at North Avenue Beach, Jan. 1, 2014, in Chicago.
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Storm Chasers
May 2014Matt Detrich | The Indianapolis Star
Members of the M.E.S.O. Storm Chase team perch themselves on the peak of a country road to get the best vantage point to hopefully watch a tornado form out of the gigantic clouds that surround them in Iowa on May 12, 2013.
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Polar Vortex
April 2014James Neiss | Niagara (N.Y.) Gazette
Prospect Point at Niagara Falls State Park is a winter wonderland as a result of the frigid temperatures this past January.
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Cramped Quarters
March 2014Michael Robinson Chavez | Los Angeles Times
This photo, taken on Oct. 25, 2013, shows the Pavaozinho favela, or slum, sitting above two of the most expensive and desirable neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro: Copocabana and Ipanema. Rios police force has pacified all of the favelas in this wealthy and tourist-filled area by forcing the drug lords out.
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Electrical Storm
February 2014Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Wash.)
Storm watchers look at lightning strikes from Bachmann Park in Manette, Wash., early on Aug. 10, 2013.
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Star-Spangled Banner
January 2014K.C. Alfred | U-T San Diego
Army soldiers unfurl a giant flag during the national anthem prior to an NFL Monday Night Football game on Sept. 9, 2013 between the San Diego Chargers and Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
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FROM THE SKY
December 2013Marc Lester | Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News
Staff Sgt. Otis Lee watches from the grounds as other Army paratroopers come down onto the Malemute Drop Zone. Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne) conducted a mass tactical training exercise at the Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on June 4, 2013. About 550 paratroopers jumped from C-17 aircraft during the exercise.
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Fragile World
November 2013Michael Chow | The Arizona Republic
Lizzy Hendrickson hangs on a fence while playing during recess at Prince of Peace Preschool in Phoenix, Ariz. The four-year-old suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare genetic skin disease that causes the skin to be so fragile that the slightest friction can cause severe blistering. There is no cure.
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Window Washing Hero
October 2013Cherie Diez | Tampa Bay Times
Sao Doan,5, right, watches as her mom, Tiffany Ringer, snaps a photo of Spider-Man (aka Merrill Hunt) as he washes her window at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Jan. 10, 2013.
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A Snack to Go
September 2013Christine Hochkeppel | Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.)
Grace Nelson, 7, watches as a seagull snatches a piece of bread right from her hand at the Falmouth Heights Beach parking lot on Feb. 6, 2013.
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Up in the Air
August 2013Michael McCollum | The (Stockton, Calif.) Record
Ross and Snow and Canada Geese take flight at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge northeast of Vernalis, Calif. There were thousands taking a break in the stubblefield off of Beckwith Road, north on Highway 132, east of Highway 5.
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Memorial Tribute
July 2013Robin Scholz / News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Hunter Fazio (front) tries to clean off a grave marker as his brother Talon (left) talks with Trent Boppart, as Cub Scout Pack 121 helped members of the American Legion Post 24 install flags on all of the veterans grave sites at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Champaign, Ill., on May 25, 2013.
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Face Time
June 2013Francis Gardler / Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
Florida State batter James Ramsey grimaces as he foul tips a pitch off his face during the Stony Brook game at the NCAA College World Series on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at TD Ameritrade Park.
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Happy Day
May 2013Lisa DeJong/The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
On a frigid, snowy February day, a 4-month-old Labrador puppy appropriately named Happy forges ahead of his owner, 11-year-old Tommy Baker. Baker was happy himself, celebrating a day off school with a snow day. The National Weather Service had issued a snow warning for most of the county. Baker said Happy loves the snow and couldnt care less that the temperature was 15 degrees.
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Capacity Crowd
April 2013Guy Rhodes / Sun-Times Media
Spectators fill Chicagos North Avenue Beach as seen from an aerial view during the annual Chicago Air and Water Show on Aug. 18, 2012. The image was shot with a 400mm lens from the back door of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Teams Fokker C-31A aircraft. The plane was climbing to an altitude of 12,500 feet above the beach in preparation for the teams jump.
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Into the Wild
March 2013Alan Berner | The Seattle Times
Rescued on Capitol Hill in mid-November 2012, a snowy owl is released in Volunteer Park by Sarvey Wildlife Care Center. The owl, with a wingspan of more than 3 feet, left its crate a second after the door was opened. A crowd watched as the owl flew away silently.
