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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 10:29 AM
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Havasu Falls - (Havasupi Reservation) - Grand Canyon

Yavapai Point - Grand Canyon

Desert View at sunset - Grand Canyon

Tunnel View - Yosemite Valley

Glacier Point - Yosemite Valley

Monument Valley

Redrock Buttes near Sedona

Artist's Point - Yellowstone

Marin County Headlands looking across Golden Gate towards San Francisco

Morro Rock - Sequoia

Floor of Sistine Chapel looking Up

The Acropolis of Athens

Scottish Highlands

Several Points along Sydney Harbor looking towards the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House.

I'm sure there are more that I just cannot remember at the moment....

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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 10:46 AM
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the rim of crater lake
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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 10:50 AM
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ok, now for the most beautiful visually-

Top of Oak Mountain, Alabama

Top of Whiteface Mountain, NY
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White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
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Yes Keith, It was Artist Point - Yellowstone! Not Painted Vally.
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Toss-up

Deck of hostel, Grindelwald, Switzerland;

or

Overwater bungalow deck, Bora Bora lagoon.
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Diving at 100 ft. on the Northside of Grand Cayman Island watching a spotted eagle ray swim close by. Took my breath away.
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The view from Lolo Vista Point--at the end of the Nuololo Trail on Kauai
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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 01:09 PM
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St. Mary Lake, Glacier NP

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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 01:17 PM
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Home plate, Yankee Stadium, NY
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Buzios, Brazil - Period.
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Sheep's Crossing, White Mountains, Arizona
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Old Apr 7th, 2006, 09:13 AM
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Timely post...
Yesterday I saw a new edition of Life that is a similar topic. It has photos of the most amazing sights in the world. Very cool.
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Old Apr 7th, 2006, 09:19 AM
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica (erupting at sunset)
Santorini island, Greece. Period.
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Old Apr 7th, 2006, 09:25 AM
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Current River, Ozarks, in springtime.
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Old Apr 7th, 2006, 09:34 AM
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I totally agree with CarolM -

Santorini Island, cliff side, sunrise

as a newlywed, though, I also have to say
husband's arms on wedding day
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santorini island ( oia )
sunset at Moustier Ste Marie ( provence - France )
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Wailea (sp?) beach at sunset
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My high decks here in the eastern hills overlooking all of San Miguel de Allende, Gto, MX; the Presa Allende and the Guanajuato Mountains.
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Thanks for the chance to relieve great moments:

Terrace Room, The Buccaneer Hotel, St. Croix

Bryce Canyon on horseback

South Kaibab Trail at sunrise, Grand Canyon

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada (thanks for reminding me

Mural Room, Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park
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