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Click any image to enlarge Photos chosen based solely on their ability to provoke viewer reactions |
“Ancient Handy Crafts.” Hands of an 89-year-old Vietnamese potter, Hoi An, Vietnam. January 2010 |
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“Dragon Warrior.” With a little help from Santa Claus, Dion Kohl becomes the Dragon Warrior, Costa Rica. December 2009 |
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“Make Room for Mushroom.” A mushroom grows out of a neglected sign at Monte Sky, Costa Rica. November 2009 |
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| “Branching Out.” My brother-in-law, Fernando, prepared this colorful non-floral arrangement in Tres Rios, Costa Rica. October 2009 |  |
“Sonburst.” Dion, my son, stands before a complete-circle rainbow after a light rain in Costa Rica. September 2009 |
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“You're Next.” This guard dog at a hotel in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica sends a clear message to trespassers. August 2009 |
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“Beer Stare.” In his three years, Dion has never seen a beverage like this. Wartberg Castle, Eisenach, Germany. July 2009 July Runners-Up |
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| “A Royal Experience.” This woman demonstrates a traditional dance in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy. June 2009 June Runners-Up |  |
“Hurry up snail male.” Snail has trouble keeping up with date in Podgorica, Montenegro. May 2009 May Runners-Up |
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“Natalia.” Natalia Barrantes stops for the camera in Tres Rios, Costa Rica. April 2009 |
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“Under the Cucumber Sun.” This cucumber flower and baby cuke underneath intercepts mid-afternoon sun in our living room. Tres Rios, Costa Rica. March 2009 |
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| “End of the Rainbow.” Rainbow passes over our house in Costa Rica and ends in our palm tree. February 2009 |  |
“Fun Before the Storm.” Tourists pose in front of the Poas Volcano crater, one day before the 6.2 earthquake shook Costa Rica and shut the park indefinitely. January 2009 |  |
“Rocket Wedding.” Girl watches fireworks at a friend’s wedding, Atenas, Costa Rica. December 2008 |
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“Gold Coast.” The sun radiates over Cannon Beach, Portland, Oregon. November 2008 |
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| “Unveiling Your Soul.” Photo by Marisol Mayorga on display at a photography exposition in San José, Costa Rica. October 2008 |  |
“Dog Day Afternoon.” Kids play a dog’s throw away in La Carpintera, Costa Rica. September 2008 |
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| “Motorcycle Safety.” This family of four in Cameroon isn’t fond of helmets or seat belts. August 2008 |  |
“Boulder Field.” Self-portraiture in Hickory Run State Park’s Boulder Field, a National Natural Landmark. Carbon Co., Pennsylvania.July 2008 |
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“Tidal Wave.” This sunset cloud readies to engulf a forest line in Fort Collins, Colorado. June 2008 |
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“Elken Snow.” Elk grazes by a lake in Yellowstone National Park, by Marisol Mayorga. May 2008 (#2) |
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“Fountain of Youth.” Dion runs his hand through a water fountain at the Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2008 (#1) |
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“Over the Top.” Citrus growers in Belize are beginning to use wild peanut to recover eroded soils. Here the cover crop plant scrambles over exposed roots and washed-out gullies (see orange in background). April 2008 |
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“Flower Child.” Dion stalks the bush at University of Georgia’s Monteverde, Costa Rica campus. March 2008 |
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“Spider Face.” This Belizean spider’s humanly half looks up from its arse. February 2008 |
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“I Saw It First.” Dion exhibits his handy passion for tools. Tres Rios, Costa Rica. January 2008 |
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“First Flight.” Dion reaches for the sky over Panama Beach, Costa Rica. December 2007 |
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“Bone Uncrushing.” This Mayan bone healer seems to take great |
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“Hum Tongue.” This hummingbird sticks his tongue out in San Ramon, Costa Rica. October 2007 |
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| “Fleeing the Photographer.” A glossy-backed thrush flees the photographer in Papallacta, Ecuador. September 2007 |  |
“Dreamworld.” Dion would seem to have found his first love; but she is not. Costa Rica. August 2007 |
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“Total Concentration.” Marisol stops to attend son Dion while touring July 2007 |
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“Volcanic Conversation.”Dion and Jorge share a few crude jokes in front of the ever elusive Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. June 2007 |
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Ashton Lagoon, Union Island, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, is the site of a recent project. May 2007 |
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“Family Stomachs.” Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. April 2007 |
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This fully armed mosquito poses in our living room. Tres Rios, Costa Rica. March 2007 |
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We teach our fledgling to fly in Iztaru, Costa Rica. February 2007 |
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| The beauty of remodeling is that most construction begins with destruction such as with our front door this month. January 2007 |  |
Bygone tree rises up at the Itabo Biological Reserve in southeastern Paraguay. December 2006 |
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Dion rides his first pumpkin, Sharon, Massachusetts. November 2006 |
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To my father’s great suprise, Dion suddenly lashes out to fingerprint his glass. New Hampshire. October 2006 See the effect on his glasses. |
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This tartantula pauses as Marisol pushes Dion’s carriage by in Tres Ríos, Costa Rica. September 2006 |
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Dion and Marisol cuddle in the cold winds at Turrialba Volcano National Park, Costa Rica. August 2006 |
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| Dion, three months old on 1 August, laughs at the possibility that the Patriots won’t go all the way this season. Tres Rios, Costa Rica. July 2006 |  |
Cows lounge on the crest of a hill in Puriscal, Costa Rica as a cloud passes over. June 2006 |
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Only a few days old and Dion is already making new friends.Tres Rios, Costa Rica. May 2006 |
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Our cat Poe found and played with this beautiful scorpion in our bedroom in Costa Rica. We since blocked off the space beneath the door. April 2006 |  |
Self-portaiture of part of my Costa Rican family in a very tropical context. Tres Rios. March 2006 |
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Jon (left) and Merrick Hoben tackle a snowwoman in the National Arboretum, Washington, DC. Click to see the large and complete animated version (1.2 Mb). Photos by Marisol Mayorga. Feb 2006 |  |
| Marisol (right) and Sabine (left) share their prenatal babies who also share the exact same due date: 21 April. January 2006 |  |
This cat welcomed our arrival at Twin Oaks comune, Virginia. December 2005 |
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The dawning sun crosses the Bay Bridge toward San Francisco. November 2005 |
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Mae waits for his bath, Washington, DC. October 2005 |
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| Bull elk collects his harem at the outset of rutting season.Benezette, Pennsylvania. September 2005 |
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A humpback of a whale’s tale off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts. July 2005 |
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Our black cat, Mae, prepares to roam the night. Washington, DC. June 2005 |
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This black-bellied whistling duck shows proper form at Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, Texas. May 2005 |
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Two months in the running, our two four-month-old adopted kittens, Poe and Mae ("Ma-eh"), earn photo of the month. April 2005 |
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These two three-month old candidates for adoption perform the arts of kittenry. Reston, Virginia. March 2005 |
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Starlings weather a snowstorm in D.C. Photo taken from Jon and Marisol’s apartment window.February 2005 |
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This lizard suns himself on the back of a sea lion in the Galapagos Islands where Jon and Marisol honeymooned. December 2004 |  |
Jon tests out the interactive exhibits at the Allegheny Arms & Armor Museum in Smethport, Pennsylvania. October 2004 |
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Jon and Marisol race down the Wolf River in Wisconsin. Photo by Rory Palosky. July 2004 |
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| Entitled “Fraternity, Liberty & Equality,” Jon took this self-portrait through the eyes and hands of Fernando Mayorga. NYC. May 2004 |  |
Jon grabs the high ground over a dried up lake in Nevada. Photo by Marisol Mayorga. Took place in November for April 2004. |
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| Jon participates in an ice-fishing adventure in Central Wisconsin. He is setting a tip-up over an ice fishing hole. Photo by Marisol Mayorga. January 2004 |  |
Jon delivering a petition of a local group in Stevens Point, WI to the state represen-tative’s desk in DC. December 2003 |
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Marisol with a thrilling bull’s eye at Brian in Yosemite National Park. November 2003 |
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Jon, Marisol, Brad, Emily, and Julie slowly inch across a dangerous mountain bridge in northern Wisconsin. October 2003 |
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| Jon and Marisol stand gently on sacred conservationist soil in front of Aldo Leopold’s shack in southern Wisconsin. September 2003 |  |
Jon and Marisol posture before the oceanfront leading to Komodo National Park, Indonesia. August 2003 |
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This shoe enjoyed a long-term home in The Domes, Milawaukee, Wisconsin. 4 July 2003 |
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In visiting the Minnesota Zoo, Marisol found her alter ego in the form of a mermaid. May 2003 |
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| This was Marisol's first Easter egg painting, although only Jon's out-of-shell performance is shown here on the right. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. April 2003. |  |
On Brian’s first trip to Costa Rica, he photographs an orb-weaving spider.Sarapiqui Learning Center. January 2003 |
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This was Marisol’s first pumpkin carving campaign in
October 2002. Jon’s is the on the lower right and Marisol did
the small one to its upper right. |
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Jon and Marisol visit the Smithsonian Institution in Panama April 2002. This museum was once a Manuel Noriega bar. |
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