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Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

Exhibited at the National Air & Space Museum, DC.

The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award presented by the U.S, Congress. This medal was presented to the Tuskegee Airmen, African American pilots flying for the U,S. Army Air Forces during World War I, Awarded on March 29, 2007, the medal recognized their "unique military record that inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces." Lent by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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One Cell .. [2 / 2]

The detail from one (1) slab that makes up the repeating tile roof design of the DC Metro. Washington, DC.

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Radiating Symmetries .. [1 / 2]

The iconic design scheme of the DC Metro, this one at the Pentagon City station. Washington, DC.

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Moose

Taxidermied moose at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

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Saimiri sciureus

Taxidermied Southern Squirrel Monkeys at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

Bounding through the canopy, these nimble monkeys forage for insects, nectar, and ripe fruits. They avoid the uppermost branches where eagles hunt.

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Hidebound

The hide of a taxidermied walrus, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

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Backlit glass

With the tower of the Smithsonian Castle providing background punctuation, and the fractal branches of the leaf-denuded trees providing framing, sunlight bursts through the glass of a lamp on a bright winter's day on the Mall, Washington, DC.

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Thinker on a Rock

1997 cast bronze sculpture by Barry Flanagan, at the National Sculpture Garden on the Mall, Washington, DC.

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Obligatory Autumn .. [2 / 2]

It does not matter how many times the golden yellow leaves are caught in bright sunshine under a clear blue November sky, it remains forever eyecatching. Washington, DC.

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Obligatory Autumn .. [1 / 2]

It does not matter how many times the golden yellow leaves are caught in bright sunshine under a clear blue November sky, it remains forever eyecatching. Washington, DC.

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Australopithecus africanus

Cast of 2.8 Myr old skull of the Taung child A. africanus from South Africa, apparently killed by an eagle. Exhibit at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

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Northern night monkey

Taxidermy exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

These quiet little mokeys are most active on moonlit nights, traveling through the upper layers of the forst. Because of their owl-like hoots and large eyes, these primates are sometimes called owl monkeys.

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