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Santa Maria Cone
Photo: Santa Maria cone
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The quality of light is one of the most important aspects of landscape photography. Late sun backlights mountains and fog in this dramatic scene. The small human silhouette to the right gives the scene both scale and an active sense of viewing.
Photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel

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