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![[Stone lantern on shore and a torii in a lake] / Y. Ito.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDkvc3RvbmUtbGFudGVybi1vbi1zaG9yZS1hbmQtYS10b3JpaS1pbi1hLWxha2UteS1pdG8tNmIwNzBhLTEwMjQuanBn/320/237/jpg "[Stone lantern on shore and a torii in a lake] / Y. Ito.")
![[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, Calif.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvY2F0aGVkcmFsLXJvY2tzLXdpdGgtbGFrZS1hbmQtdHJlZXMtaW4tZm9yZWdyb3VuZC15b3NlbWl0ZS12YWxsZXktY2FsaWYtM2MzOTIwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, Calif.]")
![[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, Calif.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvY2F0aGVkcmFsLXJvY2tzLXdpdGgtbGFrZS1hbmQtdHJlZXMtaW4tZm9yZWdyb3VuZC15b3NlbWl0ZS12YWxsZXktY2FsaWYtODc2ZmIwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, Calif.]")
![[Fairfield Lake and Chimney Top from Bald Face, Sapphire, N.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZmFpcmZpZWxkLWxha2UtYW5kLWNoaW1uZXktdG9wLWZyb20tYmFsZC1mYWNlLXNhcHBoaXJlLW5jLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Fairfield Lake and Chimney Top from Bald Face, Sapphire, N.C.]")
![[Battle Monument and lake, Lake George, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvYmF0dGxlLW1vbnVtZW50LWFuZC1sYWtlLWxha2UtZ2VvcmdlLW55LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Battle Monument and lake, Lake George, N.Y.]")
![[Ambleside, stepping stones, Lake District, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvYW1ibGVzaWRlLXN0ZXBwaW5nLXN0b25lcy1sYWtlLWRpc3RyaWN0LWVuZ2xhbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Ambleside, stepping stones, Lake District, England]")
![[South from Shelving Rock, Lake George, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc291dGgtZnJvbS1zaGVsdmluZy1yb2NrLWxha2UtZ2VvcmdlLW55LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[South from Shelving Rock, Lake George, N.Y.]")
