Externsteine
The Externsteine is a distinctive sandstone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Lippe district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Once a week this site takes an image from the WPPhotos project, finds the photographer, and asks questions about the image.
Where was it taken? Why? Why were they there?
These are their stories. Read more about this project.
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Pond In The Fog
This is Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was taken by Derek Ashauer while on a hike with some friends.
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Dinner In Nepal
A photo from Bijay Yadav of a typical Nepali dinner with rice, Khago, and Chicken sadeko.
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Tonkonath Rajbari
This photo was taken by Benjir Ahmed. The building is more than 100 years old and Benjir simply went to take some amazing pictures. There’s an excellent video available.
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Ama Yangri
This story of how Anish came to view Ama Yangri near Kathamandu.
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The Sabarmati River
Photo of the dry bed of the Sabarmati River, which should be flowing through Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Ahmedabad Pastry
These are pineapple and chocolate pastries commonly made in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was taken by Shail Mehta (who prefers the chocolate).
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Birds Nests
My husband took this photo during our visit to the Sapda temple near Jamnagar, Gujarat. The temple authorities have hung these beatiful nest pots for birds.
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Auto Rickshaw at Sunset
This photo was taken by Shalin Shah in Pune, India. He was riding in an auto rickshaw near sunset and photoed this one in the street next to him.
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Heaven
Courtney Robertson lives on top of a hill in Pennsylvania. This scene is from a frozen January evening looking across the fields to heaven.
