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a carousel at night in Rome, Italy
May 9, 2016

Midnight Magic

On a carousel in Rome, Italy, backlight seems to animate one of the horses. This image was submitted by Your Shot community member Marino Sallowicz, who calls it “the beginning of a fairy-tale midnight.”

Sallowicz's shot was recently featured in the Daily Dozen.

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Photograph by Marino Sallowicz, National Geographic Your Shot

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