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Taj Mahal, India
June 10, 2012

Taj Mahal, India

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When light pours over the Taj Mahal everything else clears from your mind. The tour guides, the crowds, the construction statistics all become moot. When in the presence of something so divine, just be.

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.)

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Photograph by Colin Roohan

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