My Photos: ניקולס

• I'm a photo journalist who splits his time between Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico and Texas in the USA.
• If you are in need of a photo for an article related to Mexico or Texas, let me know and I'll do my best to fulfill your request.
• A summary of my edits is available here and the articles I have created are listed here.

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Other wikis[edit]

I also regularly contribute on other wikis:

• Wikipedia Commons and Spanish Wikipedia.

Future projects[edit]

• Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund
• Cerveza Montejo (incubating)
• 3Ball MTY (incubating)

Countries I Have Visited[edit]

My photographic & video contributions[edit]

Videos:

Original photographs:

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  Non-commercial paintball field in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Moody Gardens Pyramid
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  Current B'nai Israel Temple
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  First B'nai Israel Temple c.1870
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  Sanctuary of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica
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  American National Insurance Company
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  Galveston Skyline
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  Sanctuary of St. Mary Cathedral Basilica
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  Moody National Bank's headquarters in downtown Galveston, Texas.
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  Cranes at the Port of Galveston container terminal
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  1894 Grand Opera House
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  Sacred Heart Church, Galveston
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  Galveston County Civil Courthouse
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  Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery c.1852
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  Community House Entrance
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  Rabbi Cohen Community House Gate
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  Shearn Moody Plaza
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  Shield of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
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  Algoa, Texas
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  Beth Jacob Synagogue
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  Beth Jacob Cemetery
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  Main Terminal of Scholes International Airport
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  Rosenberg Library
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  Arab Ka'ak
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  UTMB
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  The historic Trube Castle
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  Sacred Heart Church
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  Henry Cohen Community House
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  New Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery
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  Baby chicks for sale at the Mercado 20 de Novembre in Oaxaca, Mexico
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  City National Bank Building, now the Galveston County Historical Museum, in downtown Galveston, Texas
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  O'Connell High School
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  Ball High School
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  John Sealy Hospital
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  Galveston College
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  William B. Travis School
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  Ball High School
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  Galveston County Justice Center
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  Manakeesh with Za'atar
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  Ativan tablets, 0.5mg
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  Santiago Apostol Chapel in Oaxaca, Mexico
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  Israeli Couscous or Ptitim
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  Ciprofloxacin
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  Rabbi Jimmy Kessler
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  Texas state Representative Craig Eiland
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  Galveston, Texas mayor Lyda Ann Thomas
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  Judge John R. Froeschner
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  La Marque Common School
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  Rosenberg Elementary Galveston, Texas
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  Rosenberg House on UTMB campus
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  New Galveston Causeway
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  1910 Galveston Causeway
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  Dominican High School
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  Galveston United States Post Office, Court House and Customs Building
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  United States National Bank building
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  Ashbel Smith Building on UTMB campus
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  The Galveston Shriner's Burns hospital on the Campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch
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  Dominos Pizza restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  A traditional Tlayuda served folded and topped with a slice of beef skirt-steak. Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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  Chapulines (roasted grasshopers) for sale at the Benito Juarez Market in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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  An open-faced Tlayuda topped with strings of Quesillo.
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  Peanut-butter flavored version of the Israeli snack Bamba
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  Un-refrigerated eggs for sale at a Chedraui grocery store in Oaxaca, Mexico
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  La escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y Zoología de la UABJO.
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  Foto panorámica del Centro Cultural Universitario y Rectoría de la UABJO
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  BBQ flavored version of the Israeli snack Bissli.
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  Student protests at the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca in the fall of 2009.
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  1870 B'nai Israel Synagogue and Community House
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  Alamo School
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  Looking out towards the Gulf of Mexico
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  Galveston's Rosenberg Library, Pre Ike
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  Galveston's Rosenberg Library, Post-Ike
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  Galveston Island Trolley
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  Queso Fresco mexicano.
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  Árbol del Tule en Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico, Octubre 2009.
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  Universidad de la Sierra Juárez en Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Roasted "baby" chapulines
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  Crocodile nursery located inside the Lagunas de Chacahua National Park in Oaxaca, MX
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  2,500 High-Risk people line up in a mall in Texas City, Texas to receive the H1N1 vaccine from the Galveston County Health Department.
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  Alamo School plaque
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  The Daily News main office.
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  Sacred Heart Parish Elementary School
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  The 1894 Central High School building and attached former branch of the Rosenberg Library for African Americans.
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  The Bishop's Palace, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
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  El teatro Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico
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  Mosaico de Benito Juárez en Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Full size Guava tree growing in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Boudin balls
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  Smoked boudin
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  Alebrijes en el Mercado Pochote en Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Stones from a Zapotec temple that were incorporated into the walls of Iglesia Preciosa Sangre de Cristo in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Mexican hot chocolate, specifically Chocolate Mayordomo
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  The Modelo beer brewery in Oaxaca.
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  A 24-hour Automated Postal Center inside the Webster, Texas Main Post Office.
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  Jamaica Beach, Texas Post Office
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  Texas State Historical Plaque marking a Karankawa indian campsite & burial ground historical marker on the west end of Galveston Island.
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  The Galveston National Laboratory--BSL4 Lab--on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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  Specially designed Hurricane-proof building constructed to house joint offices of the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service Forecast Office & the Galveston County Emergency Management Office
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  Porous fossiliferous limestone cladding on the side of a building
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  Military checkpoint in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Kiosk and gardens located in the Zócalo.
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  The city of Oaxaca de Juárez at night, taken from the Cerro de Fortín.
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  Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas.
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  A woman cutting designs into unfired Barro Negro pottery in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Mercado Benito Juarez en Oaxaca, OAX, Mexico
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  Underground pits in which cured barro negro pottery is fired in San Bartolo Coyotepec, OAX, MX.
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  Jardín Etnobotánico circa de la Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán in en Oaxaca, MX.
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  A permanently submerged lamp used as a fish attractant.
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  Dried maize mote, also known as hominy, purchased at a street market in Oaxaca, MX.
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  A Zapotec communal fish farm located near Ixtlan de Juárez in Oaxaca, MX.
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  John Sealy Hospital
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  Webster Post Office
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  Webster city hall
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  League City
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  Dickinson
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  Santa Fe
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  Hitchcock
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  La Marque
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  Texas City Post Office
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  Tiki Island
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  Friendswood
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  Bánh mì thịt nướng
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  Hauxya pods, also known as Guajes, served as part of a Oaxacan Botana.
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  Tlayuda con quesillo y chorizo en Oaxaca, MX.
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  School of Languages at the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca
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  Native "criollo" avocados, the precursor to today's domesticated varieties.
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  Quesillo de Oaxaca from the Mercado Benito Juárez in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mex.
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  Salchicha Oaxaqueña
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  Tiendas Chedraui en Oaxaca de Juarez.
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  2010 Elections in Oaxaca
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  Tamales Oaxaqueños, large tamales willed with chicken and mole negro, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.
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  Tamal de zarzamoras - made with pineapple, raisins & blackberries.
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  Tamal amarillo
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  a tamale made with chipilín
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  Ashton Villa, location of the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, birthplace of Juneteenth.
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  Tamale filled with chicken and spicy marinaed jalapenos, onions and tomatoes.
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  Tamale filled with chicken and salsa verde.
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  A sincronizada made ham, oaxaca cheese, topped with chipotle & green salsas, plus pico de gallo.
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  An empanada made with flor de calabaza, queso Oaxaca and epazote
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  Oaxacan Memelas topped with salsa rojo, salsa verde & queso fresco.
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  Palacio Municipal of San Agustín Etla
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  A Burger King franchise adapted to operate in the historic district of Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico
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  Iglesia de San Pablo Huitzo
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  Belott, TX VFD
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  Mall of the Mainland foodcourt.
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  Mall of the Mainland foodcourt.
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  Water tower in Weches, Texas
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  Polk County, Texas courthouse
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  Directional sign for Saumsville, Virginia
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  Downtown Saumsville
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  Mound at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Cherokee County, Texas
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  Fry's Electronics Store in Webster, Texas
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  Santa Maria del Tule Palacio Municipal.
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  El Centro de San Pedro Juchatengo, Oaxaca.
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  Carving Alebrijes from Copal wood in Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Asado de penca del agave, utilizados en la elaboración de mezcal en Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  2010 Oaxacan Elections
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  Gusano de Maguey en botella. Oaxaca, Mexico
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  A seedless avocado growing next to two normal avocados in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca.
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  Tomatoes being grown organically in a greenhouse. Location: San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Kids celebrate Las Posadas in Jalatlaco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Monte Alban
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  Tortillas para tlayudas
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  Barro comals used in Latin America.
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  Tortas Oaxaquenas being prepared on a griddle.
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  An open seed pod on a Silk Floss tree.
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  Markouk
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  Guelaguetza auditorio in Oaxaca de Juarez.
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  Queso Flameado
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  Estadio de Béisbol Lic. Eduardo Vasconcelos
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  Las Posadas en Mexico
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  Rafael Torres Valdez, rector de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca.
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  Shinzabouro Takeda, Japanese-born Mexican artist.
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  Oaxaca City does not have piped tap water. All water must be delivered to houses and businesses by truck, where it is pumped into cisterns.
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  UABJO's "Lic. Benito Juarez" Library.
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  Una Miscelánea en el barrio de Xalatlaco.
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  Huitlacoche for sale in the produce department of a Soriana store in Oaxaca.
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  Garnachas from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca
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  A KFC restaurant in Oaxaca de Juarez.
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  An INEGI census worker in Xalatlaco, Oaxaca.
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  Interior of a Soriana Hypermart.
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  Edificio del Fábricas de Francia en Plaza Oaxaca en Oaxaca de Juarez
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  Tortillas enchilada with chorizo Tlaxiaqueno in Tlaxiaco
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  Entrance to Santiago Yolomécatl
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  Templo de San Jerónimo en San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
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  Kosher turkey and beef pastirma wrapped in a pita in Tel Aviv
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  Sautéed Bull penis served as an appetizer in Oaxaca.

Panoramic contributions[edit]

Playa Principal en Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

Alameda de León plaza en Oaxaca de Juarez, OAX, MX.

The city of Galveston looking southeast towards the Gulf of Mexico. Downtown Galveston and the Strand Historic District are at the far right, while East Beach and the University of Texas Medical Branch Childrens Hospital and Shriners Children's Burns Hospital are to the far left.

Panoramic view of the western portion of Pelican Island, including the campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston and the Galveston Ship Channel.

Foto panorámica del Centro Cultural Universitario y Rectoría de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca

Beth Jacob Synagogue (C)

Galveston Causeway

Dominican ex-convent of Santiago Apóstol in Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico

Stephen F Austin Junior High School in Galveston, Texas

Also fair use images:

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