Be still your beating hearts:
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California sunset.
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A. gets some perspective.
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Windy run.
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Learning to fly (which is going slower than I'd like, but well.)
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Marin tangle.
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Hudson hawk.
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Sunset gazing.
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Where's that confounded bridge?
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Space Coast from ghost to ghost.
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Moments later, a soldier bellowed at us "No pictures!" Then we went in.
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Spectacled selfie.
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Hong Kong shutter.
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Peninsular lanterns.
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Harbour view.
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A tiny and fairly representative fragment of Shenzhen's skyline.
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One of the many famous electronics markets.
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Light-emitting dreamscapes.
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Circumjacent!
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Shenzhen is not the least crazy place I've ever been.
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I mean.
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When in doubt, make it spectacular, right?
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I don't think this Hong Kong Airport ad is for a horror movie.
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Hanoi tiger I.
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Hanoi tiger II, at the Temple of Literature. Why doesn't every city have a Temple of Literature? Anyway I went and was not revered as a demigod. What is the point of being an author anyway.
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Westlake blues.
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Gone kayaking, Ha Long Bay.
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Android's panorama stitcher could use some deglitching.
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Karst portal.
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I happened to look out the ferry window and see this bridge under construction. I was a good 20km from both Hong Kong and Macau at the time...
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Macau is only scarcely less surreal than Shenzhen.
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When in doubt, blinky lights.
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Blockchain conferences are usually terrible but I attend some anyway.
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Storm warning, Santa Cruz.