PHOTO OF THE DAY March 21, 2005  

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Where Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
When 1995
Photographer Sam Abell

"The moon at sunrise lends an otherworldly feel to the freshwater lakes and pearly sands along the edge of lonely Shelburne Bay, on the remote northeast flank of the Cape York Peninsula."

—From the National Geographic book Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land, 1999


Photo gallery: Sam Abell's photographs of Australia
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