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Xu Dong, United States
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In an early morning, I was in Huang Mountain, China to try to capture sunrise, I saw this lone tree, perched atop a rugged silhouette, stands as sentinel—bare, unwavering, and ancient, It watches in silence as the mountains dissolve into mist, each ridge a softer echo of the one before. The sky fades from indigo to blush, a quiet surrender to dusk. In this moment, time stretches thin, and the world holds its breath. The watcher does not speak, yet its presence lingers—a symbol of endurance, memory, and the quiet dignity of solitude.
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I am a retired engineer and started to learn photography since 2017. Now I like landscape photography, travel photography and street photography.
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