Great Photo Shots!

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Photo: Deborah Borkowski This stunning shot was captured by reader Deborah Borkowski on Monday night — the unofficial final night of summer — at Little Round Bay in Crownsville, Md. That little white speck you see in the sky is the moon.

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Photo: Patience Burns This image of the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, was taken by reader Patience Burns while traveling with her husband. "Such a moving experience and so grateful for those who fought for our freedom," she writes.

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Photo: Tate Ericson Tate Ericson, a public relations executive in Chicago, was inspired to build this 2,660-piece Hogwarts Castle and Grounds after reading an Axios PM item about Lego's forthcoming Death Star. Tate and his buddy Tristan Hart finished this masterpiece (including the Astronomy Tower, Great Hall and Chamber of Secrets) in nine hours. More Harry Potter Lego.

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Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images The Manhattan skyline as seen at sunset from the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens last week.

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Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images In this photo taken today, on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, sunlight shines across the Oculus floor at the World Trade Center in a path referred to as the "Way of Light" — directly along the axis of the building. Architect Santiago Calatrava purposefully designed the Oculus to allow for this powerfully symbolic moment to occur every year at exactly 10:28 a.m., the same time the North Tower fell.

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Photo: Skip Hubbard This gorgeous view of Drakes Estero — an estuary within Point Reyes National Seashore, an hour or so north of San Francisco — was captured by reader Skip Hubbard of Chester, Conn., while on a trip out west.

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Photo: Jillian Katterhagen A stunning photo of the National Mall and the Washington Monument, snapped by reader Jillian Katterhagen, while meeting her fiancé for a picnic dinner on the Mall after work.

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Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images A sunflower field in Frederick, Md., as the sun was setting yesterday.

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Photo: Nishi Shah This photo comes from reader Karan Chhatpar of Metuchen, N.J. His wife, Nishi Shah, snapped it on a safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda during their honeymoon. "We loved the backdrop of the mountains while the elephant posed in front of us," Karan writes.

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Photo: Sean Finucane/MLB Photos via Getty Images It's the first day of fall, so let's say goodbye to the last season with this picture-perfect late summer night in America: The sun sets over Cleveland's Progressive Field during a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians on Sept. 10.

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Photo: Stewart Verdery Finish Line reader Stewart Verdery sends in this shot from Duce, Croatia, where his daughter Izzy is celebrating graduation from her master's program.

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Photo: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Sunrise over Manhattan on Sunday morning.

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Photo: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images A great egret and a white ibis in Orlando last week.

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Photo: Anna Kurth/AFP via Getty Images The Eiffel Tower was lit in pink today to mark the start of breast cancer awareness month in France.

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Photo: Pete Larkin As we transition into fall, here's a throwback summer shot from reader Pete Larkin. "My wife and I joined a couple of friends from Roanoke, Va., to celebrate the Fourth of July in the first town in the first state — beautiful Lewes, Del.," Pete writes. "This is a photo of sunrise on America's 249th birthday."

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Photo: Chris King The sun sets behind the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine, in this photo captured by reader Chris King.

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Photo: Mike Walker This sunset, in Lahaina on Maui, was captured by reader Mike Walker during a trip with his wife, Jean, to see two national parks — Volcanoes and Haleakalā — in Hawai'i. Since 2019, Mike and Jean have been on a quest to see all of America's national parks. Mike tells us they've visited every single one in the Lower 48, plus a few in Alaska and Hawai'i.

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Photo: Dave Wicks Reader Dave Wicks of Morrison, Colo., shows us America's parks are for all seasons with this stunning shot of Utah's Canyonlands National Park in winter.

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Photo: Stewart Verdery We thought we'd seen the best photos of last night's supermoon until reader Stewart Verdery sent along this shot of the Capitol he captured at 6:40 p.m., from the National Mall.

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Photo: Jon Wiegand This magnificent shot was taken by reader Jon Wiegand of Charlotte while he was on safari with his wife, Laureen, in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania in July. Jon and Laureen write: "This was a retirement bucket list trip that we had scheduled in 2020 (COVID shutdown) and 2023 (medical emergency) but had to cancel. The third time was the charm!"

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Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images A stunning recent sunset behind the Washington Monument.

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Photo: Michael Probst/AP Cars drive around a bend in the road surrounded by fall foliage in the Taunus region in Frankfurt, Germany, today.

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Photo: Lauren Sjurseth A gorgeous shot of the Atlantic Coast in Kennebunkport, Maine, captured by reader Lauren Sjurseth in April. "Beautiful, even during the peak of mud season," Lauren writes.

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Photo: Mike Walker "When we had a passing rain shower, the sun peeked out of the clouds and illuminated this rainbow over the changing fall leaves," says reader Mike Walker of Cornville, Maine, who snapped this photo.

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Photo: Sreejit Mohan Reader Sreejit Mohan snapped this pic of trees changing color near Mt. Katahdin in Northern Maine a couple of weeks ago.