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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Fly over Xiamen

The work was shot in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China in 2023. I used a high-speed shutter to freeze the aircraft whizzing past, so that the modern aircraft and the thousand-year-old ancient buildings in China could be framed in the same picture.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Mudanjiang City, China
Copyright: © BaiLiang Chen