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Press room of the Smithsonian

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Tungbat Diving
04.30.2025
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Gallery view of exhibition with blue walls and floors and a glass case with a jacket inside.

APAC Sightlines Exhibition
04.25.2025
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A young person wearing jeans and short sleeve shirt crouches next to end of red Impala.

Streetwise – Lowrider, SAVA
04.24.2025
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A girl in a light grey sweatshirt looks into large camera on tripod in outdoor sculpture garden.

Emerging Media Makers - Ghetto Film School
04.24.2025
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A young girl stands in front mic playing the violin.

Music Apprenticeship - Sugar in the Pan
04.24.2025
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Man wearing glasses and a short sleeve shirt crouches down a field of tall green grass.

Researcher Jaehyun Lee Collects Samples
04.23.2025
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A man and a woman wearing short sleeve shirts and outdoors attire stand in field of tall green gas holding large stick with soil

Researchers Holding Soil Core
04.23.2025
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A watery field of green grass with white poles for a science exeriment.

SMARTX experiment
04.23.2025
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Photo of a red colored moon.

STARS - Lunar Eclipse
04.23.2025
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Photo of the sun in black white, with a partial eclipse creating a half-circle black shadow on top part of sun.

STARS - Solar Eclipse
04.23.2025
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Vintage photo of women kneeling in a field holding flowers.

Eva Curtis (Iñupiaq) and Sadie Vestal (Iñupiaq) picking wildflowers  
04.21.2025
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Vintage photo of a man playing a guitar on a porch

Thommy Mestokosho (Innu, 1937–2016) playing guitar
04.21.2025
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Plant in a conical shape with vibrant red leaves

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia bella
03.07.2025
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Plant with magenta pink leaves shaped like large almonds.

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia reticulata
03.07.2025
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Plant with long, thin, bright red leaves in a needle shape.

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia atratensis
03.07.2025
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Dried leaf specimen of large green teardrop leaf.

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia oleosa specimen
03.07.2025
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Dried leaf specimen with thin, small leafs.

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia donstonea specimen
03.07.2025
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Dried specimen with ten alternating thin leaves.

NMNH Heliconia - Heliconia atratensis specimen
03.07.2025
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Picture of outdoor landscaping with small, spiky shrubs in shades of green and one tall plant with long thin flowers.

NMNH Heliconia - Planted Heliconia
03.07.2025
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Man in button down and a black cap stands in the forest holding a leaf sample.

NMNH Heliconia - John Kress
03.07.2025
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Close-up of blue velvet gown with beaded x shapes.

NMAI Gladstone Gowns - Close-up of Gown
02.20.2025
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Woman walking the red carpet in a dark blue velvet gown.

NMAI Gladstone Gowns - Academy Awards Ceremony
02.20.2025
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Black and white photo of a young woman standing next to stacked books and papers that are taller than her.

NASM Collins Trophy 2025 - Margaret Hamilton
02.19.2025
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Artist rendering of a rectangular satellite floating in outerspace amid rocky planetary terrain and shining stars.

NASM Collins Trophy 2025 - OSIRIS-REx
02.19.2025
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