Why do terrains provoke imagination?




Jaipur
Chamundi Hills, Mysore
Bombay Pune Express Highway

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Meenu said…
Nice! Never thought of Google earth as a muse! Seems like you spend a lot of time looking at it huh?
November 28, 2006 at 7:19:00 AM PST
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