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This photo is from Photo Gallery: Visions of Earth—Beauty, Majesty, Wonder
Woman With Parasol, Australia
Photograph by Helen Dittrich, My Shot
An orange paper parasol silhouettes a woman’s curves. In ancient Egypt, China, India, and Mesopotamia, umbrellas protected important people from the sun.
(From the National Geographic book Visions of Earth)
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