{"id":976,"date":"2019-07-10T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2019-07-10T01:13:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:13:17","slug":"world-above","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/world-above\/","title":{"rendered":"World Above"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/world-above\/l1009778\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?fit=665%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"665,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"L1009778\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?fit=665%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?resize=665%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-977\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?w=665&amp;ssl=1 665w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?resize=104%2C150&amp;ssl=1 104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/L1009778.jpg?resize=67%2C96&amp;ssl=1 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><figcaption>Visiting Vancouver BC this week takes me back to a place I visited many times and a location I have shot before \u2013 the convention center at Canada Place. 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