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Rainbow & Tom Petty

© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography - With a sliver of a rainbow after a passing storm, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers took to the stage to play to a thunderous crowd.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - The feet of Jenni Stanford, Laura Varsafsky, and Jessica Philip of Steamboat Springs, Colo., hang form the second story window of a store on Mill Street in Aspen. "We're just hanging them out because it's so warm," Stanford said.

© Pablo Conrad Photography Untouched for six months after Hurricane Katrina flooded the classroom, dried and cracked mud surrounds a computer mouse at Charles B. Murphy Elementary School in Pearlington, Miss.

© Paul Conrad/ Pablo Conrad Photography Dancers on pointe during practice and rehearsal in Enid, Okla.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Tibetan monks hang prayer flags in honor of the Dalai Lama's birthday as they visited Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A crucifix watches over the remains of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pass Christian, Miss., on month after Hurricane Katrina roared through the region. The stained glass windows of the Apostles remained intact while the others shattered from the wind. The pews and marble alter were never found.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Raindrops drip around a table setting at an Aspen, Colo., restaurant.

Bullnanza in Hooper, Utah.

Cowboys wait at the chutes during sunset for the bull riding competition to begin during Bullnanza held at the Hooper Arena in Hooper, Utah. (© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography)

Reaching for the Rebound

A girl reaches for a rebound while playing a pick-up game of basketball at a Bowling Green, Ky., park. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Fireworks blast the ashes of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson into the sky above from a 150mm cannon in the shape of his famous double thumbed-fist above his Woody Creek home at Owl Farm in August of 2005.

Easing their Horses

Cowboys ride their horses to keep them calm during a show and sale at the Western Kentucky University Agricultural Expo Center in Bowling Green, Ky. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - With the sun setting behind Buttermilk Mountain near Aspen, Colo., hula hooper Dave Valentine of Telluride takes time to practice his hula hooping.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A pedestrian walks through heavy snow showers in downtown Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Gina O'Leary and her brother Robert hang out at the newspaper stand while they wait for their mother to pick them up in front of Aspen Valley Hospital in Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A flower rests precariously in the middle of Castle Creek Road half way to Ashcroft, Clo., near Aspen.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A visitor's hand reaches to touch the engraved names of those service men and women killed in the Vietnam War after the moving Vietnam War Memorial stopped in Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - With a sliver of a rainbow after a passing storm, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers take the stage to play to a thunderous crowd at the Janus Jazz Aspen Labor Day festival in Snowmass Village, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Revelers dance the night away at the Vox Vodka Incendium Gay Ski Week Closing Party in the Sundeck atop Aspen Mountain ski area in Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A truck rusts under the winter sky at the Pitkin County Landfill outside of Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - A Colorado Mountain College student plays some basket ball on the courts of the Spring Valley campus outside Glenwood Springs during a brilliant sunset.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Ryan Edigar rides through what remains of one his father's fields after a fire burned the area between Wheatridge and Omo Roads and north of Willow, Okla.

Practice Makes Perfect

The Aspen High School Skiers baseball team practices at the El Jebel, Colo., baseball diamonds in preparation for their upcoming season. Due to heavy snows that remain on their diamonds, the Skiers head downvalley to practice on the dry fields. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Aspen Elementary school children practice for the spring play during rehearsal at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colo.

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Preparing for the River Days parade in Basalt, Colo., Ballet Folklorico dancer Addie Vasquez holds onto the U.S. flag.