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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-1 17:37 标题: 2008国家地理每日图片[更新完毕]

January 01, 2008

Sandbar, St. Clair River, Canada, 2002
Photograph by Jay Dickman

The Great Lakes hold a fifth of Earth's surface fresh water, and they've shrunk dramatically. For some, like this child playing in the St. Clair River, that means miles of newly exposed shoreline and sandbars to explore. For others, like those in the shipping and fishing industry, lakefront property owners, and water-dependent animal species, it's a disaster in the making.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Drain," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-1 18:44

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沙洲 Sandbar, St. Clair River, Canada, 2002

五大湖曾是陆地第五大淡水湖，但它们已经开始明显的缩小。就像这个小孩能在圣克莱尔湖玩耍，说明新的岸线、沙洲已经暴露在外了。对船运业、渔业，以及那些靠湖吃湖的人和赖水生存的动物来说则是灾难上演。(翻译：kelven)

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-2 17:55 标题: 20080102

January 02, 2008

Jellyfish, Alaska, 1998
Photograph by Michael Melford

Jellyfish drift in the frigid waters of Alaska’s Inside Passage. These waters flow through Tongass National Forest—a rich, shadowy, complex place fecund with life. Among its riches: thick carpets of mosses and ferns, streams jet-black with salmon, more bald eagles and brown bears than anywhere else in North America, and trees that can live for 500 years and reach 225 feet (69 meters) into the sky.

(Text from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “A Wilder Passage,” May/June 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-2 22:48

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水母 Jellyfish, Alaska, 1998

水母在阿拉斯加州内线冰冷的水里漂着。这些水体流经Tongass国家森林——一片土壤肥沃，树木成荫，生命繁多旺盛的地方。如地毯般厚实的苔藓和蕨类植物，四处游荡的墨色的鲑鱼，比北美洲任何地方都多的秃鹰和棕熊，以及那些可以活500年，长到225英尺（69米）的参天大木都是它最好的财富。

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-3 16:52 标题: 20080103

January 03, 2008

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
Photograph by Walker Brooks

Two carved wooden images, called ki'i , overlook Keone'ele Cove in Hawaii's Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. These statues and dozens of others stand sentry over the Hale o Keawe temple, a sacred place where the bones of 23 Hawaiian chiefs once rested.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Insider's Hawaii," November/December 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-3 18:00 标题: 20080103

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Pu`uhonua o Honaunau国家历史公园

夏威夷Pu’uhonua o Honaunau国家历史公园，两座称为ki”i的木制雕像正俯瞰着Keone’ele山凹。跟其他许多的雕像一样，他们看守Hale o Keawe神殿，一个23位夏威夷酋长一度安息埋骨的神圣之地。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队，译者 kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-4 16:39 标题: 20080104

January 04, 2008

Baby Gorilla, Gabon, 2000
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Lekedi, a baby western lowland gorilla, sits for a close-up at a gorilla orphanage in Gabon. Central Africa's lowland gorilla populations suffer from steady habitat loss, capture and killing by poachers, and the cross fire of civil wars within their range. Conservationists are working to avert the species' extinction by collecting gorilla orphans, nurturing and socializing them, and ultimately releasing them back into the wild.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Central Africa's Orphan Gorillas: Will They Survive in the Wild?" February 2000, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-4 20:42 标题: 20080104

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加蓬一个大猩猩收养所，一只西部低地大猩猩幼崽Lekedi在镜头前来了一个特写。由于固定栖息地的锐减，偷猎者地肆虐捕捉，猎杀以及内战战火的影响，低地大猩猩的数量受到严峻考验。自然资源保护者致力转移这些即要灭绝的种类，他们收养和教化大猩猩的孤儿，最后把它们放回野外。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译：kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-5 15:13 标题: 20080105

January 05, 2008

Hedgerows near Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales
Photograph by Sam Abell

A wide hedgerow, growing thick with hawkweed, borders a field in south Wales, near Brecon Beacons National Park. Besides serving as a fence between properties and supporting dozens of species of flora and fauna in their densely planted rows, hedgerows knit together disparate fields into a picturesque quilt of undulating fields.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Britain's Hedgerows," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-5 23:26

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Responses to “Hedgerows near Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales”

布雷肯-毕肯斯国家公园附近一片宽阔茂密的水兰灌木丛天然地把南威尔士隔开。除了围墙作用，其浓密地种植列还是许多植物动物生长的乐园。灌木篱墙如针织密集在一起，犹如旷野上的一层棉被，波浪起伏，独树一帜。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译：kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-6 17:01 标题: 20080106

January 06, 2008

Volcanic Steam, Mount St. Helens, Washington, 2000
Photograph by Jim Richardson

On Mount St. Helens, a volcanic formation seems to come to life as it exhales a cloud of steam. The volcano in southwestern Washington's Cascade Range is most famous for its May 1980 eruption, one of the largest ever recorded in North America. The catastrophic eruption killed 57 people and triggered an enormous debris avalanche that carved a mile-wide (1.5-kilometer-wide) crater on the mountain.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mount St. Helens: Nature on Fast Forward," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-7 23:33 标题: 20080106

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在圣海伦山脉，从一座火山从它呼出来的蒸汽云证明着它正恢复活力。这座处于华盛顿州西南方喀斯喀特山脉里的火山最未世人所知的便是它在1980年5月的那次喷发，那是北美地区有火山监控记录以来最大的一次。那次灾难性的喷发带走了57条生命并引起一场巨大的岩屑崩落最终在山上切开一条1英里（大约1.5公里）宽的火山口。

（这张照片原为2000年国家地理杂志《圣海伦火山：自然的大跃进》摄制，但因故未刊登）(翻译：jace)

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-7 23:34 标题: 20080107

January 07, 2008

Dog and Truck, Colorado, 2001
Photograph by David Alan Harvey

A speckled dog catches a ride in Rico, Colorado, the center of a silver mining boom in the late 1800s. But the heyday is long since over, the mines are closed, and the town population is down to fewer than 200 year-round residents. And for many in this quirky mountain town, that's just fine.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Rico, Colorado," March 2001, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-7 23:37 标题: 20070107

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大狗狗和小卡车 Dog and Truck, Colorado, 2001

一只斑点狗在科罗拉多州的里克镇——一座曾在19世纪因白银开采而繁荣的中心城镇搭上一辆卡车。但由于这个城市的全盛期已经过去了很久，矿场关闭，城镇的常住人口已经缩减至不到200。但和很多几经沧海的山中小镇来说，里克还算不错。

（这张照片原为2001年国家地理杂志《ZipUSA: Rico, Colorado》摄制，但因故未刊登）

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队译者kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-8 17:51 标题: 20080108

January 08, 2008

Beipiaosaurus Fossil, China, 1999
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, part of the Academia Sinica in Beijing, houses the fossilized teeth of the dinosaur Beipiaosaurus. The prehistoric reptile lived in the Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Feathers for T. Rex," November 1999, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-8 22:24 标题: 20080108

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北票龙化石 Beipiaosaurus Fossil, China, 1999

北京中科院脊椎动物古生物古人类研究所摆放着一只北票龙的牙齿化石。这只史前爬行动物生活在白垩纪，大约一亿两千五百万年前。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译：kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-9 17:07 标题: 20080109

January 09, 2008

Cape Fur Seal and Bull Kelp, South Africa, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

The sun silhouettes the sinuous form of a Cape fur seal plunging through a forest of bull kelp fronds off the coast of Gansbaai, South Africa. Though clumsy on land, Arctocephalus pusillus, or Cape fur seals, epitomize grace underwater. They patrol the coastal waters of South Africa and southeast Australia, feeding on fish, squid, cuttlefish, and octopus.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oceans of Plenty: South Africa's Teeming Seas," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-10 16:56 标题: 20080109

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南非海狗和巨藻 Cape Fur Seal and Bull Kelp, South Africa, 2002

阳光透过南非干斯拜的海面，映衬出毛皮海狮穿游巨藻丛优雅的身影。虽然在陆地上显得笨拙，Arctocephalus pusillus，或者叫毛皮海狮，在水下却是优美的缩影。它们在南非水域沿岸和澳洲东南巡游，以鱼，乌贼，墨鱼，章鱼为食。（kelven翻译）

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-10 16:57 标题: 20080110

January 10, 2008

Boreal Forest, Arctic Circle, 2002

Morning fog blankets a tree-lined bog somewhere in the Arctic boreal forest. Boreal forests have more wetlands area than anywhere else in the world, with Russia and Canada each containing an estimated one million to two million lakes and ponds.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Boreal: The Great Northern Forest," June 2002, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-10 22:09 标题: 20080110

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寒带森林 Boreal Forest, Arctic Circle, 2002

北极寒带针叶林内，如纱的晨雾轻笼着一处树围绕着的沼泽地。寒带森林拥有着比世界其他地方更多的湿地面积。其中俄罗斯和加拿大各自拥有大概一百万到两百万的湖泊和池塘。（By Daisy)

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-11 18:19 标题: 20080111

January 11, 2008

Butterfly, Polynesia, 2003
Photograph by Tim Laman

Blue-and-white eyespots adorn the velvety black wings of a butterfly on a Polynesian island. The diffuse Pacific islands make up some 1,400 specks of land scattered across an expanse of ocean more than twice the size of the continental United States. Unique ecosystems here force animals to adapt into subspecies that are often endemic to a single island.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Islands of the Pacific," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-13 00:09 标题: 20080111

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蝴蝶 Butterfly, Polynesia, 2003

波利尼西亚岛上的一只蝴蝶，天鹅绒般的黑色翅膀上点缀着蓝白色的眼状斑点。该太平洋群岛由约1400个小岛组成，散布在两倍于美国大陆面积大小的浩瀚大洋上。这里独特的生态系统迫使动物进化为一些通常仅在一个单独岛屿中存在的地域性生物亚种。
（上文摘自2003年3月份《国家地理杂志》“太平洋岛屿”一文。图片为该文的组稿图，未刊行。）

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 lotuseater

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-13 00:10 标题: 20080112

January 12, 2008

Tribal Elder with Camels, Oman, 1992
Photograph by James Stanfield

A Bedouin tribal elder tends camels at nightfall in Sahamah, Oman. Arabian camels, also called dromedaries, have been domesticated for some 3,500 years. Valued as pack animals, they can carry large loads for up to 25 miles (40 kilometers) a day. They also have a number of special physical adaptations that help them thrive in desert conditions.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Oman,” May 1995, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-13 23:15 标题: 20080112

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老人与骆驼 Tribal Elder with Camels, Oman, 1992

黄昏的阿曼，萨哈马，一位贝多因部落的老人正驱赶一只骆驼。阿拉伯骆驼，又为单峰骆驼，已经被驯养了3500年。作为牲畜类，它们一天可以运送重荷行走25英里（40千米）。它们自身的改变也适应了沙漠环境，才得以繁衍生存。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 kelven

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-13 23:16 标题: 20080113

January 13, 2008

Brass Band, Romania, 1983
Photograph by James Stanfield

A sousaphone player and his bandmates add a folksy note to a wedding celebration in Putna, Romania. Located on migration routes on the Balkan Peninsula, Romania has been shaped by waves of passing peoples including Taters, Bulgarians, Ottomans, and Habsburgs, each of which left traces of their cultural traditions in the predominantly Eastern Orthodox country.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Byzantine Empire: Rome of the East," December 1983, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-13 23:17 标题: 20080113

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One Response to “Brass Band, Romania, 1983”

罗马尼亚，普特纳，大号手和他的乐队在为当地的一场婚礼庆典演奏风俗音乐。由于定居在被称为文明迁徙之路(火药桶）的巴尔干半岛，罗马尼亚人的文化受到一波波的过路者的影响很大。包括鞑靼人，保加利亚人，土耳其人。奥斯曼人，哈布斯堡人（德国人），都留下他们文化传统的痕迹。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 wirx

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-14 16:24 标题: 20080114

January 14, 2008

Forest Chaser Dragonfly, Taiwan, 2006
Photograph by Jozsef Szentpeteri

A male forest chaser dragonfly displays its gossamer wings in Taiwan. Dragonflies look enough like wasps or stinging flies to instill trepidation among humans. They've been dubbed devil's darning needles, horse stingers, and finger cutters. In fact, these aerial acrobats are harmless, neither nuisance nor danger—unless you're a mosquito.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dragonflies: Strange Love," April 2006, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-15 17:00 标题: 20080114

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Forest Chaser Dragonfly, Taiwan, 2006

台湾一只雄性的森林猎者蜻蜓展示它丝网般的翅膀。这种蜻蜓像极了黄蜂，或是带着刺的飞到人群中让人害怕的家伙。人们给它们起了魔鬼蜻蜓，毒刺，或手指切割机等绰号。事实上，这些空中的杂技演员是无害的，不讨厌也不危险，除非你是一只蚊子。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 kelven

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-15 17:01 标题: 20080115

January 15, 2008

Bike Ride, Napa Valley, California, 2003
Photograph by Catherine Karnow

There are more ways to sample Napa Valley than with a glass in your hand. Here, mountain bikers pedal the Oat Hill Mine Trail through a wildflower-lined field in California's storied wine region.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Other Napa," November/December 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-16 17:45
]quote]Bike Ride, Napa Valley, California, 2003

除了拿一个酒杯在手，有很多方法可以让你在纳帕山谷小有所得。照片里，山地自行车手们骑行在澳特山开满野花的葡萄酒小径上，流连于这个加利福尼亚州的葡萄酒之乡。

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-16 17:45 标题: 20080116

January 16, 2008

View of Lagoon, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

This blue-on-blue scene in a Bora-Bora lagoon is interrupted only by a pair of boats, a lone white seabird, and a line of frothy breakers in the distance. Found in French Polynesia 165 miles (265 kilometers) west of Tahiti, the island of Bora-Bora is what remains of an ancient sunken volcano.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-16 17:47 标题: 20080116

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View of Lagoon, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia, 1996

波拉波拉泻湖，这幅湛蓝的美景却被一对扁舟，一只落单的白色海鸟，和远处一条线泡沫破坏。发现于法国波利尼西亚165英里（265千米）塔西提岛西部的波拉波拉岛是远古沉没火山的遗迹。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 kelven

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-17 16:23 标题: 20080117

January 17, 2008

Costumed Celebrants, China, 2002
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita

Celebrants clad mostly in red, the color of luck and longevity, await transport to a Chinese New Year festival in a Chinese town. The color red is believed to ward off evil spirits, and its use is prevalent throughout Chinese culture.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chasing the Great Wall," January 2003, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-17 22:43 标题: 20080117

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Costumed Celebrants, China, 2002

表演者们着装大多为红色——一种代表幸运和长寿的颜色，等待着到一个中国小镇里表演一场新年晚会。这种红色被认为可以避开邪灵，并且它的这种用处是由中国文化而盛行的。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-18 17:55 标题: 20080118

January 18, 2008

Children, Sudan, 2003
Photograph by Randy Olson

Their future marred by conflicts over religion, ethnicity, and resources such as water, land, and oil, these two girls present an island of hope in the desolate landscape of Sudan. Since independence from Britain in 1956, Sudan’s northern leaders have fought to extend their power throughout the rebellious south, waging a civil war for all but 11 of the past 48 years.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Shattered Sudan: Drilling for Oil, Hoping for Peace,” February 2003, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-19 14:42 标题: 20080118

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Children, Sudan, 2003

虽然人们的未来在无尽的民族争端，宗教分争，水，土地和石油的争夺显得黑暗污浊，而在苏丹那荒凉的景色中的两个女孩却是孽海中的希望之岛。苏丹，自从1956从英国殖民统治下独立以来，北方的统治者一直在和南方的反叛者进行着内战，这场权利之争在过去的48年只中止过11年。

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 wirx

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-19 14:43 标题: 20080119

January 19, 2008

Attwater's Prairie Chick Hatchling, Texas, 2002
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Newly hatched at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas, this Attwater's prairie-chicken is part of a captive breeding program aimed at increasing the birds' numbers in the wild. These charismatic birds once numbered about a million along the Texas coastline, but overhunting and habitat loss have cut their wild population to just 50 or so. Captive breeding programs like this one are trying to reverse the trend.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down to a Handful," March 2002, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-20 18:27 标题: 20080119

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-20 18:29 标题: 20080120

January 20, 2008

Nun on Jersey Shore Boardwalk, New Jersey, 2004
Photograph by Amy Toensing

A nun enjoys an ice cream cone on a crowded stretch of boardwalk on the New Jersey shore. The Jersey shore has some 28 boardwalks and promenades in the 127 miles (204 kilometers) from Sandy Hook to Cape May.

Wrote one observer: "A shore town without a boardwalk is like an ice cream cone without sprinkles."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Greetings From the Jersey Shore," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-21 18:01 标题: 20080120

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Nun on Jersey Shore Boardwalk, New Jersey, 2004

一个修女吃着冰激淋在新泽西海岸拥挤的街道上散步。新泽西海岸共有28条步行街共长并且从Sandy Hook（著名海岸）到五月角的海滨人行道共127英里（204 公里）

转自NGPOD中文翻译团队翻译 jace

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作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-21 18:02 标题: 20080121

January 21, 2008

Colorado River at Granite Rapids, Arizona, 2005
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A time-lapse image blurs the silty, mocha-colored waters of the Colorado River as it flows through sheer cliffs in Grand Canyon National Park. The now tame Colorado carved these steep walls over the last six million years, exposing rock strata that detail nearly two billion years of North America's geologic history.

Wrote one canyon trekker: "[T]hat I could reach down and touch a part of the Earth that existed when life itself was a mere billion-plus years old made this big cliff land seem very holy indeed."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

作者: ccs 时间: 2008-1-21 18:04 标题: 20080121

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Colorado River at Granite Rapids, Arizona, 2005

科罗拉多河滚滚而过大峡谷国家公园的峭壁悬崖，这张加时曝光的照片模糊了摩卡色的泥浊河水。而今已被驯服的科罗拉多在过去的六百万年间在崖壁上留下了刻画，揭露了过去两亿年间留在岩层中北美地质历史的详细资料。
一个峡谷徒步者所说，在那里我能够构及，触摸到亿万年前生命起源时候就存在的一片土地，这使得大峡谷地显得异常神圣。

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January 22, 2008

Grazing Sheep, Denmark, 1998
Photograph by Bob Krist

Puffy clouds and grazing sheep make a postcard-perfect scene in Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. A craggy projection of northern Europe, the Jutland Peninsula is an 11,496-square-mile (29,775-square-kilometer) spread of land that makes up continental Denmark. The generally low-lying, flood-prone peninsula was named after a Germanic tribe, the Jutes.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Danish Light," July/August 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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丹麦日德兰半岛上游动的白云和放牧的羊群组成一道完美的明信片式的风景。日德兰半岛从北欧蜿蜒的延展出去，其11,496平方英里（29,775平方公里）的开阔土地构成了丹麦的大陆部分。半岛地势较低，洪水多发，得名于朱特族这一日耳曼部落。

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January 23, 2008

Girl Jumping into Water, Puerto Rico, 2003
Photograph by Amy Toensing

A girl free-falls into a river in Puerto Rico's Caribbean National Forest. The area, also

called El Yunque, is just an hour's drive from the capital, San Juan, and is the only

tropical rain forest in the U.S. Forest Service system. It was first set aside as a

reserve by the king of Spain in 1876.

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Divided Loyalties in Puerto Rico," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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January 24, 2008

Sand Dunes, The Dalles, Oregon, 2001
Photograph by Jim Richardson

In a curious juncture, a wrinkled span of desert dunes pours into the Columbia River Gorge in The Dalles, Oregon. Eons of erosion by the mighty Columbia River carved this dramatic 80-mile-long (130-kilometer-long) gorge into the Cascade Range. Declared the nation's first National Scenic Area in 1986, the area is known for its 4,000-foot (1,220-meter) canyon walls, lush rain forest, and dozens of waterfalls.

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意译：位于俄勒冈州，达拉斯有一个古怪的结合点那就是具有皱纹横越沙漠，沙丘涌入哥伦比亚河的峡谷。远古时代的腐蚀使得哥伦比亚河沿岸雕刻那戏剧性的峡谷有130公里长的小瀑布范围。1986年公告表达国家的第一国有景色优美的地区，这一地区著名的它有1220米峡谷瀑布，繁荣的雨林，和十二个瀑布。

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January 25, 2008

The Aquadettes Synchronized Swim Team, California, 1996
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski

Members of the Aquadettes, a synchronized swimming team at Leisure World Retirement Community in Laguna Hills, California, practice their formations. Activities like line dancing, lawn bowling, and computer classes make such retirement communities increasingly popular among people with decades of free time to fill. "Anyone who's bored here is a stick in the mud," says Aquadette Barbara Hack.

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Aquadettes的成员，休闲的一队花样游泳队员
加利福尼亚州拉古纳山的世界退休社区练习队形。类似于线形舞蹈，草地保龄球和电脑班这样的活动使这些退休社区越来越受人们的欢迎来充实几十年的空闲时间。“任何一个在这里感到无聊的人都是顽固保守者 ”Aquadette Barbara Hack说。

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January 26, 2008

Newborn Calf, Ontario, Canada, 1977
Photograph by Sam Abell

A cow cares for her newborn calf on a Mennonite farm in Elora, Ontario, Canada. Settled by Scottish immigrants in the early 1800s, Elora became an important agricultural town. The tiny village on the banks of the Grand River is now a haven for artists and a destination for tourists seeking the town's tranquility and spectacular vistas.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ontario: Canada's Keystone," December 1978, National Geographic magazine)

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January 27, 2008

On Board the Observer, Alaska, 1998
Photograph by Michael Melford

Observer, a wooden-hulled, World War II-era minesweeper that has been converted to a 12-passenger cruising yacht, glides through glassy water in Alaska's Inside Passage. This meticulously restored boat takes tourists through the heart of Tongass National Forest, 500 miles (800 kilometers) of sky-blue glaciers, grizzly bear tracks, wild beaches, bald eagles, spruce trees, and deep, mountain-ringed fjords.

(Text from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Wilder Passage," May/June 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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January 28, 2008

Historic Alfama District, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002
Photograph by Tino Soriano

Lisbon's Alfama District rises dramatically to the base of the imposing Saint George's Castle. The castle began as a Visigoth fortification in the sixth century and was taken over in turns by the Romans and the Moors. It was eventually captured by Portugal's first king and became the royal palace. Tourists flock to the castle's towers and ramparts, which offer unsurpassed views of the city below.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Soul of Lisbon," January/February 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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January 29, 2008

Ostrich Farm, Utah, 1999
Photograph by Len Jenshel

A flock of ostriches greets a photographer at a farm near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Ostriches have been raised as livestock in the United States for over a century, particularly in the West, where the climate mimics that of their native African savanna. But these quirky birds require some special accommodations, like extra-tall fences—they can leap more than six feet (two meters) in the air.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celebrating Canyon Country," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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January 30, 2008

Monte Carlo Casino and Mercedes, Monaco, 1995
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

The shiny finish of a black Mercedes car reflects Monaco's famous Monte Carlo Casino. A tiny Mediterranean principality with an outsize reputation, Monaco draws millions of tourists every year to its luxury amenities, including beachfront hotels, a yacht harbor, the Opera House, and casinos. Not surprisingly tourism and gambling are at the core of Monaco's economy.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Monaco," May 1996, National Geographic magazine)

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January 31, 2008

Sardines and Sharks, South Africa, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

Copper sharks torment a frenzied school of sardines off South Africa's east coast. In winter, sardines migrate northward en masse, creating an aquatic extravaganza that draws sharks, seals, seabirds, dolphins, and gamefish to a roiling all-you-can-eat buffet.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oceans of Plenty: South Africa's Teeming Seas," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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February 01, 2008

Swarm-Bots, Belgium, 2007
Photograph by Peter Essick

A team of "swarm-bots" negotiates challenging terrain outside a laboratory in Brussels, Belgium. A red color ring tells others, "Grab me;" blue means "stay away." Scientists study ant colonies, bird flocks, mammal herds, and fish schools to understand the simple genius of such animal swarms. Robots that mimic this complex group behavior could prove useful in a number of human applications.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for "Swarm Theory," July 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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February 02, 2008

Miniature Horse, Kentucky, 2003
Photograph by Melissa Farlow

A miniature horse stands in a field near Lexington, Kentucky, a bit of a curiosity in a region known more for its regal, fleet-footed thoroughbreds. There are some 500 thoroughbred horse farms in and around Lexington, where pastures, fed by the rich leavings of a long-vanished sea, are said to be among the world's best.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "High Stakes in the Bluegrass," May 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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February 03, 2008

Twilight Over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, 1997
Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel

Crimson twilight gives a Martian air to Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. With just one maintained trail in an area the size of Delaware, this monument is decidedly big and wild. Wrote one observer: "Almost everywhere, the benchlands lay sliced with canyons—deep wounds that millions of years of flowing water have carved into a quarter billion years' worth of multicolored sandstone deposits."

(Text from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celebrating Canyon Country," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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February 04, 2008

Wildflowers and Sky, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting

A deep-blue sky sets off a mass of yellow wildflower blooms along California's Big Sur coast. Each year more than three million visitors navigate the treacherous turns of Highway 1, drawn by the plunging gorges, fog-strewn coves, exploding surf, and tortuous geography—5,000-foot (1,524-meter) summits plummet abruptly to the ocean—of California's dramatic 90-mile (145-kilometer) coast.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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February 05, 2008

Tiger Close-Up, 1995
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A wary tiger flashes a toothy snarl in this extreme close-up. Tigers are thought to have evolved in China more than a million years ago, prowling west toward the Caspian Sea, north to Siberia, and south across Indochina and Indonesia. Today, three of the original eight tiger subspecies are extinct, and hunting and habitat loss have reduced populations from hundreds of thousands of animals to perhaps fewer than 2,500.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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February 06, 2008

Women Picking Cotton, China, 2003
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita

Bundled against the wind, a group of women picks cotton in China. The Asian nation is the world's leading producer of cotton, with an output of 6.73 million tons per year. Farmers can't keep up with the burgeoning textile industry, however, which uses about 13 million tons of cotton a year. The Chinese often rely on imports to close the gap, which drives up textile prices for consumers worldwide.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chasing the Wall," January 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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February 07, 2008

Buckskin Gulch, Utah, 2003
Photograph by Bill Hatcher

Dark clouds roll over Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness in Utah. The 112,500-acre (45,527-hectares) area in northern Arizona and southern Utah is known for its towering stone amphitheaters, sandstone arches, and the Vermillion Cliffs, all painted in dramatic streaks of red, pink, and orange, thanks to heavy iron deposits.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Narrow Escapade," March 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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February 08, 2008

Harp Seal, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 2004
Photograph by Brian Skerry

A young harp seal tests the frigid waters in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence. Once the object of a bitter controversy between sealers and animal-welfare groups, import restrictions on their pelts and Canadian laws protecting seal pups have helped populations of these charismatic sea mammals recover.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Harp Seals: The Hunt for Balance," March, 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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February 09, 2008

Pink Anemonefish, Kosrae Island, Micronesia, 2007
Photograph by Tim Laman

Two pink anemonefish peek from the safety of their anemone home on a reef off Micronesia's Kosrae Island. The island's remoteness and a concerted effort by locals to preserve marine wildlife there endows Kosrae with some of the most pristine reefs on Earth.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mangroves: Forests of the Tide," February 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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February 10, 2008

Burmese Boy, Nanyung, Myanmar, 2003
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A boy bathes in a mist-shrouded river in Nanyung, Myanmar (Burma). Despite rich natural resources, Myanmar remains impoverished and repressed, the result of military regimes that have ruled the nation for more than 40 years.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blood, Sweat, and Toil Along the Burma Road," November 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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February 11, 2008

Coral Reef, Fiji, Indonesia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman

Without a strobe light to animate its riot of colors, this Fijian reef in 45 feet (14 meters) of water remains as a fish would see it. Red light, with its longer wavelengths, dissipates at about 30 feet (10 meters), leaving smoky blues and muted yellows to dominate.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Why Are Coral Reefs So Colorful?" May 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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February 12, 2008

Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia, 2001
Photograph by Alexandra Boulat

A woman walks among the bell-shaped spires of Indonesia's Borobudur—the world's largest Buddhist temple. Built in the jungles of Java during the eighth and ninth centuries A.D., this ancient pilgrimage site lay abandoned for centuries until it was rediscovered and restored in the early 1900s.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Indonesia: Living Dangerously," March 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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February 13, 2008

Aurora Borealis, Acadia National Park, Maine, 2005
Photograph by Michael Melford

Darkness settles over Jordan Pond in Maine's Acadia National Park as northern lights swirl above. "It was my last night in Acadia, and I was setting up for a long exposure of starlight in the night sky," recalls photographer Michael Melford, "and this brilliant red aurora appeared. I was in a panic to make sure I caught it."

(Text from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Autumn in Acadia National Park," November 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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February 14, 2008

Common Loons, Moose Lake, Wyoming, 1988
Photograph by Michael Quinton

Two common loons in checkered breeding plumage engage in a courtship ritual in Wyoming's Moose Lake. Loon pairs are generally monogamous and highly territorial, emitting their haunting yodels during the breeding season to ward off intruders and violently attacking any that come too close.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Common Loon Cries for Help," April 1989, National Geographic magazine)

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February 15, 2008

Ancient Sculpture, Angkor, Cambodia, 1968
Photograph by W. E. Garrett

Centuries of dormancy allowed the Cambodian jungle ample time to consume the work of Khmer artists in the sprawling Angkor temple complex. Built beginning in A.D. 800, Angkor was the capital of the Khmer kingdom until about A.D. 1430, when its leaders abandoned the site to establish a new capital at Phnom Penh.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mekong: River of Terror and Hope," December 1968, National Geographic magazine)

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February 16, 2008

Scorpion Fish, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

A scorpion fish attempts to hide in the sand in French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago. Masters of disguise, scorpion fish use cryptic coloring and specialized appendages to help them hide from predators and surprise prey. What happens when its cover is blown? The fish uses its highly venomous dorsal spines in a lightning-quick attack.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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February 17, 2008

Saint Simeon Church, Syria, 1978
Photograph by James Stanfield

The isolated ruins of the Church of Saint Simeon stand beneath a turquoise sky in the Syrian desert. This sprawling complex, located on a hill 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the nearest city (Aleppo), was built between A.D. 476 and 491 to honor St. Simeon Stylites, the famed ascetic monk who spent nearly 40 years in prayer atop a 40-foot (12-meter) pillar. The remains of the pillar can still be seen in the church's courtyard.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ebla: Splendor of an Unknown Empire," December 1978, National Geographic magazine)

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February 18, 2008

Pines and Palm Trees, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, 1996
Photograph by Raymond Gehman

Sunset bathes Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve in an orange glow. The preserve, 720,000 acres (291,375 hectares) of primordial swamp on Florida's southwest coast, is home to the elusive Florida panther and an impressive diversity of birds, among other unique fauna and flora. But human development in and around the area threatens to send this fragile ecosystem into a tailspin.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Big Cypress Country," March/April 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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February 19, 2008

Cabbage Coral, Kadavu Island, Fiji, 2004
Photograph by Tim Laman

Cabbage coral provides refuge to a bigeye fish in Great Astrolabe Reef off Fiji's Kadavu Island. More than 330 islands speckle Fijian waters, which hold nearly 4,000 square miles (10,350 square kilometers) of reef, a vital trove of marine biodiversity.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fiji's Rainbow Reefs," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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February 20, 2008

Leopard Seal, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

A mature female leopard seal makes a threatening gesture to protect her kill from another leopard seal that had appeared behind the photographer. "More frightening than the canines," wrote the photographer, "was the deep jackhammer sound she let loose that rattled through my chest." Her display worked; the rival seal moved on.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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February 21, 2008

Pontoon Rafting, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2006
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Rafters aboard a motorized pontoon boat get a thorough soaking on the rain-swollen Colorado River in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park. Each year, some 22,000 visitors board rubber paddle rafts, oar-powered wooden dories, and luxury motorized rafts to ply this storied stretch of the Colorado's waters.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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February 22, 2008

Pearl Station and Reef, French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by David Doubilet

A split shot shows a coral reef beneath a pearl workstation in French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago. The region, a 900-mile (1,450-kilometer) arc of 76 sparsely populated atolls and two islands, is one of the world's primary producers of cultured black pearls.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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February 23, 2008

Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1999
Photograph by Michael Melford

Sunset over the Beaufort Sea plunges Canada's Yukon Territory into a crimson haze. More than 313,000 tourists make summer pilgrimages to the territory, one of North America's last great wildernesses. Today tourism booms there, drawing adventurers to the frontier's glaciated peaks, untouched wilderness, and abundant wildflowers and wildlife.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Caribou Dreams," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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February 24, 2008

School of Fish, Tuamotu Archipelago, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

A school of fish clusters near a reef in French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago. The extensive reefs of the Tuamotu harbor a bounty of exotic marine life and make the region one of the premier scuba diving sites in the world.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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February 25, 2008

Mountain Stream, New Hampshire, 1995
Photograph by Medford Taylor

An autumn blush colors trees along a secluded stream in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Part of the Appalachian Mountains, the Whites, as they're called locally, are home to 6,300-foot (1,916-meter) Mount Washington, tallest mountain in Northeastern United States and record-holder for the fastest winds on Earth—231 miles an hour (372 kilometers an hour).

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The White Mountains," September/October 1995, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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February 26, 2008

Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Bahamas, 2007
Photograph by Brian Skerry

The oceanic whitetip, one of the most abundant sharks just three decades ago, is critically endangered in parts of its range because of relentless demand for its fins. But bans in the Bahamas on the export of shark parts and commercial long-line fishing have made the islands' blue waters a veritable shark sanctuary.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blue Waters of the Bahamas: An Eden for Sharks," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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这条海中的大白鲨——在三十年前曾是海洋中巨量鲨鱼之一，由于对鱼翅的无情需求造成鲨鱼的毁灭性掠减。但巴哈马对出口鲨鱼身上材料的禁令以及长期商业保护性捕鱼将群岛周围的蓝色海域变成了鲨鱼栖息的天堂。

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February 27, 2008

Berber Woman, Taarart, Morocco, 2005
Photograph by Alexandra Boulat

A Berber woman shows her hand, stained dark with henna for a wedding in the Moroccan town of Taarart. There are about 25 million Berbers—also known as Amazigh—living in Morocco and Algeria. They trace their roots back thousands of years before the seventh century Arab conquest that brought Islam to the region's mountains and deserts.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Among the Berbers: A Journey Through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains," January 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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February 28, 2008

Ruins of Nemrud Dagh, Turkey, 2000
Photograph by Reza

The sun sets on the first-century ruins of Nemrud Dagh, Turkey, millennia after it set on the ancient kingdom itself. Built by King Antiochus I in southeastern Turkey, the kingdom is one of the best preserved but least known ruins of the Late Hellenistic period. Its monuments are a story in stone depicting the king, his family and ancestors, and their interaction with the gods.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wrath of the Gods: Centuries of Upheaval Along the Anatolian Fault," July 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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February 29, 2008

Argiope Spider, New Caledonia, 2000
Photograph by Peter Essick

An argiope spider awaits prey in its ornate web in the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The thick webbing is called stabilimentum, a structural flourish which some scientists think serves to make the webs more visible to birds, which might otherwise fly into them.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Caledonia: France's Untamed Pacific Outpost," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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March 01, 2008

Bison Herd, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1996
Photograph by Raymond Gehman

Bison thrive in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park years after fires swept through more than a third of the park. Ecologists now regard wildfires as natural and beneficial in forest ecosystems. They return nutrients to the soil by burning dead or decaying matter, burn off disease-ridden plants and insects, and clear thick canopies and undergrowth, allowing a new generation of seedlings to grow.

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March 02, 2008

Omo Region, Ethiopia, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

In southern Ethiopia's Omo region, a Hamar child peeks out from under her mother's shawl. The Hamar are among the most elaborately attired of Ethiopia's ethnic groups. Daily dress may include piles of beaded necklaces and metal bracelets, beaded belts and headbands, leather skirts or loincloths, and elaborate, sculptured hairstyles.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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March 03, 2008

Gentoo Penguins, Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

Poised to plunge belly-first into the ocean, a colony of gentoo penguins lines up for a dip. Thanks to their sleek bodies and strong paddle-like flippers, gentoos are the world's fastest underwater swimming birds, reaching speeds of up to 22 miles an hour (36 kilometers an hour).

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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March 04, 2008

Lanai Island, Hawaii, 1997
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Overcoming a swell of threatening clouds, the heavens part over Hawaii's Lanai Island, bestowing a celestial glow on a patchwork of former pineapple fields. Lanai once produced almost 75 percent of the world's pineapples; today, as production moves to cheaper markets overseas, Hawaiian farmers are converting their fields into solar energy farms.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiding Away in Lanai," January/February 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 05, 2008

Sharks and Grunts, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

In the fertile waters of French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago, a school of blue-striped grunts beats a fast retreat as a pair of blacktip reef sharks lurk in the distance. Although the nutrient-poor soil of the French territory limits its terrestrial flora and fauna, the archipelago's waters are among the world's most scenic, species-rich spots.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 06, 2008

Iguana, Sittee River, Belize, 2007
Photograph by Tim Laman

On Belize's Sittee River, a green iguana poised to spring regards the camera from the corner of its eye. Home to the Western Hemisphere's longest coral reef and hundreds of acres of deciduous, evergreen, swamp, and mangrove forests, Belize is among the richest habitats on Earth, supporting wildlife such as tapirs, jaguars, pumas, crocodiles, turtles, and hundreds of species of birds and amphibians.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mangroves: Forests of the Tide," February 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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March 07, 2008

Coffee Break, Arizona, United States, 1996
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi

For many people, diners—and their colorful employees—represent relics of a slower, gentler era. Historians trace the first diner to 1872 in Providence, Rhode Island, where pressman Walter Scott sold food from a horse-drawn wagon parked outside the Providence Journal newspaper office. Nostalgic for the "good old days," Americans today are fueling a 21st-century diner revival.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 08, 2008

Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, 1999
Photograph by David Alan Harvey

Sunlight filters over the forested seaside cliffs of Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean islands, which lie just beyond the tail end of the Windward Antilles, are a study in contrasts. Densely populated Trinidad is an industrial giant with a thriving nightlife; a two-hour ferry ride away, Tobago is a relatively undeveloped, easygoing island that specializes in relaxation.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Limin' Time," September 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 09, 2008
Fish Tail, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

Even from its tail end, a Napoleon wrasse fish swimming through the waters of French Polynesia's Tuamotu Archipelago is instantly recognizable by the electric blue patterns coating its fins and scales. But these fish are distinctive from any end. Headfirst, they're known for their spiky teeth and plump, swollen lips that absorb the prickles of the bristly reef creatures on which they feed.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 10, 2008
Waterfowl, Zambezi River, 1997
Photograph by Chris Johns

Silhouetted by salmon skies at sunset, a pair of waterfowl alights on a tree limb near the Zambezi River. Often called the lifeline of southern Africa, the Zambezi cuts a 2,200-mile (3,540-kilometer) course east from Zambia to the Indian Ocean, sustaining elephants, hippos, crocodiles, hundreds of species of birds—and tens of millions of people—along the way.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 11, 2008
Guitar, Aspen, Colorado, 1999
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Rock-and-roll pioneer Chuck Berry plays a candy apple-red guitar at the Jazz Aspen Music Festival. Called the father of rock-and-roll, Berry is as revered for his iconic hits, such as "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Memphis," as he is for helping break the color barrier in the music world.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Authentic, Extravagant Aspen," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 12, 2008
Turtle, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

Like a baby bird embarking on its first flight, a just-hatched turtle, flippers outspread and eyes wide, swims just below the ocean's surface in the waters of French Polynesia. In addition to a dazzling variety of wildlife, including several marine turtle species, the archipelago's rich lagoons spawn a treasure available in few other places: black pearls.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 13, 2008
Ha Pisga Gardens, Tel Aviv, Israel
Photograph by James Stanfield

The city of Tel Aviv, Israel, radiates from the Saint Pierre Church, nestled in the city's Ha Pisga Gardens. Formed in 1950 by the merging of the ancient port of Jaffa with the then-suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel's largest urban center is home to more than three million people, most of the country's industrial plants, and its only stock exchange.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Israel: Searching for the Center," July 1985, National Geographic magazine)

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March 14, 2008
Striped Boxfish, Tukangbesi Islands, Indonesia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman

A dizzying array of dots and squiggles decorates a striped boxfish (Ostracion solorensis) gliding by a coral reef near Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands. Boxfish, also known as trunkfish or cowfish, are known for their distinctive boxy profiles and for the bonelike, six-sided plates that cover much of their bodies and protect them from predators.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Why Are Coral Reefs So Colorful?" May 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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March 15, 2008
Chimney Rock, Nebraska, 2000
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Twilight descends on Chimney Rock, a 325-foot (100-meter) geological formation in Nebraska's North Platte River valley. In the first half of the 19th century, scores of emigrants traveling west on the Oregon Trail passed this famous landmark, originally called "Elk Penis" by Native Americans before it was renamed by white settlers.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Way West," September 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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March 16, 2008
Food Market, Papeete, Tahiti, 1997
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A shopper seeks relief from the heat in the cool recesses of an indoor fish stall at a food market in Papeete, Tahiti. On the northwest coast of Tahiti, Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia and one of the largest urban areas in the South Pacific. The city gained prominence as a whaling and trading center due to its accessible harbor, and it continues to attract transpacific tourist ships today.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Charting a New Course: French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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March 17, 2008
Sea Star, Ireland, 2005
Photograph by Brian Skerry

There are some 2,000 species of sea stars, such as this striped invertebrate off Ireland's Atlantic coast, living in all the world's oceans. Sea stars are famous for their ability to regenerate limbs, and in some cases, entire bodies. They accomplish this by housing most or all of their vital organs in their arms.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Beneath Irish Isles," March 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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March 18, 2008
Dominica, 1996
Photograph by Michael Melford

A rainbow arcs over trees blooming on a hillside in the West Indies island of Dominica. The country's interior can receive some 300 inches (760 centimeters) of rain each year, yielding hundreds of square miles of mountainous, densely forested wilderness, much of it protected as state land. The country's volcanic activity also yields natural gems, such as boiling pools, geysers, and black-sand beaches.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dominica," November/December 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 19, 2008
Cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 1995
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Silhouetted against the sun, sandhill cranes glide over the wetlands of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Every winter groups of sandhills migrate from Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho to the warmer climes of Bosque del Apache. Naturalists are concerned that diminishing wetlands are leading the water birds to overpopulate this refuge.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dead or Alive: The Endangered Species Act," March 1995, National Geographic magazine)

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March 20, 2008
Garden of Gods, Lanai Island, Hawaii, 1997
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Thousands of years of erosion left this lunar-like landscape of boulders strewn across a canyon on Hawaii's Lanai Island, known as the Garden of the Gods. According to island legend, gods tending their earthly garden dropped the rocks from the sky. Visitors to the area have constructed rock cairns, a tradition many islanders disapprove of.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiding Away in Lanai," January/February 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 21, 2008
Tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, 1995
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

A wall relief from the fifth-century Tomb of Ti in Saqqara, Egypt, depicts kneeling scribes counting grains of wheat, and, above them, bakers mixing vessels of dough. Hieroglyphs, or picture symbols, were probably developed to add detailed information, such as time, place, and identity, to existing pictorial representations.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Age of Pyramids: Egypt's Old Kingdom," January 1995, National Geographic magazine)

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March 22, 2008
Boat Hull, Arctic Circle, 2002
Photograph by Peter Essick

The glassy surface of a boreal forest lake in the Arctic Circle reflects the bright red hull of a boat. The boreal, or northern, forest, is the great globe-circling ecosystem of the north that lies in Russia, Canada, Alaska, and Scandinavia. Its soils are thin, growing seasons are brief, and its plants, animals, and people must withstand intense weather.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Great Northern Forest," June 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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March 23, 2008
Cloud-Shrouded Skyline, Chicago, 1978
Photograph by Steve Raymer

A blanket of clouds shrouds the Chicago skyline in the metropolis that poet Carl Sandburg dubbed "the city of the big shoulders."

The "stormy, husky, brawling" Chicago of Sandburg doubled and tripled in population after 1850. It saw the first skyscraper rise in 1885 and the tallest in 1974. Once known for its meatpacking industry, the city today runs on finance, shipping, and iron and steelworks.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chicago!" April 1978, National Geographic magazine)

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March 24, 2008
Clown Triggerfish, Tukangbesi Islands, Indonesia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman

Found in coral-rich seaweed reefs in the Pacific Ocean, clown triggerfish, such as this patterned juvenile in Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands, are master predators. The fish blow streams of water at the sand to expose hiding prey, then use their powerful jaws and rows of sharp teeth to crush through hard-shelled reef creatures such as sea urchins, clams, snails, and crabs.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Why Are Coral Reefs So Colorful?" May 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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March 25, 2008
Crop Dusting, Brawley, California, 2005
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig

A setting sun casts a fiery glow over a crop duster spreading pesticides in a Brawley, California, field. In addition to controlling insects, bacterial diseases, and weeds, crop dusting can be used to apply fertilizers, delay fruit ripening, increase or decrease the number of fruit a plant produces, and defoliate plants to facilitate harvest. Biologists and farmers continue to weigh its costs and benefits.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Salton Sea," February 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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March 26, 2008
Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 1998
Photograph by Steve McCurry

Rendered blue in this photograph by reflected light from the sky above and the Bosporus Strait below, Istanbul's Blue Mosque actually got its name from the tile covering its interior. Built for Sultan Ahmet I in the early 1600s, the Ottoman mosque was the first, aside from Mecca's Kaaba shrine, with six minarets instead of the usual four.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "City at the Crossroads," March/April 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 27, 2008
Sea Star and Mollusk, Satonda Island, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman

Many mollusks, like this ridged specimen resting atop a blue sea star (starfish) near Indonesia's Satonda Island, are commensal creatures, meaning they benefit from living on or near a host organism, while leaving the host largely unaffected. However, mollusks are also a favorite prey of sea stars, which use their suction-cupped tube feet to pry open clams, mollusks, and oysters before consuming their innards.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Why Are Coral Reefs So Colorful?" May 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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March 28, 2008
Sunset, Florida Keys, 1999
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Dramatic storm clouds move across Florida Bay at sunset as a woman on Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon, Florida, looks on. Built by millionaire property developer Henry Flagler to take his trains to Key West, the bridge is now closed to traffic and is used for morning jogs, daytime fishing trips, and evening strolls by the residents of Marathon.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "South to the Keys," January/February 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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March 29, 2008
Ibex Artifact, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

Archaeologists discovered this copper ibex artifact, along with 428 other ceremonial objects, in a 5,500-year-old cache in a cave in Nahal Mishmar canyon in Jerusalem, Israel. Casting objects such as this copper scepter or mace head required technical finesse and the use of materials such as arsenic-rich copper ore, which does not occur naturally within 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) of the Holy Land.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Copper Age," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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March 30, 2008
Mastiff on Mountain, North America, 1967
Photograph by Christopher Knight

Crumbling ice makes for a precarious journey for this mastiff sliding down a slope in North America.

As global warming pushes temperatures higher each year, scientists predict that permanent snow lines of mountains around the world will rise, closing skiing resorts, hurting tourism, swelling major rivers, potentially submerging low-lying areas, and significantly changing landscapes.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Science Finds New Clues to our Climate in Alaska's Mighty Rivers of Ice," February 1967, National Geographic magazine)

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March 31, 2008
Collecting Honey, Sundarban Forest, Bangladesh, 2007
Photograph by Tim Laman

In Bangladesh's Sundarban Forest, a beekeeper fans smoke into a hive of giant honeybees to calm the swarming insects before collecting their honey. Found in forested areas of the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, and central China, Apis dorsata, the giant honeybee, grows to nearly an inch (2.5 centimeters) long and builds hives as large as nine feet (three meters) in diameter.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mangroves: Forests of the Tide," February 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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April 01, 2008
Longnose Hawkfish, Namena Island, Fiji, 2004
Photograph by Tim Laman

Longnose hawkfish, like this brightly patterned creature resting in a bed of soft coral off Fiji Island's Namena Island, are tropical marine fish known for their needle-like snouts and striking red-and-white scales. The fish's common name originates from its hawklike habit of perching on the high ground of reefs, where it surveys its surroundings for predator or prey.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fiji's Rainbow Reefs," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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April 02, 2008
Aurora Borealis, Acadia National Park, Maine, 2005
Photograph by Michael Medford

Nature's light show—aurora borealis—bathes Maine's Acadia National Park in a pink glow. These dazzling patterns in nature, called aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere, are created when charged particles outside the Earth's atmosphere collide with atoms in the upper atmosphere, producing a glowing display of curtains, arcs, and bands stretching across the sky.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Autumn in Acadia National Park," November 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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April 03, 2008
Just-Hatched Froglets, Papua New Guinea, 2001
Photograph by George Grall

Carrying out his fatherly duty, a male Oreophryne frog in Papua, New Guinea, guards his clutch and two newly hatched froglets that rest atop the egg mass. Like many of the Microhylidae family, these frogs bypass the tadpole stage, developing fully within the egg. Male frogs embrace their clutch each night to keep the eggs moist and protect them from predators such as insects.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fragile World of Frogs," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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April 04, 2008
Yawning Cheetah, Okavango Delta, Botswana, 1999
Photograph by Chris Johns

The world's fastest land animal takes a moment to relax with a yawn on Botswana's Okavango Delta. The teeth of these fleet-footed predators are too small to use as daggers for large kill, but the cats have strong jaws that lock around the throat of prey until the victim stops breathing.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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April 05, 2008
Lights on Street, Key West, Florida, 1999
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Headlights leave a stream of light in a time-exposed photograph of a busy Key West street. Key West is also known as the Conch Republic, a reference to a mock secession the island staged in protest of an April 23, 1982, roadblock the U.S. Border Patrol set up en route to Key West. When complaints that the roadblock hurt tourism went unanswered, the island's mayor declared the Keys' independence from the U.S.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "South to the Keys," January/February 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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April 06, 2008
Blue Mosque, Iran, 1999
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian

A tranquil reflecting pool mirrors a blue-tiled mosque in Iran. An Islamic republic since the country's autocratic monarchy was overthrown in 1978, Iran is ruled by a supreme religious leadership that controls most aspects of Iranian society. But a youthful populace—70 percent of Iranians are under 30—with increasing access to Western media is beginning to push against its boundaries.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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April 07, 2008
River Boats, Sitlakhya River, Bangladesh, 1993
Photograph by James P. Blair

A canoe glides past fishing boats at dusk on Bangladesh's flood-swollen Sitlakhya River. Notched into eastern India, this predominantly Muslim nation is a dominated by water, with the Bay of Bengal to the south, mighty rivers throughout, and seasonal monsoon and cyclones that flood up to a third of the country every year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bangladesh: When the Water Comes," June 1993, National Geographic magazine)

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April 08, 2008
Leopard Seal With a Penguin, Antarctic Peninsula, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

Photographer Paul Nicklen watched as this 12-foot-long (3.7-meter-long) female leopard seal toyed with her catch, a live penguin chick. "She dropped it on my camera," he said. "Then she opened her mouth and engulfed the camera—and most of my head. After 45 minutes of more threats, she finally relaxed and ate."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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April 09, 2008
Workers Planting Rice, India, 2003
Photograph by William Albert Allard

Women from India's so-called Untouchable caste plant rice in a large field. Consigned by birth to the lowest social strata, Untouchables number some 160 million, about 15 percent of India's people. Considered impure by Hindu law, they are generally permitted to perform only the most menial jobs.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable," June 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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April 10, 2008
Whale's Tail, Frederick Sound, Alaska, 1999
Photograph by Michael Melford

Commercial hunting of humpback whales, like this one flashing its flukes in Alaska's Frederick Sound, reduced their population to just a few thousand worldwide in the 1960s. But an international whaling ban has helped them rebound, and new census numbers show the North Pacific population alone could be more than 10,000 and possibly as many as 25,000.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Wilder Passage," May/June 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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April 11, 2008
Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda, 1971
Photograph by Emory Kristof

With the sea itself for a water hazard, the 8th hole—a challenging par three—tests vacationing golf buffs and visiting pros. Beyond the green, the two tones of ocean water mark shoals near shore and greater depths to seaward.

Northernmost coral isles in the world, the Bermudas sprawl atop a seamount that climbs from the ocean floor 16,000 feet [4,877 meters] below. Barely breaking the surface in many places, the low-profiled islands nowhere rise more than 260 feet [80 meters] above sea level.

(Photo and caption from "Bermuda—Balmy, British, and Beautiful," July 1971, National Geographic magazine)

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April 12, 2008
Green Mountain Sunset, Vermont, 1998
Photograph by Michael Yamashita

The Green Mountains glow as a rose-colored sunset descends on a far corner of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. This region, known simply as "the Kingdom" by Vermonters, is famous for its maple syrup, covered bridges, ski slopes, and the riot of fall colors that blankets its woodlands each September.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vermont: Suite of Seasons," September 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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April 13, 2008
Redfin Butterflyfish, Fiji, 2004
Photograph by Tim Laman

A redfin butterflyfish navigates the coral of Fiji's Vatu-i-ra Channel. This waterway, which separates Fiji's two biggest islands, is home to an immense variety of fish living amid some 2,500 square miles (6,500 square kilometers) of reefs and submerged plateaus. Conservationists are seeking to protect the region by winning its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Seascape.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fiji's Rainbow Reefs," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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April 14, 2008
Karo Woman, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A woman from the Karo tribe, with customary short braided hair, looks through the doorway of a mud building in Ethiopia's Omo Valley. With under a thousand members, the Karo are the smallest of the valley's four main tribes.

Karo men and women are known for their ritual scarification. Men scar their chests to represent rivals killed from enemy tribes; women with scarred chests are considered sensual and attractive.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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April 15, 2008
Palmyra Ruins, Syria, 1999
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

These monumental stone pillars are among the incredible remains of the second century B.C. kingdom of Palmyra, Syria, an oasis and trade crossroads in the Syrian desert.

Roman forces sacked Palmyra in A.D. 273 after its powerful queen Zenobia challenged imperial rule. The city continued to be an important landmark after Roman conquest, hosting silk caravans from China, spice traders from India, and perfume merchants from Arabia.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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April 16, 2008
Cape Fur Seal and Bull Kelp, South Africa, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

A young Cape fur seal forages amid bull kelp near Gansbaai, South Africa. The large numbers of great white sharks here, drawn by huge seal populations, give Gansbaai the unofficial title of Great White Capital of the World. Great whites rarely enter kelp forests, and fur seals seek them out as refuges from their arch nemeses.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oceans of Plenty: South Africa's Teeming Seas," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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April 17, 2008
Baby Alligator Snapping Turtle, Florida, 1999
Photograph by George Grall

A baby alligator snapping turtle in a Florida swamp perches on the outsize skull of a record-breaking ancestor. At its largest, the monstrous reptile weighed a whopping 250 pounds (113 kilograms). With its spiked shell, beaklike jaws, and thick, scaled tail, this species is often referred to as the "dinosaur of the turtle world."

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Swamp Thing: Unmasking the Snapping Turtle," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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April 18, 2008
Multicolored Reef, Tukangbesi Islands, Indonesia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman

Layers of coral, sea fans, crinoids, and sponges make up a healthy reef off Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands. Lighted by a photographer's strobe, this scene would explode in brilliant colors, but in natural light, it looks altogether different. Scientists are studying how wavelengths of light change at depth and how fish perceive these colors.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Why Are Coral Reefs So Colorful?" May 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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April 19, 2008
Huli Tribesmen, Papua New Guinea, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Decked out in elaborate costumes, striking facial paint, and wigs of human hair, the men of the Huli tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea prepare for a sing-sing, an annual festival of clan pride. Together, the men preen, strut, shimmy, and shake their feathered costumes, mimicking the local birds of paradise.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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April 20, 2008
Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by David Doubilet

A school of fish swims over a coral formation in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. Like a few grains of rice sprinkled on a sea of blue, the French territory in the South Pacific is a paltry 1,359 square miles (3,520 square kilometers) of land scattered over one million square miles (2.6 million square kilometers) of ocean, an area as large as Western Europe.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Pearls of French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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April 21, 2008
Byzantine Coin, Sinop, Turkey, 2001
Photograph by Randy Olson

Explorers pulled this ancient Byzantine coin from a Black Sea wreck near Sinop, Turkey. Millennia ago, the Black Sea was a freshwater lake. When the last ice age waned some 12,000 years ago, salt water from the Mediterranean breached the Bosporus Valley, transforming the Black Sea into its current state—a toxic, brackish, oxygen-deficient pool, perfect for preserving ancient wrecks.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Black Sea," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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April 22, 2008
Cloudy Sky, Location Unknown, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick

Piles of cotton-like cumulus clouds fill the sky on a clear day. Mid-level cumulus clouds form between 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) and about 20,000 feet (6,000 meters). They form when humid air cools enough for water vapor to condense into droplets or ice crystals. A single cloud can hold billions of pounds of water, but may not always produce rain.

Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, marks the anniversary of the 1970 birth of the environmental movement. Scientists warn that rising temperatures worldwide could fuel extreme weather—just one of many damaging effects of global warming.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Signs From Earth: Heating Up, Melting Down," September 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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April 23, 2008
Women Carrying Firewood, Sudan, 2003
Photograph by Randy Olson

Women carry bundles of firewood on their heads in the Sudanese desert. In rural African cultures, the responsibility of foraging for firewood usually falls to the women. In Sudan's brutally dry desert, where little vegetation grows, it can take several hours each day to collect enough wood to cook with.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shattered Sudan: Drilling for Oil, Hoping for Peace," February 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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April 24, 2008
Cars Passing the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, 1981
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Colosseum was built to host gladiator duels, battle reenactments, and other public spectacles. Now, the 50,000-seat stone-and-concrete amphitheater serves Rome in another capacity: as a traffic circle.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Ancient Appian Way," June 1981, National Geographic magazine)

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April 25, 2008
Red-and-Green Macaws, Bolivia, 2000
Photograph by Joel Sartore

A mated pair of red-and-green macaws soars above the forest in Bolivia's Madidi National Park. These long-lived birds mate for life, and couples spend nearly every minute together.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Madidi: Will Bolivia Drown Its New National Park?" March 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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April 26, 2008
Mudbrick Houses, Shibam, Yemen, 2005
Photograph by George Steinmetz

The city of Shibam, Yemen, rises from the Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter, a sea of sand that occupies one-fifth of the Arabian Peninsula. The distinctive mud-brick skyscrapers that house Shibam's 5,000 residents have earned the city its nickname: "Manhattan of the Desert."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Empty Quarter: Exploring Arabia's Legendary Sea of Sand," February 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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April 27, 2008
Horse Herders, Darhad Valley, Mongolia, 2003
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie

Mongolian herdsmen drive horses back into the Darhad Valley after wintering on the other side of the 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) mountains that rise in the background. People have moved their herds over these mountains for generations. But a government effort to transition Mongolia's nomadic people to more stable urban lives could soon mean the end of this twice-yearly trek.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mongolian Crossing: Is Time Running Out on Timeless Migration?" October 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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April 28, 2008
Irrigation Fields, Qatar, 2003
Photograph by Robb Kendrick

Irrigated crop fields stand out starkly against an expanse of Qatari desert. Such farms provide Qataris with some fruits and vegetables, but most of their food is imported. Government efforts to increase domestic agriculture are complicated by the paucity of fresh water in this parched desert nation.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Revolution From the Top Down: Qatar," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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April 29, 2008
Lightning Behind Chimney Rock, Colorado, 1989
Photograph by James L. Amos

Trails of lightning backlight Chimney Rock in southwest Colorado's San Juan National Forest. Home to ancestors of the Pueblo Indians more than 1,000 years ago, the area around Chimney Rock has been a designated archaeological area and national historic site since 1970.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life and Times of William Henry Jackson: Photographing the Frontier," February 1989, National Geographic magazine)

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April 30, 2008
Paragliders in the Clouds, Mount Fuji, Japan, 2002
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski

Paragliders float through the clouds that surround snowcapped Mount Fuji in Japan. At 12,388 feet (3,776 meters), Fuji is Japan's highest peak. But its relatively easy-to-scale flanks draw flocks of amateur climbers to its summit—some 400,000 every year.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fuji: Japan's Sacred Summit (Except When It's Not)," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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May 01, 2008
Tundra Village, Moriusaq, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain

The tiny village of Moriusaq stands on the frozen landscape of northwest Greenland. The sea ice near this settlement used to be thick enough to travel and hunt on for hundreds of miles for up to ten months. Recently though, climate change has reduced this crucial window to just a few weeks each year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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May 02, 2008
Hatchling Alligators, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, 1994
Photograph by Chris Johns

Hatchling alligators break free of their shells in Big Cypress Swamp in the Florida Everglades. Babies who have trouble emerging get a surprisingly delicate assist from the tooth-lined jaws of their mother.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Everglades: Dying for Help," April 1994, National Geographic magazine)

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May 03, 2008
Afar Goat Herders, Ethiopia, 2005
Photograph by Carsten Peter

Afar goat herders use a reed mat to shield their campfire from the steady winds of the Ethiopian Danakil Desert. The Afar are a nomadic people who drive their camels, donkeys, and goats in search of the region's scant pasturelands. Centuries of defending their territory and their herds has made them fierce. One Afar custom, now defunct, declared a man could not marry without first killing an enemy tribesman.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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May 04, 2008
Tie-Dyed Fabric, Jaipur, India, 1999
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

Tie-dyed fabric is hung to dry from a roof in Jaipur, India. Such Indian textiles are among the richest craft legacies on Earth, encompassing literally thousands of local styles and techniques.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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May 05, 2008
Migrating Monarchs, El Rosario Preserve, Mexico, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick

A colony of monarch butterflies clings to a tree in the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve in the mountains of central Mexico. The Mexican government is working to encourage tourism and discourage illegal logging in the preserve, where millions of these delicate orange-and-black butterflies come to nest each winter.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Signs From Earth: Heating Up…Melting Down…" September 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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May 06, 2008
Boatyard at Sunset, Yscloskey, Louisiana, 2001
Photograph by Medford Taylor

A mauve sunset blankets a boatyard in Yscloskey, Louisiana, in 2001. This and nearly all the other fishing hamlets in the marshlands of St. Bernard Parish southeast of New Orleans were flattened in the summer of 2005 by Hurricane Katrina's 20-foot (6-meter) storm surge. Years later, the region's fisheries and oil and gas industries are still rebuilding.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZIP USA: Delacroix, Louisiana," July 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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May 07, 2008
Green Grappler Moth Caterpillar, Maui, Hawaii, 2003
Photograph by Darlyne Murawski

Sensitive hairs and nerves on the back of the green grappler moth caterpillar detect the slightest touch of prey. Lightning-fast reflexes and six needle-tipped claws spell the end for this termite in Maui, Hawaii.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Killer Caterpillars: Built to Eat Flesh," June 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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May 08, 2008
Bathing Snow Monkey, Japan, 1995
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Japanese macaques, also called snow monkeys, live farther north than any other non-human primates. Their thick coats help them survive the frigid temperatures of central Japan's highlands. But when the mercury really plummets, they go to plan B: hot-tubbing in the region's many thermal springs.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Geisha," October 1995, National Geographic magazine)

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May 09, 2008
Manoki Indian, Amazon River Basin, Brazil, 2007
Photograph by Alex Webb

A Manoki Indian in a feathered headdress and beads glides down a stream in Brazil's Amazon River Basin. The Manoki are one of about 170 indigenous Amazonian peoples whose homelands are imperiled by an intense land rush in the Amazon fueled by the timber, agriculture, and cattle industries.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last of the Amazon," January 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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May 10, 2008
Desert Wildlife, Atacama Desert, Chile, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Birds perch on a cactus as a gray fox warily stands below in Chile's Atacama Desert. Rain rarely falls on the Atacama's coastline, but dense fog known as camanchaca is abundant. The fog nourishes plant communities from cactuses to ferns.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Driest Place on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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May 11, 2008
Mother Camel and Baby, Sahara, Chad, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz

A young dromedary camel peeks underneath its mother as she casually drinks in the Guelta Archeï, a steep canyon in the Chadian Sahara. But camels beware. These isolated waters hold a zoological surprise: Algae, fertilized by camel droppings, are eaten by fish that are preyed upon by a group of crocodiles.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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May 12, 2008
Iceberg With Meltwater Pool, Jakobshavn Fjord, Greenland, 2007
Photograph by James Balog

Icebergs, including one with a sapphire pool of meltwater, clutter Greenland's Jakobshavn Fjord near the village of Ilulissat. The glacier that produced this flotilla has receded some four miles (six kilometers) since the year 2000.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Big Thaw," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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May 13, 2008
Tiny Orange Crab, Panay Island, Philippines, 2002
Photograph by Tim Laman

An orange crab crawls on a leaf on Panay Island in the Philippines. The islands of the Philippines have some 12,000 plant and 1,100 land vertebrate species. But habitat loss threatens to erase much of this ecological diversity.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: The Philippines," July 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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May 14, 2008
Snow and Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie

Jagged peaks pierce the icy expanse of Antarctica's Queen Maud Land. These stark granite formations are the visible tips of mountains that lie buried beneath an ice sheet some 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) thick.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "On the Edge of Antarctica: Queen Maud Land," February 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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May 16, 2008
Cattle Bones, Simpson Desert, Australia, 1992
Photograph by Medford Taylor

A multicolored sunset contrasts the bleached bones of dead cattle in Australia's Simpson Desert. Though forbiddingly dry, the Simpson Desert has aquifers and floodplains that make parts of it ideal livestock-grazing country.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Simpson Desert," April 1992, National Geographic magazine)

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May 16, 2008
Snow-Dusted Peaks, Yosemite National Park, California, 1985
Photograph by Jonathan Blair

A quiet pond reflects snow-dusted trees and granite outcrops of the Sierra Nevada in California's Yosemite National Park. Solitude in Yosemite may seem like romantic nostalgia to its 3.5 million annual tourists. But opportunities to experience true wilderness are as plentiful and as varied as the park's natural treasures.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yosemite—Forever?," January 1985, National Geographic magazine)

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May 17, 2008
Artist Carving a Mask, Kyoto, Japan, 2004
Photograph by Justin Guariglia

An artist in Kyoto, Japan, carves a mask used in Noh, one of Japan's oldest theatre genres. The masks generally wear a deadpan expression. In Noh, the drama is conveyed through the music and the actors' symbolic movements.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Found in Translation," May/June 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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May 18, 2008
Afar Herdsmen, Danakil Desert, Ethiopia, 2005
Photograph by Carsten Peter

A group of Afar nomads leads camels through Ethiopia's Danakil Desert. The Afar regard themselves as one ethnic group, though their population of about three million is divided among Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. "We are the people who move," said one Afar woman. "From the beginning that has been our way."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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May 19, 2008
Desert at Dawn, Saudi Arabia, 2003
Photograph by Reza

A lone man walks over sand dunes in the Saudi Arabian desert. This oil-rich kingdom on the Arabia Peninsula covers some 770,000 square miles (2 million square kilometers), more than 98 percent of which is desert.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kingdom on Edge: Saudi Arabia," October 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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May 20, 2008
Young Seahorses, New South Wales, Australia, 1994
Photograph by George Grall

A group of young seahorses drifts in shallow waters off Manly, New South Wales, Australia. From Canada to Tasmania, most coastal areas with sea grass beds, mangroves, or coral reefs can lay claim to a seahorse species or two.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Improbable Seahorse," October 1994, National Geographic magazine)

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May 21, 2008
Scottish Sea Town, Pennan, Scotland, U.K., 2006
Photograph by Jim Richardson

The uniformly whitewashed cottages of Pennan, Scotland, line up around a quiet cove in Moray Firth as boats rest within a small manmade harbor. The town has been in existence for over a thousand years but gained international fame in the 1980s as the fictional village of Ferness in the popular movie Local Hero.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celt Appeal," March 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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May 22, 2008
Puss Moth Larva, England, 1997
Photograph by Darlyne Murawski

A puss moth larva disposes of its old skin (left) and head capsule (right) after molting on a leaf in England. These disarmingly colorful critters actually pack some potent weaponry. A gland on the moth's thorax sprays formic acid, and its upright rear appendages sport noxious, pink tentacles.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Moths Come to Light," March 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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May 23, 2008
Sunset and Palm Trees, Captiva Island, Florida, 1992
Photograph by Raymond Gehman

A fuchsia sunset backdrops a stand of palm trees on Florida's Captiva Island. Captiva is one of four quiet barrier islands on the Gulf coast of Florida—Sanibel, North Captiva, and Cayo Costa are the others—renowned as havens for boating, fishing, and seashell-collecting.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Islands of the Shell Coast," November/December 1992, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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May 24, 2008
Volcanic Soil, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 2001
Photograph by Carsten Peter

A fisheye lens captures the desolate gray of a volcanic plain on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Kamchatka is a scimitar-shaped spit of land on Russia's far east coast, home to more than a hundred volcanoes, 29 of which are active.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Russia's Frozen Inferno," August 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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May 25, 2008
Cowrie Shells, Myanmar, 2005
Photograph by Nicolas Reynard

A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells. The Moken, a nomadic sea people who live among the 800 islands of the Mergui Archipelago, are divers and beachcombers, taking what they need each day from the Andaman Sea. They accumulate little and live on land only during the monsoons.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sea Gypsies of Myanmar," April 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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May 26, 2008
Memorial Day Salute, Minnesota, 2000
Photograph by Richard Olsenius

A Veterans of Foreign Wars honor guard stands at attention for a three-round salute in honor of Memorial Day.

First widely observed in 1868, Decoration Day, as it was originally known, was a time to honor fallen Civil War soldiers by decorating their graves. In 1971, the U.S. Congress made Memorial Day a national holiday honoring all Americans who have died in service to their country.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Lake Wobegon," December 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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May 27, 2008
Desert Rainbow, Australia, 2007

Photograph by Randy Olson

A rainbow spreads over a desert town in northwest Queensland, Australia, after a monsoon soaking. Every year, a climatological flip-flop draws the rainy-season weather down from India and douses this bone-dry land in a phenomenon known locally as "the wet."

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Wet Down Under," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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May 28, 2008
Elephant Musicians, Lampang, Thailand, 2005
Photograph by William Albert Allard

Elephants explore their creative side with super-sized musical instruments, including this custom-made xylophone, at the Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, Thailand. Elephant handlers called mahouts encourage the animals to play by moving their arms, but the symphonic pachyderms select the notes and rhythms on their own.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Thailand's Urban Giants," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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May 29, 2008
Climbers on Ertale Volcano, Ethiopia, 2005
Photograph by Carsten Peter

Climbers in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert prepare to descend into Ertale volcano. The volcano, which has been active for nearly a century, has a lake of molten lava at the center of its caldera.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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May 30, 2008
Water Puddles, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2006
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Water-filled "potholes" dot the Esplanade, a rock formation on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, as lightning crackles in the distance. The Esplanade region is known for the dramatic weathered-sandstone pillars called hoodoos that dot the landscape.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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May 31, 2008
Untouchable Woman, India, 2003
Photograph by William Albert Allard

A veiled woman of the Untouchable caste pauses for a photo while sweeping outside her home in India. India's constitution forbids caste discrimination and specifically abolishes Untouchability, but the hierarchies and social codes of Hinduism perpetuate the system.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable," June 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 01, 2008
Mineral Pigment, Bhubaneswar, India, 1999
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

A woman in Bhubaneswar, India, prepares to grind red mineral pigment on a stone pestle. In the Hindu religion, colors, especially red, are endowed with symbolic significance.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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June 02, 2008
Rainbow, Denali National Park, Alaska, 2001
Photograph by Joel Sartore

A double rainbow plunges into a gorge in Alaska's Denali National Park. Although they appear to exist at a definable point in the sky, a rainbow's position is actually dependent on the location of the observer relative to the sun.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grizzly Survival: Their Fate Is in Our Hands," July 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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June 03, 2008
Praying Mantis, Southeast Asia, 2001
Photograph by Tim Laman

This extreme close-up shows the business end of a praying mantis, one of the insect world's most formidable predators. Mantids have two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them. Some species can see movement up to 60 feet (18 meters) away.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Night Shift in the Rain Forest," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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June 04, 2008
Schoolmaster Snappers, Conch Reef, Florida, 2003
Photograph by Brian Skerry

A column of schoolmaster snappers hovers near a support beam for the Aquarius research station near Florida's Conch Reef. Installed in 1993, this railroad-car-size unit gives scientists a permanent place to observe the creatures that live on the reef and how each plays a part in the ecosystem.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Science: Sleeping With the Fishes," September 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 05, 2008
Boats at Sunset, Kangerluk Fjord, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain

The day's last light illuminates the boats and tents of narwhal hunters on Greenland's Kangerluk Fjord. Narwhals come to Greenland's fjords in July and August to calve and feed. Landing these elusive tusked whales presents extreme dangers for Greenlanders, whose low-riding kayaks can easily capsize in the process.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 06, 2008
Gelada Monkey, Ethiopia, 2005
Photograph by Carsten Peter

A gelada monkey sits for a portrait in the Ethiopian highlands. These baboon-size animals are more terrestrial than any other primates except humans. They are the last surviving species of ancient grazing primates that were once numerous.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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June 07, 2008
Windblown Kaffiyeh, Near Dukhan, Qatar, 2003
Photograph by Robb Kendrick

A Qatari man in a traditional white dishdasha robe and a wind-blown red-and-white kaffiyeh stands before a sandstone formation near Dukhan. Qatar, a desert-covered Persian Gulf peninsula about the size of Jamaica, may be small, but its oil and natural gas reserves give it big clout. Per capita incomes there are among the highest in the world.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Revolution From the Top Down: Qatar," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 08, 2008
Churches and Steeples, Salzburg, Austria, 2004

Photograph by Bob Krist

Snow rimes the classic dome- and spire-studded skyline of Salzburg, Austria. This elegant city's unique architecture is the legacy of a long line of prince-archbishops, powerful ecclesiastical rulers who used profits from the city's nearby salt mines to turn their seat of power into a little piece of Baroque Italy transported to the Austrian Alps.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Salzburg in Winter," November/December 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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June 09, 2008
Horseman Near a Lake, Mongolia, 2003
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie

Each fall dwindling grasslands and frigid Siberian air send a thousand people and some 60,000 animals on a treacherous journey out of Mongolia's mountain-ringed Darhad Valley to winter pastures near Lake Hovsgol, where this lone horseman rides. And each spring they pack up and go back.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mongolian Crossing: Is Time Running Out on Timeless Migration?" October 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 10, 2008
Chinstrap Penguin, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

A solitary chinstrap penguin stands at attention on the rocky shore of the Antarctic Peninsula. These penguins, which rely less on sea ice than other species do for their survival, have thrived as climate change has warmed the ocean around Antarctica. Since 1974 their numbers have increased by some 2,700 percent.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 11, 2008
Nighttime Igloo, Moriusaq, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain

Light shines between the ice blocks of an igloo in Moriusaq, Greenland. Igloos are usually dome-shaped and are made of large slabs cut from compacted snow. A skilled native Greenlander can build one in just a couple of hours.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 12, 2008
Fire Dancer, Bora-Bora, Society Islands, 1997
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A riot of light illuminates the night at a Bora-Bora resort. Fire dancing is a relatively recent Polynesian tradition, originated by a Samoan dancer in 1946. It is performed with knives wired with cotton towels soaked with a flammable liquid.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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June 13, 2008
Rancher and Cows, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1978
Photograph by George Mobley

A rancher attends to a mother cow and her calf at the Pelly River Ranch in Canada's Yukon Territory. Life can be hard in this rugged, picturesque territory, where winter temperatures fall to minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 50 degrees Celsius). A scant 30,000 people call the 186,000-square-mile (482,000-square-kilometer) tract home.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yukon Fever: Call of the North," April 1978, National Geographic magazine)

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June 14, 2008
Sandstone Pillars, Sahara Desert, Chad, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz

Spires of eroded sandstone stand like ancient pillars in the red dunes of Chad's Karnasai Valley in the central Sahara desert. Fierce winds, punishing sandstorms, and occasional douses of rain are slowly turning these rock formations back into the sand from which they were made.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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June 15, 2008
Shadow of a Boy, Qatar, 2003
Photograph by Robb Kendrick

Unfinished homes dot the landscape as a low sun paints a boy's shadow on the wall of a ruined house in the Qatar desert. Qatar has one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Buoyed by oil and natural gas sales, per capita income there topped $60,000 in 2006, with unemployment of less than one percent.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Revolution From the Top Down: Qatar," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 16, 2008
Laundry on Lines, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2005
Photograph by Alexandra Boulat

Colorful laundry dries on lines in a Berber village in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains. Many Berbers, or Amazigh, fled to the highlands following the Arab conquest of North Africa in the seventh century A.D. Unlike the Berbers who remained with their conquerors, those who went to the High Atlas have until today managed to preserve their identity, their language, and their independence.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Among the Berbers: A Journey Through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains," January 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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June 17, 2008
Afar Cattle Herders, Ethiopia, 2005
Photograph by Carsten Peter

Zebu cattle driven by Afar herdsmen raise clouds of dust in the baked Danakil Desert near Semerea, Ethiopia. The Danakil is among the most forbidding places on Earth, a land of dry sands, active volcanoes, burning salt flats, temperatures that often top 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius), choking winds, and suffocating days of no wind at all.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth," October 2005, National Geographic magazine)

作者: fff000 时间: 2008-6-18 09:27
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Originally posted by fff000 at 2008-6-18 09:27 AM:
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June 18, 2008
Boat on the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, 2005
Photograph by Nicolas Reynard

A Moken fishing boat moves past one of the Sister Islands at sunset in Myanmar's Mergui Archipelago. These boats, called kabangs, are the mainstay of the nomadic Moken culture. Each is roughed out in the forest from a single tree, then hauled to the beach to be fitted with a hull and roof. Some take up to four months to build.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sea Gypsies of Myanmar," April 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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June 19, 2008
Scuba Diver, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 1986
Photograph by Bill Curtsinger

A crack in the ice shelf, called a lead, gives a diver access to (and escape from) the frigid waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound. Those who brave the water temperatures of 28 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 2.2 degrees Celsius) here are rewarded with unsurpassed visibility and unique sea life that has developed in isolation for some 40 million years.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Under Antarctic Ice," April 1986, National Geographic magazine)

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June 20, 2008
Dogsled Team, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain

Greenland dogs are descended from canines that accompanied immigrants from Siberia some 5,000 years ago. This team, driving across Greenland's Sermipaluk Glacier, is tethered to the sled with a fan hitch, a type of harness that allows each dog to pick its own way across rough and dangerous terrain.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 21, 2008
Man and Hieroglyphs, Al Kurru, Sudan, 2003
Photograph by Randy Olson

A Sudanese man illuminates hieroglyphs in an ancient tomb in Al Kurru. Sudan is strewn with the ruins of Nubian kings, who once ruled all of Egypt. Today, Sudan's government struggles to control its own country, paralyzed by decades of civil, ethnic, and religious conflict.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shattered Sudan: Drilling for Oil, Hoping for Peace," February 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 22, 2008
Woman and Dog, Newport, Rhode Island, 2003
Photograph by Bob Krist

A woman and her dog walk on a beach at low tide in Newport, Rhode Island. Each year, this small city of 27,000 residents attracts some 200,000 vacationers, who come to lounge on the beach, take in the resort town's extensive history, and get a look at the many beachfront mansions that have made Newport famous.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Insider's Newport," July/August 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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June 23, 2008
Photograph by Justin Guariglia

Tucked in a valley in northeastern Gomera, part of Rhode Island Spain's Canary Islands, the village of Hermigua stairsteps down terraced hills dotted with palms and banana plants. Tiny Gomera is richly contoured with hills and valleys. Wrote one observer: "To make a 3-D map of La Gomera, first crumple a piece of paper into a ball. Next, tease the center into a high point. That's it."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quietest Place on Earth," September 2006, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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June 24, 2008
Weddell Seals, Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A mother Weddell seal and her calf swim beneath Antarctic ice. Weddell seals can dive as deep as 2,000 feet (610 meters), but frequently stay in the shallows to avoid predators such as sharks and orcas.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Underworld: South Sandwich Islands," December 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 25, 2008
Twin Bolts of Lightning, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2006
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Twin bolts of lightning reach for the depths of the Grand Canyon near Point Sublime. This scenic area on the canyon's North Rim is not as easily accessible as other lookouts. But for those willing to make the two-hour trip by 4WD vehicle, the vistas are among the best the park has to offer.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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June 26, 2008
Tribal Leaders, Saudi Arabia, 2003
Photograph by Reza

Tribal leaders gather around a fire in the tent of a prominent sheik in Saudi Arabia. Such meetings, called majlis, are customary throughout the kingdom. They can be simple social gatherings or, if the host is powerful, an official audience, where a Bedouin camel herder asking help with a grazing issue might be followed by a billionaire property baron requesting a construction permit.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kingdom on Edge: Saudi Arabia," October 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 27, 2008
Lower Falls, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan, 1991
Photograph by Phil Schermeister

Water from the Tahquamenon River flows over the Lower Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The picturesque, tea-colored Tahquamenon is the setting for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Lost Country," March/April 1991, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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June 28, 2008
Boat at Low Tide, County Mayo, Ireland, 2003
Photograph by Chris Rainier

A fishing boat, beached by low tide, leans against seaweed-covered rocks in Ireland's Sruwaddacon Bay. The waters of this picturesque estuary, located in County Mayo on the northwest coast, are in constant motion, emptying and filling the riverlike bay four times each day.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Far Edge of Ireland," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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June 29, 2008
Desert Rainbow, Red Desert, Wyoming, 2005
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Wyoming's big sky has ample room for this 180-degree rainbow over the Adobe Town rock formations in Red Desert. This seemingly desolate expanse is home to an abundance of life, including antelope, mule deer, and Wyoming's largest herd of wild horses.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "All Fired Up," July 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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June 30, 2008
All-American Canal, Yuma, Arizona, 2003

Photograph by George Steinmetz

The All-American Canal disappears over the horizon of the Yuma, Arizona, desert. The 80-mile (129-kilometer) canal is part of an extensive system of waterways that taps the Colorado River to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in southeastern California and southwestern Arizona.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Watching You: The World of High-Tech Surveillance," November 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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July 01, 2008
Sundog Light Phenomenon, Manitoba, Canada, 2005
Photograph by Norbert Rosing

A solar phenomenon known as a sundog arcs over the tundra in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Sundogs are fairly common occurrences in the Arctic and Antarctic. They form when the sun is near the horizon and ice crystals high in the sky line up in a way that bends the solar rays like a prism.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Refuge in White: Winter in a Canadian National Park," December 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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July 02, 2008
Bullfight, Arequipa, Peru, 1982
Photograph by William Albert Allard

A slow exposure blurs the charge of a bull at a bullfight in Arequipa, Peru. Peru is the second stop on the calendar for many of the world's top bullfighters. They begin in Spain in March, move to Lima for a month in October, then head to Mexico to close the year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Souls of Peru," March 1982, National Geographic magazine)

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July 03, 2008
Spawning Salmon, Alaska, 1999
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski

Salmon en route to spawning grounds struggle up an intertidal stream on a stretch of Alaskan coastline once fouled by millions of gallons of crude oil from the infamous Exxon Valdez. Today, a visitor would be hard pressed to find evidence of the spill. But studies show lingering effects to regional wildlife.

(Photo shot on assignment for "In the Wake of the Spill: Ten Years After Exxon Valdez," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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July 04, 2008
Fourth of July Fireworks, Bowlus, Minnesota, 2000
Photograph by Richard Olsenius

Fireworks light up the sky over a grain elevator in Bowlus, Minnesota. The volunteer fire department sets off the display every year on the Fourth of July, during Bowlus Fun Days. The daylong celebration is a "big thing" in Bowlus, says Charlie Sobieck, who owns the grain elevator. "We have bingo, a snow-cone stand, cotton candy, polka bands, and a parade with floats. It's a good gathering for people to see people they haven't seen in years."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Lake Wobegon," December 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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July 05, 2008
Giant Squirrel, Borneo, Indonesia, 1997
Photograph by Tim Laman

A giant squirrel surveys the surrounding rain forest from a tree limb in Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Borneo, the world’s third largest island, boasts some of the last areas of pristine rain forest in the world. However, deforestation from illegal logging within the park threatens the survival of this unique ecosystem.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Borneo’s Strangler Fig Trees," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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July 06, 2008
Ariaal Warriors, Marsabit District, Kenya, 1999
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Ariaal warriors rest on an outcrop amid the deserts of northern Kenya's Marsabit District. The 10,000 or so Ariaal who inhabit Marsabit have managed to maintain their nomadic way of life in spite of shrinking communal pastures, increasing ethnic tensions, and government pressure to trade their cattle culture for a more mainstream existence.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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July 07, 2008
Headlights, Imperial Sand Dunes, California, 2005
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig

Headlights stream up and down the fluid banks of Imperial Sand Dunes, southeast of California's Salton Sea, in this time exposure. An off-roaders' paradise, the dunes were blown from the dry bed of Lake Cahuilla, the sea's ancient ancestor. More than a million fans hit the dunes each year, pumping $54 million into local coffers. The cost? Brawls, fatal crashes, and run-ins with endangered species.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Salton Sea," February 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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July 08, 2008
Spacesuit, Houston, Texas, 2007
Photograph by Mark Thiessen

A spacesuit is put through its paces at the Johnson Space Center's Lunar Yard in Houston, Texas. The 2-acre (0.8-hectare) mock moon surface, made of sand and crushed granite, allows engineers to test systems and concepts as they prepare for NASA's return to the moon.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Space Age Turns Fifty," October 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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July 09, 2008
Sunken Treasure Hunters, Atlantic Ocean, 1999
Photograph by Priit Vesilind

A small boat tows a Russian submersible during a 1995 expedition to find sunken gold. The mission sought to raise more than 2 tons (1.8 metric tons) of bullion from a Japanese submarine torpedoed by American forces off Africa's Atlantic coast during World War II. Disappointed treasure hunters recovered only some tin, brass, and an old shoe.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Last Dive," October 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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July 10, 2008
Wallace's Flying Frog, Borneo, 2000

Photograph by Tim Laman

Silhouetted against the night sky, a Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) glides through the air in Borneo. These frogs, the largest of Borneo's flying frogs, gather on branches above murky pools to breed and lay eggs. The pools then make ideal habitat for tadpoles, which drop into the water when they hatch.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wild Gliders," October 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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July 11, 2008
Walking Stick Bug, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A female Macleay's specter stick insect pauses on a branch at the Cincinnati Zoo. Indigenous to Australia, these large, well-defended arthropods are covered in tiny spikes and can reach 6 inches (15 centimeters) in length.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Zoos—Taking Down the Bars," July 1983, National Geographic magazine)

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July 12, 2008
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2005
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A pool of rainwater in a Grand Canyon boulder reflects canyon and sky. A writhing giant with scores of limbs (some still unnamed), the Grand Canyon slices 277 miles (446 kilometers) through northern Arizona, extending 18 miles (29 kilometers) at its widest point and 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) at its deepest—one of Earth's largest canyon systems. Cut by the Colorado River in the past six million years, it exposes rock strata that detail nearly two billion years of North America's geologic history.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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July 13, 2008
Wet Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1970
Photograph by George F. Mobley

Neon lights color puddles on a street corner in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In the mid-1970s, Fayetteville was home to Bill and Hillary Clinton, former president and first lady, who at the time where teaching at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Through Ozark Hills and Hollows," November 1970, National Geographic magazine)

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July 14, 2008
Rain Forest Mist, Borneo, Indonesia, 1997
Photograph by Tim Laman

A twilight mist floats through the rain forest canopy in Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. The future of this uninhabited ecological treasure, covering more than 220,000 acres (90,000 hectares), is threatened by ever increasing illegal logging.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Borneo’s Strangler Fig," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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July 15, 2008
Prehistoric Human Skull, Qafzeh, Israel, 2001
Photograph by Robert Clark

This 100,000-year-old skull was found in a cave in Qafzeh, Israel, along with other fossils, including a horse tooth and burned flints. Cutting-edge techniques were used to date the fossils—revealing that modern humans left Africa much earlier than had been thought, even coexisting with Neanderthals, once believed to be our ancestors.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "How Old Is It?" September 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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July 16, 2008
Jumbo Squid, Atlantic Ocean, 2004

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry

With an angry eye and a cloud of ink, a jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) flees from a diver. If camouflage fails, squid use ink as a backup defense. Mexican fishermen call the aggressive creatures "diablos rojos"—red devils. They often spew water from their funnels when hauled aboard.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Beautiful and Beastly Squid," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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July 17, 2008
Calving Glacier, Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, 2007

Photograph by James Balog

It takes ice about 250 years to travel the 24 miles (39 kilometers) from the origin of Alaska's Matanuska Glacier to its terminus, where icebergs like this one calve into the Matanuska River.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Big Thaw," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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July 18, 2008
Blue Hole and Diver, Ichetucknee Springs, Florida, 1999
Photograph by Wes C. Skiles

A column of sunlight illuminates a diver in the diamond-clear waters of Blue Hole in North Florida’s Ichetucknee Springs State Park. Conservationists worry that Ichetucknee, one of the crown jewels of Florida's parks system, could become polluted by runoff far from the park's center.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida's Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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July 19, 2008
Collared Kingfisher, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, 2006

Photograph by Tim Laman

A collared kingfisher preens in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh. A vast breakwater on the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans covers nearly 4,000 square miles (10,000 square kilometers) of Bangladesh and India, making it the largest mangrove wetland on Earth. Worldwide, these coastal forests thwart wave-driven erosion and capture riverborne sediments as they meet the sea, building new land.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Forests of the Tide," February 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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July 20, 2008
Opium Smoke, Doi Sam Mun, Thailand, 1985

Photograph by Steve Raymer

A woman smoking opium on Chinese New Year fills her small, sunlit home in Thailand's Doi Sam Mun village with a bluish haze. Thailand was once a significant producer of opium and heroin, but government eradications efforts begun in the 1980s have significantly curtailed poppy cultivation.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Poppy," February 1985, National Geographic magazine)

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July 21, 2008
Wells, Zakouma National Park, Chad, 2007

Photograph by Michael Nichols

Like petals on a flower, wells fan out from a central point in Chad’s Zakouma National Park. The wells hold water from the life-giving heavy rains that start every year in May, ending months of drought in central Africa.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zakouma: Eye to Eye," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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July 22, 2008
Durian Fruit, Borneo, Indonesia, 1997

Photograph by Tim Laman

A wild durian fruit from the rain forests of Borneo is cut open, its vivid red flesh exposed. Wild durian has a spiny green exterior, emits an infamous rotting stench, and is mainly eaten by birds.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Borneo’s Strangler Fig Trees," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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July 23, 2008
Thracian Tomb, Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 2006
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

At the ancient cult complex of Mishkova Niva, a monumental wall of white marble, mined locally in the mountains of southeastern Bulgaria, circles the ruins of a Thracian tomb from the second or third century B.C.

Possibly as early as the second millennium B.C. a sanctuary took shape here, perhaps for the worship of a heroic tribal king. The site continued as a sacred place for centuries. It may have lost that status about the sixth century A.D., when Slavic invasions began to obliterate Thracian culture.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bulgaria's Gold Rush," December 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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July 24, 2008
Virtual Surgery, NASA Ames Research Center, California, 2001
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

A student at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, practices virtual surgery on a three-dimensional image of a rat. NASA hopes that one day such tools will help coach space travelers through medical procedures on fellow astronauts.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Surviving in Space," January 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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July 25, 2008
Tiny Snails, Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico, 1995

A cluster of tiny aquatic snails sits in a freshwater pool, called a poza, in Mexico’s Cuatro Cienegas Biosphere Reserve. This isolated region, a spring-fed wetland in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert, has given rise to some of the most uniquely adapted flora and fauna on Earth.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cuatro Cienegas: Mexico's Desert Aquarium," October 1995, National Geographic magazine)

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July 26, 2008
The Needles, Black Hills, South Dakota
Photograph by Bobby Model

Rock climbers descend the spire of Tricouni Nail in the Needles of South Dakota’s Black Hills. Popular with tourists and climbers, the Needles is full of eroded granite pillars, towers, and spires.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Secret Worlds of the Black Hills," October 2004, National Geographic Adventure magazine)

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July 27, 2008
Blood Indians, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell

Chieftains of the Kainai, or Blood, Indian tribe wear elaborate headdresses during a ceremony in Alberta, Canada. The Blood are one of three tribes that make up the Blackfoot, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking peoples.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "C.M. Russell, Cowboy Artist," January 1986, National Geographic magazine)

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July 28, 2008
Lodgepole Pines, Yellowstone, Montana, 1989

Photograph by Jonathan Blair

A stand of lodgepole pine trees in Montana’s Yellowstone Park are backlit by the glow of the 1988 North Fork Fire, which charred nearly 800,000 acres (324,000 hectares) of the park. Such fires are actually good news for lodgepoles, whose pine cones need extreme heat to release their seeds.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Extinctions," June 1989, National Geographic magazine)

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July 29, 2008
Manta Ray, Mexico, 2007

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry

A leaping manta ray (Manta birostris) seems to fly above the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico. Mantas, easily recognizable by their pectoral "wings," stay near the ocean's surface, unlike other rays. They leap—up to seven feet (two meters) high—then return to the surface with a resounding slap.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Still Waters: The Global Fish Crisis," April 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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July 30, 2008
Bloodstained Shroud of Turin, New Mexico, 1980
Photograph by Victor R. Boswell, Jr.

This computer-enhanced image, created in New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, shows bloodstained areas on the Shroud of Turin. This relic’s fame comes from the imprint of a life-size, bearded man on the linen cloth. The shroud also contains traces of blood and marks consistent with scourging and crucifixion. While some believe this cloth covered Jesus at the time of his burial, the shroud’s origins and authenticity remain a source of controversy.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Mystery of the Shroud," June 1980, National Geographic magazine)

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July 31, 2008
Mountains and Climber, Tibet, China, 2004

Photograph by Jimmy Chin

A climber looks over the peaks of the Kunlun Mountains in Tibet's Chang Tang Reserve. This forbidding range in the Northern Tibetan Plateau is buffeted year-round by strong winds, bitter cold, and scant precipitation, suitable habitat for only the hardiest of plants and animals.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book The Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang)

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August 01, 2008
Photograph by Flip Nicklin

The serene blues and greens of a coral reef blend in with waters off Australia. Corals live in tropical waters throughout the world, generally close to the surface where the sun's rays can reach the algae. While corals get most of their nutrients from the byproducts of the algae's photosynthesis, they also have barbed, venomous tentacles they can stick out, usually at night, to grab zooplankton and even small fish.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pursuing the Minke," April 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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August 02, 2008
Sailboats, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1975
Photograph by David Boyer

Sailboats jockey for position in a boat race on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, a state that owes much of its buoyant outdoor spirit to its rivers and 15, 291 lakes. For a lake to be counted, it has to cover at least ten acres (four hectares) and flow with fresh water. No ponds or potholes, please.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Minnesota, Where Water Is the Magic Word," February 1976, National Geographic magazine)

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August 03, 2008
Saint Mary's Church, Krakow, Poland, 1988

Photograph by James Stanfield

A speck of sun behind the Gothic church of St. Mary's penetrates early morning fog in Market Square as merchants ready their tables for the day's crowds in Krakow, Poland. The picturesque plaza, built in the 13th century, is one of the largest public squares in Europe.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

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August 04, 2008
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Montana, 2007
Photograph by Michael Medford

A common goldeneye duck paddles past a snowy bank—and toward the reflection of a gnarled tree stump—in Lake McDonald, part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

For 75 years the combined 1.14 million acres (0.6 million hectares) of Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park and the U.S.'s Glacier National Park have been designated, and jointly managed, as a transboundary conservation area—the world's first international peace park.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Crown of the Continent," September 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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August 05, 2008
Magnified Lipids, University of Santa Cruz, California, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

Ultraviolet light turns the membranes of magnified lipids fluorescent green. Molecular scientists study such compounds for clues about the origins of life on Earth.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rise of Life on Earth," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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August 06, 2008
Dead Trees, Grand Sable Dunes, Michigan, 1991

Photograph by Phil Schermeister

Long-deceased trees cling stubbornly to the steep flanks of Grand Sable Dunes in Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The precipitous dunes, left behind by ancient glaciers, rise some 300 feet (90 meters) above Lake Superior and spread over 5 square miles (13 square kilometers).

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Lost Country," March/April 1991, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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August 07, 2008
Rain Forest Lizard, Malaysia, 1997

A lizard clings to a tree branch in Malaysia's Danum Valley Conservation reserve. Located in Western Borneo, this protected area of rain forest is home to many unique species, such as Low’s pitcher plant, the rot-scented rafflesia, and the silvered leaf monkey.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Malaysia’s Secret Realm," August 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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August 08, 2008
Drying Laundry, Zab, Poland, 1988
Photograph by James Stanfield

Colorful clothes dry on a line outside a clapboard home in Zab, Poland. Zab sits at 3,356 feet (1,023 meters) in the Tatra Mountains, earning it the distinction as Poland's highest inhabited village.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

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August 09, 2008
Cliffs and Lighthouse, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 2001
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

The red-topped lighthouse on Makapu'u Point stands at the end of a long, fence-lined trail in the southeast corner of Hawaii's Oahu island. Built in 1909, Makapu'u Lighthouse is only 46 feet (14 meters) tall, but its light, concentrated by the largest lens in America, can be seen 28 miles (45 kilometers) out at sea.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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August 10, 2008
Acid Rain, Washington, D.C., 1981
Photograph by Robert Sisson

In this macro close-up, a bromophemol solution is dripped on raindrops found on a daisy petal to test their acidity. The solution is reddish and has turned one drop yellow. The rain is pH 3, the same as vinegar.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Acid Rain: How Great a Menace?" November 1981, National Geographic magazine)

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August 11, 2008
Sea Anemone Eating Crab, Washington, 1999
Photograph by George Grall

A giant green sea anemone eats a red cancer crab in a tidal pool in Washington's Clallam Bay. These

carnivorous invertebrates snare their prey by firing a hooked filament into their victims, paralyzing them

with a potent neurotoxin before engulfing the unlucky prey.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Pools of Spring," April 1999, National

Geographic magazine)

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August 12, 2008
Nasca Lines, Nasca, Peru, 1964
Photograph by Bates Littlehales

An aerial view shows the famed Nasca Lines of southern Peru. These images, enormous geoglyphs etched into the desert some 2,000 years ago, are so large they can only be discerned from the sky. Some are more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) long.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Five Worlds of Peru," February 1964, National Geographic magazine)

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August 13, 2008
Submersible and Research Vessel, Black Sea, 2001

Photograph by Randy Olson

A team of archaeologists with the Black Sea Project lowers a remotely operated submersible named Little Hercules from a research vessel. In 2000, when this photo was taken, the project discovered several impeccably preserved ancient shipwrecks in the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Black Sea," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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August 14, 2008
Elephant's Trunk, Zakouma National Park, Chad, 2007
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A unique camera angle captures an elephant's trunk approaching a waterhole in Zakouma National Park, Chad. African elephants hydrate by sucking liquid into their trunk, then pouring it into their mouth. Adults will drink up to 50 gallons (190 liters) of water per day.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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August 15, 2008
Diwali Observance, Jaipur, India, 2001
Photograph by Joe McNally

Two women observe Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at the ancient palace of the maharaja in Jaipur. The festival lasts five days and celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. During Diwali, buildings and waterways are lit with candles and oil lamps, the earliest forms of artificial lighting after campfires.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Power of Light," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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August 16, 2008
14th-Century Fortress, Dunajec Breach, Poland, 1987
Photograph by James Stanfield

A farmer in Poland's Dunajec Breach grazes his sheep on pastureland that is now many feet under water. This photo, taken in 1987, shows the dam-in-progress (center right) that nearly a decade later would turn this valley into a tranquil lake. Lofty Niedzica Castle (center top) now boasts waterfront property.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

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August 17, 2008
Cave Diver, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, 1991
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Ultra-clear water makes this formation in New Mexico's Lechuguilla Cave look more precipice than pool. Called Lake Chandalar, spelunkers are advised to fill their canteens here without touching the water to avoid introducing bacteria that could cloud the crystalline pond.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Charting the Splendors of Lechuguilla Cave," March 1991, National Geographic magazine)

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August 18, 2008
Buddhist Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2003
Photograph by Galen Rowell

Pedestrians walk near a temple on the famed Barkhor promenade in Lhasa, Tibet, with the grandiose Potala Palace sprawled atop nearby Red Mountain. Once a spiritual epicenter, the Barkhor is in the midst of a Chinese government-led modernization effort that many believe has stripped the ancient neighborhood of much of its unique Tibetan culture.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "275 Miles on Foot Through the Remote Chang Tang," April 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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August 19, 2008
Sunrise, Oxford, England, 1998
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

Sunrise breaks in Oxford, England, home of Thomas Edward Lawrence, who came to be known as Lawrence of Arabia. Hooked on history as a boy, "Ned" roamed the fields and riverbanks behind his home in Oxford, on the lookout for artifacts from Britain's age of chivalry. Later the scholar turned soldier fought alongside Arab forces in the Middle East.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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August 20, 2008
Snarling Wolf, Ely, Minnesota, 1998
Photograph by Joel Sartore

A remote-controlled "carcass cam" captures an inside view of a gray wolf fiercely guarding its meal at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota. Wolves at the center are provided with food, but wild populations generally hunt in packs. After a large kill, a single wolf can consume more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of meat.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf," May 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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August 21, 2008
Child, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000
Photograph by Michael Nichols

A child runs through a bleak village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Conservationist J. Michael Fay trekked some 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) across central Africa as part of a yearlong survey of the continent's remaining wild places. Fay designed the route of his Megatransect to skirt towns and villages by as wide a margin as possible, but he occasionally passed through one to survey its impact on surrounding wildlife populations.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Megatransect," October 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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August 22, 2008
Boreal Forest, Arctic Circle, 2002
Photograph by Peter Essick

Water and sky form a blue canvas for boreal forest in the Arctic Circle. Circling the globe, the boreal forest—its name derived from Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind—comprises one-third of Earth's wooded lands. The forest begins where the temperate woods of oak and maple disappear and continues north, often past the Arctic Circle. With long, cold winters and short, cool summers, the boreal woods have far less biodiversity than tropical forests.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Boreal: The Great Northern Forest," June 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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August 23, 2008
Researchers, Anavilhanas Reserve, Brazil, 1982

Photograph by James P. Blair

Researchers from the National Institute for Amazonian Studies (INPA) use nets to collect specimens of pacu, a fish that eats fruits and nuts, on the Rio Negro in Amazonas state, Brazil. INPA scientists, financed by the World Wildlife Fund, monitor flora and fauna on plots of untouched rain forest in large areas where the trees have been cut and burned to establish cattle reserves.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nature's Dwindling Treasures," January 1983, National Geographic magazine)

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August 24, 2008
Orchid, Gurukula, India, 2002

Photograph by Frans Lanting

A pink orchid blooms in the dense rain forests of India's Western Ghats mountain range. Once linked by land, the Western Ghats and the island nation of Sri Lanka together make up a biodiversity hotspot—a place with threatened natural habitats that are rich in species, especially plants, that live nowhere else.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "India's Western Ghats," January 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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August 25, 2008
Carmine Bee-Eaters, Chad, 2007

Photograph by Michael Nichols

Colorful carmine bee-eaters set up a breeding colony in holes they dug in a dried-up, sandy riverbed in Zakouma National Park, Chad. During the day, bee-eaters catch honeybees and other insects, sometimes displaying them outside their holes to attract mates. At sunset the colony gathers and embarks on a mysterious, swirling flight. By nightfall the birds are back in their holes.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zakouma: Eye to Eye," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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August 26, 2008
Aztec Rain God, Mexico City, Mexico, 2003
Photograph by Macduff Everton

An Aztec brazier in the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City depicts Tlaloc, the god of rain. Like many Aztec deities, Tlaloc was both benevolent and wrathful, sending rain to nourish crops but also unleashing drought and hurricanes and demanding appeasement in the form of sacrificed children.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Under the Mexican Sun," November/December 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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August 27, 2008
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
Photograph by Bob Sacha

Shot in infrared, New Orleans' French Quarter seems bathed in blue early one morning. The oldest neighborhood in the city, the quarter is a national historic landmark and a popular tourist destination.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Spirits of New Orleans," October 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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August 28, 2008
Island at Twilight, South Africa, 2003
Photograph by David Doubilet

Clouds streak the twilight sky above a South African island. South Africa's coastline stretches some 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) along the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "My Seven: The World's Best Diving Spots," January 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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August 29, 2008
Custom Car, Near San Diego, California, 1981
Photograph by Bruce Dale

A woman in a custom-made classic car replica motors along a stretch of highway near San Diego. Car-crazy California boasts more than 15,000 miles (24,140 kilometers) of state highways, including some of the country's most scenic routes.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "America's Auto Mania," February 1981, National Geographic magazine)

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August 30, 2008
Temple Ruins, Near Marib, Yemen, 1979
Photograph by Steve Raymer

Pillars of a Sabaean moon-god temple jut from the desert near Marib, Yemen, offering clues to a powerful kingdom that may have been ruled by the legendary Queen of Sheba, mentioned in both the Koran and the Bible.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "North Yemen," August 1979, National Geographic magazine)

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August 31, 2008
Luther-Translated Bible, Eisenach, Germany, 1983

Photograph by James L. Amos

A copy of the Bible translated from Greek to German by religious reformer Martin Luther in 1521 lies open to the New Testament in a dimly lit room in Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany. Luther lived incognito at the castle for nearly a year after he was declared an outlaw by the Roman emperor for refusing to recant his Reformation writings.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The World of Luther," October 1983, National Geographic magazine)

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September 01, 2008
Fishing Boats, Hebei, China, 2003
Photograph by Michael Yamashita

Fishermen prepare their nets on Panjakou Reservoir in Hebei, China. This tranquil lake, formed when the Luan River was dammed in the late 1970s, hides a stretch of China's Great Wall. The submerged structure now serves as an artificial reef, which attracts the carp these fishermen seek.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chasing the Wall," January 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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September 02, 2008
Inca Child Sacrifice, Cerro Llullaillaco, Argentina, 1999
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Five centuries after Inca priests sacrificed this boy and two other children on a peak called Cerro Llullaillaco in Argentina, archaeologists found them frozen to near perfection, accompanied by breathtaking artifacts and textiles.

Richly wrapped Inca child sacrifices were more than just gifts to the gods. They were ambassadors, sometimes volunteered by their families, sometimes taken from them. This boy, perhaps eight years old, wore a tunic big enough to grow into and carried extra sandals for his journey into the next world.

(Text adapted from, and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Frozen in Time," November 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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September 03, 2008
Lynx Trap, British Columbia, Canada, 2005
Photograph by Amy Toensing

A bird's wing waves above a trap set for lynx in British Columbia, Canada. Captured for conservation, trapped cats are set free in the Colorado Rockies—part of a project to restore the lynx to their historic range after decades of absence.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Of Lynx and Men," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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September 04, 2008
Stonehenge, Wiltshire Plain, England, 2006
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Stonehenge on England's Wiltshire Plain is the most famous relic of prehistory in Europe and one of the best known, most contemplated monuments in the world.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "This Thing Called Love," February 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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September 05, 2008
Bernina Express Train, Europe, 2000
Photograph by Joe Patronite

The Bernina Express crosses a stone bridge during its rapid yet stunning journey from the Alps of Switzerland to the meadows of Italy. This train’s roller-coaster route through scenic canyons and forests includes a freestanding loop, mountain switchbacks, and curving bridges.

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September 06, 2008
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, 2003
Photograph by Frans Lanting

Seen from above, a network of countless tributaries gleams like molten metal in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Larger than Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts combined, the park protects more than 13 million acres (5 million hectares) of mountains, tundra, forests, ice fields—and solitude.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska's Giant of Ice and Stone," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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September 07, 2008
Bug on Ripening Fig, Borneo, Indonesia, 1997
Photograph by Tim Laman

A bug feeds on a ripening tropical fig in Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. The rain forest contains many varieties of these strangler fig trees, and their fruit is a critical food source for numerous rain forest dwellers, including monkeys, civets, butterflies, and ants.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Borneo’s Strangler Fig Trees," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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September 08, 2008
Farm and Floodwaters, Bangladesh, 1993

Photograph by James P. Blair

Raging rivers in Bangladesh create arable islands of silt, called chars, then slowly scrape away at their shorelines until eventually they disappear. More than 60 percent of Bangladeshis work in the agriculture sector.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bangladesh: When the Water Comes," June 1993, National Geographic magazine)

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September 09, 2008
Gulliver's Travels Theme Park, Japan, 2002
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski

A Lilliputian-like worker scrubs the giant head of Gulliver at Japan's now defunct Gulliver's Travels theme park in the shadow of Mount Fuji. Surrounded by the amusing and the mundane, Fuji—Japan's most sacred summit—manages to rise above it all.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Japan's Sacred Summit," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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September 10, 2008
Prayer Candles, Lhasa, Tibet, 2003
Photograph by Galen Rowell

Built in 1416, the Drepung Monastery outside Lhasa, Tibet, was once the largest monastery in the world, housing up to 10,000 monks. Here, candles illuminate one of the giant building's chanting halls.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "275 Miles on Foot Through the Remote Chang Tang," April 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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September 11, 2008
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, 2000
Photograph by Theo Westenberger

May 24, 2008, marked the 125th anniversary of the opening of New York's Brooklyn Bridge. The elegant structure slung over the East River took more than 13 years to build and was at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world. With its stocky towers and delicate webs of steel cables, the bridge is still regarded as an architectural marvel.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Manhattan: The New York That New Yorkers Love," November/December 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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September 12, 2008
Vapor Trails, Jordan, 1984
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Vapor trails stretch behind a Royal Jordanian Falcons plane during an air show over Jordan's Wadi Rum mountains. Formed in 1976, the Falcons have performed throughout the world and have earned a reputation for their precision and professionalism.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Jordan: Kingdom in the Middle," February 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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September 13, 2008
Buffalo Carcass, Zakouma National Park, Chad, 2007
Photograph by Michael Nichols

Chad's Zakouma National Park, a rare wildlife refuge in tumultuous central Africa, comprises less that 1,200 square miles (3,100 square kilometers), but its permanent water sources attract an abundance of large and small fauna. This buffalo took its last breath near one of Zakouma's rivers.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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September 14, 2008
Clouds, Yemen, 1979
Photograph by Steve Raymer

Clouds gather in a dramatic sky over north Yemen, once a crossroads for the frankincense trade. To the Romans this elbow of land along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden was Arabia Felix—Happy Arabia—perhaps because the abundance of silks, spices, and pearls that came north by camel caravan made it seem a bountiful place.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "North Yemen," August 1979, National Geographic magazine)

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September 15, 2008
Saint Naum Church, Ohrid, Macedonia, 1983
Photograph by Otis Imboden

The Church of Saint Naum, originally built in A.D. 910, stands illuminated by candlelight on its perch above Macedonia's Lake Ohrid. The nearby town of Ohrid was once the capital of a sprawling Bulgarian empire ruled by Tsar Samuel and later conquered by the Byzantines.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Byzantine Empire: Rome of the East," December 1983, National Geographic magazine)

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September 16, 2008
Hippo, Zambezi River, Africa, 1997
Photograph by Chris Johns

The gape-mouthed territorial display of a dominant male hippopotamus, such as this one on the Zambezi River, looks more like a colossal yawn. During mating season, males will claim a length of shoreline and fiercely defend it, occasionally even killing a bachelor rival.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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September 17, 2008
Jellyfish, South Africa, 2003
Photograph by David Doubilet

A Catostylus species jellyfish seems frozen in place in this split-level view off the coast of South Africa.

Marine invertebrates, jellyfish are found in every ocean in the world.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "My Seven: The World's Best Diving Spots," January 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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September 18, 2008
Wildfire, Big Sur, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting

A wildfire encroaches on a tree in California's still wild Big Sur. Strict zoning laws and a limited water supply ensure that the area has not become overly populated, and nature, too, has done her part to keep developers away: In 1997 a fire raged in the Santa Lucia Range for three weeks. Big Sur naturalist John Smiley calls the wildfires simply "another type of weather."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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September 19, 2008
Aerial View of Islands, New Caledonia, France, 2000
Photograph by Peter Essick

This aerial view captures the aquamarine waves gently crashing onto an idyllic tropical island and islet in France's New Caledonia. This archipelago’s main island, Grande Terre, began to break away from Australia (formerly part of the supercontinent Gondwana) approximately 80 million years ago.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Caledonia: France’s Untamed Pacific Outpost," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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September 20, 2008
Asian Puppets and Sculptures, Chicago, Illinois, 2002
Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Asian religious sculptures and puppets welcome visitors to the Indochina Company, a specialty shop in Chicago's trendy Wicker Park neighborhood. First incorporated in 1837, Wicker Park's diverse real estate has attracted an eclectic mix of residents, from steel workers to beer barons to artists.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "48 Hours Chicago: Comfort in the Windy City," April 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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September 21, 2008
View of Pumice Plain and Mount St. Helens, Washington, 2000
Photograph by Jim Richardson

Vegetation has returned to the scenery of Washington’s Pumice Plain, which was stripped of life after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. Despite the immense pyroclastic flow (a mix of hot gas and ash) that scoured these plains after the eruption, the purple flowers of prairie lupines appeared within a few years and accelerated the landscape’s recovery.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mount St. Helens: Nature on Fast Forward," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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September 22, 2008
Bat Eating a Frog, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2007
Photograph by Christian Ziegler

A fringe-lipped bat on Panama's Barro Colorado Island holds a Tungara frog in its powerful jaws. This bat's extra-large ears help it detect frogs from the sound of their mating calls, even distinguishing the songs of edible species from those of toxic ones.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Winged Victors: Panama's Adaptable Bats," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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September 23, 2008
Cerro Llullaillaco, Argentina, 1999
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A view from the top of Cerro Llullaillaco (Yu-YAI-ya-ko) shows the stark expanse of the Andes Mountains in western Argentina. In 1998, Llullaillaco's 22,000-foot (6,700-meter) summit yielded an Inca ruin containing dozens of artifacts and three perfectly preserved children sacrificed some 500 years ago. It still ranks as the world's highest archaeological site.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Frozen in Time," November 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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September 24, 2008
Chiru Expedition, Chang Tang, Tibet, 2002
Photograph by Galen Rowell

An expedition member hauls a custom-built ricksha laden with supplies across the desolate Chang Tang alpine steppe in northern Tibet. A group of elite mountaineers put together the expedition to witness births at the remote calving grounds of the elusive chiru, or Tibetan antelope.

The expeditioners chose to use lightweight rickshas instead of four-wheel-drive vehicles, which would get stuck in the mud and spook the chiru with engine noise.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Walking the Chang Tang," April 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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September 25, 2008
Fossil Mold, Aus, Namibia, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

A paleontologist in Aus, Namibia, makes a mold of a Pteridinium by brushing multiple layers of latex on the fossil. Though their remains are common in many parts of the world, much about these and other similar Precambrian life forms has puzzled scientists, including whether they were plants, animals, or something in between.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Grows Up," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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September 26, 2008
Killer Croc, Gatumba, Burundi, 2004
Photograph by Bobby Model

A villager of Gatumba, Burundi, displays a photograph of an infamous Nile crocodile known as Gustave as workers in the background wade in the Rusizi River. Estimated in 2004 to be 20 feet (6 meters) long and 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms), Gustave is reputed to have devoured scores, even hundreds people along the Rusizi and Lake Tanganyika.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Have You Seen This Croc?" March 2005, National Geographic Adventure magazine)

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September 27, 2008
Black Sea Castle, Yalta, Russia/Ukraine, 1987
Photograph by Steve Raymer

The neo-Gothic Swallow's Nest castle perches 130 feet (40 meters) above the Black Sea near Yalta in southern Ukraine. Built by a German noble in 1912, the flamboyant seaside residence now houses an Italian restaurant.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ukraine," May 1987, National Geographic magazine)

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September 28, 2008
Ritual Dancers, Tsurphu Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, 2000
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Tibetans believe both the negative and positive things done during Losar, the Tibetan New Year celebration, reverberate through the year to come. Here, Buddhist monks from the Tsurphu Monastery near Lhasa chase away bad spirits with a dance honoring the dharmapala divinity.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tibet Embraces the New Year," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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September 29, 2008
Crumbling Billboard, Arizona, 1997
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi

A crumbling billboard overlooks Arizona’s historic stretch of Route 66. This fabled road once linked towns of all sizes from Chicago to Los Angeles, serving as the main thoroughfare for generations of westward migrants.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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September 30, 2008
Thermal Vent, New Zealand, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick

Scientists believe that forests, grasslands, and the waters of the oceans act as carbon sinks—stealing back roughly half of the carbon dioxide we humans emit, slowing its buildup in the atmosphere and delaying its effects on climate.

Eons pass before carbon, buried in the Earth's crust, issues as a gas from a volcanic vent in New Zealand (above), or locked up in limestone, erodes off mountains. Carbon cycles faster when decaying from a leaf or traveling as wind-tossed pollen.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Case of the Missing Carbon," February 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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October 01, 2008
Monastery, Petra, Jordan, 1998
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

The moon peeks over the imposing architecture of the Monastery (Al Deir) in Petra, Jordan. The formidable Monastery, built more than 2,000 years ago, was probably a shrine for the Nabataean people of ancient Petra.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Petra, Ancient City of Stone," December 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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October 02, 2008
Soccer and Sailboats, Port Townsend, Washington, 1984
Photograph by Sam Abell

A bustling seaport in the late 19th century, Port Townsend, Washington, has fought to maintain its historic charm. More than a million visitors come each year to see its Victorian mansions, mountain vistas, and water spectacles, like the Wooden Boat Festival in Puget Sound (top).

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Olympic Peninsula," May 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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October 03, 2008
Approaching Storm, Wyndham, Australia, 2004
Photograph by Randy Olson

Lightning dances on the horizon at dusk near Five Rivers Lookout outside of Wyndham in northern Australia. Intense tropical storms illuminate the evening sky at the start of the "wet"—the rainy season that lasts from about December to March. "When the wet arrives and you feel the wind coming at you," says photographer Randy Olson, "that's the best feeling in the world in these hot little towns."

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Wet Down Under," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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October 04, 2008
Islands, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002
Photograph by Frans Lanting

New Zealand is one of the world's richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life. Today more than a third of the country's land, including offshore islands, is protected as parks and reserves.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: New Zealand," October 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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October 05, 2008
Lighthouse at Twilight, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 2000
Photograph by Kenji Yamaguchi

A gentle twilight surrounds North Carolina's historic Cape Hatteras lighthouse. Since the Civil War, the lighthouse has guided ships through this treacherous stretch of ocean, dubbed the Graveyard of the Atlantic. In 2000, this iconic landmark was relocated a half mile (0.8 kilometers) inland due to a shifting shoreline.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tall Order: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Makes Tracks," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 06, 2008
Tutankhamun Tomb Mural, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 2005
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

A mural on the north wall of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb maps out his journey to the next world. Here, the sky goddess Nut, second from left, welcomes Tut to the realm of the gods. The black, zigzaggy symbols in Nut's open palms symbolize a greeting.

Carved into the Valley of the Kings, Tut's tomb hid his mummy and funerary regalia until archaeologist Howard Carter revealed its contents to world acclaim in 1922. Though the peripheral rooms were looted in antiquity, the burial itself remained untouched.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The New Face of King Tut," June 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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October 07, 2008
Coconut Palm, New Caledonia, France, 2000
Photograph by Peter Essick

A coconut palm stands on a breezy tropical beach in France's New Caledonia. Tourists enjoy these sun-soaked beaches, but botanists explore the island’s incredible plant diversity. Out of 3,400 identified native plant species, three-quarters are endemic to this archipelago and many can be traced to the Cretaceous era.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Caledonia: France’s Untamed Pacific Outpost," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 08, 2008
Ice Hikers, South Islands, New Zealand, 2002
Photograph by David McLain

Hikers negotiate a crevasse on Franz Josef Glacier in South Island, New Zealand. This highly accessible river of ice begins in the peaks of the Southern Alps, but flows some 8,000 vertical feet (2,400 vertical meters) into the lush rain forest of New Zealand's Westlands National Park.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Action New Zealand: 12 Days and 12 Adventures on the South Island," May/June 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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October 09, 2008
Yawning Tiger, Siberia, Russia, 2000
Photograph by Reza

The millions of acres of virgin forest in eastern Russia are home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife, including about 350 endangered Amur tigers, such as this adult yawning in a Siberian field.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Dragon River: On the Edge of Empires," February 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 10, 2008
Buddhist Pilgrims, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2000
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Pilgrims pray outside Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Inside this massive temple are some of Buddhism's most important icons, including the famed Jowo Rinpoche statue—a seated Buddha installed when Buddhism was adopted by Tibetan royalty in the seventh century.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tibet Embraces the New Year," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 11, 2008
Coastline, Big Sur, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting

The Santa Lucia Range sprawls down to the rocky coastline in Big Sur, California. This wall of mountains plunges into the Pacific along 90 celebrated miles (145 kilometers) of California coast. State and federal preserves protect the wild solitude that lures artists, seekers, and plain folk to Big Sur.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 12, 2008
Fisherman on the Yellowstone River, United States, 1997
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

Deep in thought on his boat near the snowy banks of the Yellowstone River, a fisherman examines his bait. The Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river remaining in the lower 48 states, flowing for 670 miles (1,078 kilometers) through Wyoming and Montana before ending in North Dakota, where it joins the Missouri River.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Yellowstone, the Last Best River," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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October 13, 2008
Iceberg, Jakobshavn Fjord, Greenland, 2007
Photograph by James Balog

At four miles (six kilometers) wide and several thousand feet thick Jakobshavn Isbræ disgorges icebergs like these faster than any other of Greenland's glaciers. Its output, accelerated by global warming, totals some 11 cubic miles (45 cubic kilometers) of ice each year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Big Thaw," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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October 14, 2008
Tribal Dancers, Ndumu Game Reserve, South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns

Dance for South Africa's Zulu is like storytelling, with each movement imbued with historical and cultural significance. Here, the crimson skirt of a tribeswoman sways during a performance at the Ndumu Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)

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October 15, 2008
Persian Ruins, Persepolis, Iran, 1999
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian

The ancient city of Persepolis in modern-day Iran was one of four capitals of the sprawling Persian Empire. Built beginning around 520 B.C., the city was a showcase for the empire's staggering wealth, with grand architecture, extravagant works of silver and gold, and extensive relief sculptures such as this one.

The height of Persian rule lasted from about 550 B.C. until 330 B.C., when Alexander the Great overthrew the ruling Archaemenid dynasty and burned Persepolis to the ground.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Ancient Waters of Iran," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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October 16, 2008
Wrestling Wolves, Ely, Minnesota, 1998
Photograph by Joel Sartore

Gray wolves, like these two wrestling at Ely, Minnesota's International Wolf Center, were hunted to near extinction in the western U.S. in the 1800s and early 1900s. But 34 years on the Endangered Species List and a successful federal reintroduction program begun in 1995 has helped the species recover dramatically. Western populations were delisted in February of 2008.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf," May 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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October 17, 2008
Convent Tower, Trinidad, Cuba, 1994
Photograph by David Alan Harvey

The bell tower of the Church and Convent of Saint Francis rises above the cobblestone streets of Trinidad, Cuba, a colonial town so well preserved it's often referred to as a "museum city." Built by Franciscan monks in the early 18th century, the church now houses a museum focusing on the fight against counterrevolutionaries in the early days of communist Cuba.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Wild Mix of Trinidad and Tobago," March 1994, National Geographic magazine)

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October 18, 2008
Grazing Eland, Drakensberg Range, South Africa, 2001
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

The rich foliage, roots, and bulbs on the slopes of South Africa's Drakensberg Range attract a wide variety of mammals, including eland, the world's largest antelope species. Logging, overgrazing, and soil erosion, however, threaten this critical African habitat.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Paintings of the Spirit: Rock Art Opens a New Window Into the Bushman World," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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October 19, 2008
Santa Lucia Range, Big Sur, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting

Greenery takes hold in crevasses and other spots on a denuded mountain in the Santa Lucia Range. Geologists suspect that the range emerged from two great blocks of rock that were riven by faults, including the San Andreas to the east.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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October 20, 2008
Stone Buddha, Lhasa, Tibet, 2003
Photograph by Galen Rowell

A tourist admires a brightly painted Buddha etched into the rock of a pilgrimage site near Lhasa, Tibet. The statue shows the Buddha in the earth-touching position with characteristic elongated earlobes and holding a begging bowl.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "275 Miles on Foot Through the Remote Chang Tang," April 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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October 21, 2008
Rainbow, Niagara Falls, New York, 2001
Photograph by Joe McNally/Sygma

Rainbows, such as this one produced by artificial light shone on an icy Niagara Falls, are just one special effect of light, a marvel that reveals the world to us. Light sets our biological clocks. It triggers in our brains the sensation of color. Light feeds us, supplying the energy for plants to grow. It gives us life-changing tools, from incandescent bulbs to lasers and fiber optics. Scientists don't fully understand what light is or what it can do. They just know that it will illuminate our future.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Power of Light," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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October 22, 2008
Southern Right Whale, South Africa, 2003
Photograph by David Doubilet

Off South Africa, a southern right whale Eubalaena australis takes a peek above water before heading back down to the depths. Photographer David Doubilet rates the South African coast as one of the world's top seven diving spots. "When the sardines run, they bring seals, dolphins, and other predators," he writes. "To me, this is the most exciting dive in the world."

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "My Seven: The World's Best Diving Spots," January 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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October 23, 2008
Diver and Shipwreck, South China Sea, Philippines, 1994
Photograph by Emory Kristof

A diver measures the sunken remains of the San Diego in the South China Sea off the western Philippines. The 115-foot (35-meter) Spanish galleon went to the bottom with a rich cargo and most of its 450 men in December 1600 following a botched attempt to commandeer a Dutch pirate ship.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "San Diego: An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue," July 1994, National Geographic magazine)

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October 24, 2008
Macaques, Valparai, India, 2001
Photograph by Frans Lanting

The endangered lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)) has only one home, the dense rain forests of the Western Ghats mountain range. That world is fragmenting fast, a victim of India's surging population and headlong eagerness to modernize. Concerned citizens are joining forces and working to save what's left before it's too late—for human beings and forest dwellers alike.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "India's Western Ghats," January 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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October 25, 2008
Fuchsia Flowers, Hengduan Mountains, China, 2002
Photograph by Mark W. Moffett

Vivid fuchsias bloom in China's Hengduan Mountains. Early 20th-century British explorers collected these and thousands of other plants that today are lovingly cultivated in the gardens of England, the United States, and other countries around the world.

Likened by scientists to "islands in the sky," south-central China's steep, isolated peaks help preserve numerous plant and animal species unique to their locales.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "China's Hengduan Mountains," April 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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October 26, 2008
Morning Mist, Hue, Vietnam, 1967
Photograph by Winfield Parks

A boy rides one of three water buffalo grazing in a misty field near the South Vietnam town of Hue. This tranquil scene, photographed in 1966, belies the ongoing regional chaos at the height of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Behind the Headlines in Vietnam," February 1967, National Geographic magazine)

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October 27, 2008
Kayaker and Icebergs, Qaanaaq, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain

An Inuit man hunting narwhal looks ant-size in his kayak (center-bottom) amid towering icebergs in this aerial view of a fjord near Qaanaaq, Greenland. The highly specialized and dangerous technique of harpooning narwhal from a kayak is practiced by only a handful of people in Northern Greenland.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January, 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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October 28, 2008
Dye Makers, Delhi, India, 1997
Photograph by Cary Wolinski

Two young boys mix colors at a dye-making business in Delhi, India. The blood-red brew is blended with corn flour then spread on a roof for drying. The resulting powder is then ready to be tossed by celebrants of India's colorful Holi festival.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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October 29, 2008
Antelope Cave Art, Drakensberg Range, South Africa, 2001
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

For the ancient San, or Bushmen, rock paintings, like this cave drawing of an eland in South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains, weren't just representations of life; they were also repositories of it. When the San painted an antelope, he didn't just pay homage to a sacred animal; they also harnessed its essence.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Paintings of the Spirit: Rock Art Opens a New Window Into a Bushman World," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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October 30, 2008
Mummy Hand, Magdalena de Cao, El Brujo, Peru, 2004
Photograph by Ira Block

A close-up shows the desiccated hand of a remarkably preserved woman from Peru's ancient Moche culture. The discovery of her elaborately wrapped remains at a ceremonial site called El Brujo puzzled archaeologists, who were surprised by what appeared to be a female ruler among the male-dominated Moche.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mystery of the Tattooed Mummy," July 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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October 31, 2008
Bulldog Bat, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2007
Photograph by Christian Ziegler

Equipped with echolocation and gaffing claws, the greater bulldog bat of Panama's Barro Colorado Island can detect the hair-thin fin of a fish breaking the water's surface, a useful skill in a forest full of bat competitors.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Winged Victors: Panama's Adaptable Bats," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)

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November 01, 2008
Dalí Theater-Museum, Figueres, Spain, 2001
Photograph by Pablo Corral Vega

From the giant eggs to the geodesic dome, everything in the Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain, was conceived or designed by the renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Opened in 1974, the site comprises three separate museums containing works spanning Dalí's 85-year career. There's even a crypt that houses the artist's grave.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dalí's Erotic Coast," May/June 2001, National Geographic Traveler)

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November 02, 2008
Burj-al-Arab Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E., 2002
Photograph by Peter Essick

In bone-dry Dubai, luxury hotels like the Burj-al-Arab prove that water's no problem when money's no object. Flush in oil and cash, Persian gulf governments can afford to do what most water-scarce nations can't even image: desalinate seawater for almost all their freshwater needs.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Water Pressure," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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November 03, 2008
Open Doorway, Puerto Rico, 2003
Photograph by Amy Toensing

An open doorway, tangled in vines, frames an idyllic scene of gently waving grasses in Puerto Rico. This small island boasts other unforgettable scenic views—particularly in the tropical rain forest reserve called El Yunque. Established by the king of Spain in 1876, it is one of the oldest existing reserves in the Western Hemisphere.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "True Colors: Divided Loyalties in Puerto Rico," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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November 04, 2008
Scouts Lifting a Flag, Spencer, Iowa, 1997
Photograph by Randy Olson

A photo from Iowa, where these Boy Scouts lifted an American flag at the 1997 Clay County Fair, is an apt tribute on Election Day 2008. The official presidential-nominating process began here exactly 11 months ago with Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. The winners? Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "County Fairs," October 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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November 05, 2008
Crested Crane, Zaire, 1995

Photograph by Michael Nichols

Backlit by the setting sun, a crested crane forages in the African savanna. Also called grey-crowned cranes, these ostentatiously adorned birds are known for their equally flamboyant courtship dances, which involve, among other flourishes, head-bobbing, jumping, wing-flapping, and stick-tossing.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return to Rwanda," October 1995, National Geographic magazine)

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November 06, 2008
Tomb Paintings, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt, 2001
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

Paintings adorn the walls of the mortuary complex of Zed-Khons-uef-ankh, who ruled Bahariya during Egypt's 26th dynasty (664-525 B.C.), a time when the isolated oases of the Western Desert were strategically important buffers against Libyan invaders. Archaeologists had been looking for his tomb since finding those of his relatives in 1938.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Egypt's Hidden Tombs Revealed," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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November 07, 2008
Fisherman, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar (Burma), 2005
Photograph by Nicolas Reynard

A Moken fisherman works on his boat in the Andaman Sea, off the coast of Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago. Members of this nomadic sea culture spend most of their lives in their boats, fishing and diving in the waters around the archipelago’s 800 islands. As their old saying goes, “The Moken are born, live, and die on their boats, and the umbilical cords of their children plunge into the sea.”

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sea Gypsies of Myanmar," April 2005, National Geographic magazine)

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November 08, 2008
Reef Shrimp, Cuba, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

A tiny red shrimp plies the sandy sea bottom near the pristine coral reefs of Cuba. With the largest submerged shelf of all Caribbean islands, Cuba sustains astonishing marine biodiversity. Many reefs there remain nearly unscathed.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge," February 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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November 09, 2008
Human Skull, Peru, 2000
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie

All that remains of the Peruvian cloud people, the Chachapoya, lie in muddy tombs such as this one on the eastern slopes of the Andes. The ancient culture, which built mountaintop fortresses and fiercely resisted the Inca, survived from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Many of the trinkets the Chachapoya buried with their dead have been lost to looters over the centuries.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Quest for the Lost Tombs of the Peruvian Cloud People," September 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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November 10, 2008
Luquillo Beach, Puerto Rico, United States, 2003
Photograph by Amy Toensing

Under cloudy night skies, palm trees stand awash in green light on Luquillo Beach, Puerto Rico. This scenic view of an empty beach may be deceiving—more than four million people inhabit this island, which is only a hundred miles (160 kilometers) long and 35 miles (56 kilometers) wide.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "True Colors: Divided Loyalties in Puerto Rico," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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November 11, 2008
Eel Blenny, Cuba, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

Tiny blennies such as this spinyhead poke out from the coral in Cuba's Cayo Largo, always on the lookout for edible items within darting reach. "They are no bigger than an infant's finger, but they are tigers—extremely aggressive and territorial," says photographer David Doubilet. "They seem to have no concept of their own size."

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge," February 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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November 12, 2008

Smoke and Prayer Flags, Lhasa, Tibet, 2000
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Incense smoke clouds the air as sun streams through strings of prayer flags during New Year celebrations in Lhasa, Tibet. The fragrant smoke of juniper and artemisia is thought to be pleasing to the spirits of land and sky.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tibet Embraces the New Year," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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November 13, 2008

Trango Tower, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan, 1996
Photograph by Bill Hatcher

Tucked within the Karakoram Range of the Himalaya near the Pakistan-China border, the spires of the Trango Group protrude from the icy landscape like shark's teeth. Within this group stands Trango Tower, a sheer, nearly 3,000-foot (915-meter) dagger of granite. In 1996, a group of intrepid mountaineers became the first to successfully free-climb the tower's East Face. Here, expedition member Todd Skinner works to set up a hanging camp anchored to the tower some 19,500 feet (5,950 meters) above sea level.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Storming the Tower," April 1996, National Geographic magazine)

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November 14, 2008

Tree Frog, Pacific Islands, 2003
Photograph by Tim Laman

A tree frog shows off its broad and effective grip while clinging to a tree trunk in the Pacific Islands. Frogs—particularly tropical species—are vanishing at alarming rates, in part due to disease epidemics attributed to climate change. Amphibian skin is incredibly thin, making frogs acutely susceptible to changes in temperature, humidity, or water quality.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: Preserving Pieces of a Fragile Biosphere," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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November 15, 2008

Spanish Church, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 1996
Photograph by Bruce Dale

A peaceful image of a traditional Spanish church in the town of Ciudad Juarez belies the restive reality of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Towns beside the dangerous and polluted 1,250-mile-long (2,000-kilometer-long) Rio Grande don’t always know calm and order.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Tex-Mex,” February 1996, National Geographic magazine)

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November 16, 2008

Flags on Rooftops, Gyangze, Tibet, 2000
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Prayer flags adorn the rooftops of houses in Gyangze, Tibet, during Losar, the Tibetan New Year. The flags are printed with the images of deities, prayer texts, or symbols of good fortune and placed where the wind will move through them and carry their blessings across the land.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tibet Embraces the New Year," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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November 17, 2008

Crested Iguana, Yaduataba Island, Fiji Islands, 2003
Photograph by Tim Laman

A rare Fijian crested iguana surveys his surroundings from a tree on Yaduataba Island, one of the 333 islands making up Fiji. Discovered by outsiders in 1979, the crested iguana’s numbers are rapidly dwindling due to the brisk spread of introduced species, such as feral cats and black rats.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: Preserving Pieces of a Fragile Biosphere," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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November 18, 2008

Drying Mud, Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, 2006
Photograph by John Stanmeyer

Mud baking in the hot Indonesian sun nearly reached the rooflines in a village in Sidoarjo, East Java. In 2006, a fracture deep within the Earth, likely caused by local natural-gas drilling, triggered a massive release of hot mud that lasted for months and buried the region.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Gods Must Be Restless: Living in the Shadow of Indonesia鈥檚 Volcanoes," January 2008, National Geographic magazine)

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November 19, 2008

Hermit Crab, Republic of Palau, 2003
Photograph by Tim Laman

A glowing hermit crab tentatively peeks out of its coral burrow in Palau. This island nation, along with nine independent countries, eighteen territories, and Hawaii, composes the Micronesia-Fiji-Polynesia biodiversity hotspot. Rich in vulnerable endemic species, this hotspot encompasses more than 1,400 islands—and an area twice the size of the continental United States.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: Preserving Pieces of a Fragile Biosphere," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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November 20, 2008

Buddhist Temples, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), 1984
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

A view from atop Mingalazedi Pagoda shows sprawling Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), a pilgrimage center covered with hundreds of ancient Buddhist shrines. The monuments, most of which were erected between the 11th and 14th centuries, cover a 20-square-mile (50-square-kilometer) area along the east bank of the Irrawaddy River.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Time and Again in Burma," July 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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November 21, 2008

Volcanic Chasm, Vatnaj枚kull Glacier, Iceland, 1997
Photograph by Steve Winter

A column of hissing steam emerges from a gaping 600-foot (180-meter) chasm in Iceland鈥檚 Vatnaj枚kull Glacier. Scalding magma transforms water, pooled at the bottom of this abyss, into billowing steam. In 1996, two weeks after an enormous volcanic eruption beneath the ice cap, billions of gallons of meltwater gushed from a glacial lake, causing Iceland鈥檚 worst deluge in 60 years.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iceland鈥檚 Trial by Fire," May 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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November 22, 2008

Church of San Pedro Claver, Cartagena, Colombia, 1989
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

Founded in 1603, this Spanish colonial church holds the remains of Father Claver, who ministered to enslaved Africans when Cartagena, Colombia, had the largest slave market in the Caribbean. He cared for the sick and dying and baptized tens of thousands.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cartagena Nights," April 1989, National Geographic magazine)

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November 23, 2008

Resting Bushman, Tsumkwe, Namibia, 2001
Photograph by Chris Johns

Bushmen, like this hunter resting in Tsumkwe, Namibia, have had a key advantage over other early societies: their ability to survive without surface water. They know where to find liquid-bearing melons and tubers. They also bury ostrich eggs filled with water during the wet season and recover them later, during the dry. This arcane knowledge allows the Bushmen to live where others could not.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bushmen: Last Stand for Southern Africa's First People," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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November 24, 2008

Boot Track Cafe, Mentone, Texas, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

The town of Mentone, Texas—population 15, more or less—supports a leisurely business at the Boot Track Cafe. The ramshackle restaurant with the lipstick-red posts sets out bottles of hot sauce as centerpieces and serves about 25 cheeseburgers per day.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zip USA: Mentone, Texas," September 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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November 25, 2008

Moss-Covered Rocks, Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland, 1997
Photograph by Steve Winter

Wildflowers peek out amid a vast jumble of moss-covered rocks near Iceland’s Vatnajökull Glacier. This view is deceptively peaceful, as Iceland is perched above the volatile Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates pull apart, creating an extensive and active volcano zone.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iceland’s Trial by Fire," May 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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November 26, 2008

Sunset, Plaplaya, Honduras, 2001
Photograph by Susie Post Rust

The sun plays a quick nighttime melody over the shores of Plaplaya, Honduras, before it softly vanishes behind the trees. The peoples of these shores are the Garifuna, a hybrid through the marriage of African and Carib Indian.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Garifuna: Weaving a Future From a Tangled Past," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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November 27, 2008

Ruins, Pompeii, Italy, 1984
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

The overgrown ruins of Pompeii stretch into the horizon, providing a glimpse into the flourishing urban life of its citizens before the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The volcano has erupted 80 times since unleashing colossal destruction in A.D. 79 but has remained mercifully quiet since 1944.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius," May 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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November 28, 2008

Rocket Launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1972
Photograph by Otis Imboden

A time-lapse photo captures the brilliant arc of light streaking through the night sky after a rocket blast-off in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This rocket was likely used to launch a weather satellite, which will orbit the Earth and gather data on atmospheric conditions, such as cloud cover, precipitation, and air pressure, used to predict the weather.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "We’re Doing Something About the Weather!" April 1972, National Geographic magazine)

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November 29, 2008

Dancing Bushmen, Namibia, 2001
Photograph by Chris Johns

Southern Africa's San Bushmen, like these youth dancing at Namibia's Nyae Nyae Conservancy, are among the most intensively studied aboriginal people on Earth. Interest in this culture is stoked by the idea that the Bushmen are one of our last connections with a hunter-gatherer existence, a way of life that was a human universal until some 10,000 years ago.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bushmen: Last Stand for Southern Africa's First People," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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November 30, 2008

Canoe With Fish, Nueva Armenia, Honduras, 2001
Photograph by Susie Post Rust

Wooden dories rest on the shore of a lagoon in Nueva Armenia on the Honduran coast. The sea still serves as a byway, grocery, laundry, workplace, and playground for the local inhabitants, just as it has for centuries.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Garifuna: Weaving a Future From a Tangled Past," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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December 01, 2008

Petroglyphs, Aïr Mountains Mountains, Niger, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz

These 2,500-year-old petroglyphs, portraying figures with tulip-shaped heads and hourglass bodies, mark an ancient human presence in the Sahara desert’s Aïr Mountains. Despite the extreme temperatures and sparse rainfall characterizing these arid landscapes, more than one billion people eke out a living in desert regions today.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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December 02, 2008

Playful Dolphin, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 2001
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A bottlenose dolphin plays in a lagoon in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Located just a half hour's drive from Honolulu, Waimanalo stretches out lazily along the coast like a sleeping hound. Its long, curving white-sand beach was once used as a backdrop for the television series Baywatch Hawai'i.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

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December 03, 2008

High-Rise Construction, India, 1997
Photograph by Steve McCurry

Workers perch on the scaffolding of a high-rise development in India. Massive population growth since independence in 1947 has provoked a boom in infrastructure. India now holds 950 million people, one-sixth of the world’s total. An increasing number are middle-class residents of such “concrete colonies.”

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “India: Fifty Years of Independence,” May 1997, National Geographic magazine)

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December 04, 2008

Steaming Laundry, India, 2003
Photograph by William Albert Allard

Untouchables work for a pittance washing clothes at dawn. The Hindu caste system forces 15 percent of India’s population to do jobs deemed “unclean”—anything that involves contact with bodily fluids, such as leatherwork and laundry or burying the dead. Untouchables suffer greatly from discrimination and violence.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “India’s Untouchables,” June 2003, National Geographic magazine)

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December 05, 2008

Fungus on a Fly, Location Unknown, 2000
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski

Looking like delicate seeds, the spiky spores of a tiny parasitic fungus produce fruit on the back of a fly. These fungi are found throughout the world but will only live on certain insects.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fungi," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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Man on Camel, Giza, Egypt, 1966
Photograph by Dean Conger

Sporting a kaffiyeh and robes, National Geographic photographer Dean Conger poses atop a camel near the pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Conger joined National Geographic as a staff photographer in 1959 and worked on assignments all over Europe, Asia, and the United States.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Abraham, the Friend of God," December 1966, National Geographic magazine)

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December 07, 2008

U.S. Warplanes, Near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean, 1999
Photograph by David Doubilet

A trio of World War II-era U.S. Navy warplanes recalls the Battle of Midway. An Avenger torpedo bomber (middle) is flanked by a Dauntless dive-bomber (top) and a Wildcat fighter.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ghosts and Survivors Return to the Battle of Midway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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December 08, 2008

St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A light snowfall dusts St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Ivan the Terrible commissioned the iconic building in the mid-16th century. It houses nine distinct chapels, each with its own unique dome.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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December 09, 2008

Gold Smelting, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), 1984
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

A goldsmith smelts bars of donated gold for use in the famed Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma). The 2,500-year-old shrine is said to house several strands of the Buddha's hair, among other sacred relics.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Time and Again in Burma," July 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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December 10, 2008

Trango Tower Expedition, Karakoram Range, Pakistan, 1996
Photograph by Bill Hatcher

A team en route to Trango Tower in the Himalaya's Karakoram Range hikes along a riverbed in Pakistan. The 1996 expedition lasted nearly two months and culminated in a successful free-climb to the summit of the 20,469-foot (6,239-meter) granite spire's unforgiving East Face.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Storming the Tower," April 1996, National Geographic magazine)

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December 11, 2008

Tomb of the Patriarchs, Hebron, West Bank, Israel, 1985
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

The disputed West Bank territory in the Middle East is home to many archaeological sites with religious and political significance for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Here, an Orthodox Hasidic Jew walks between two Arab men at the entrance to Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs, a sacred shrine that functions as both synagogue and mosque, sometimes in the course of a single day.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Israel: Searching for the Center," July 1985, National Geographic magazine)

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December 12, 2008

Red Beads, Beijing, China, 2006
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A red-beaded curtain screens discogoers mingling near colorful lights at a club in Beijing, China. While Beijing boasts many modern venues, including pulsing nightclubs and bustling shopping centers, history still plays a central role in urban life. In places such as the Forbidden City, Beijing’s 2,000-year-plus reign as the imperial capital remains on prominent display to tourists and residents alike.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "This Thing Called Love," February 2006, National Geographic magazine)

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December 13, 2008

Goby and Grouper, Cuba, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

A tiny goby fish searches for a meal of parasites on the snout of a grouper on the reefs off Cuba. While much of the surrounding ocean has suffered from pollution and encroachment by mankind, Cuba's protected reefs are among the few places in the world where rare aquatic life can be readily viewed and studied.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge," February 2002, National Geographic magazine)

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December 14, 2008

Swimming Pool, South Florida, 1984
Photograph by Bruce Dale

Poolside is the place to be at this hotel in South Florida. Nestled just off U.S.1, it marks the beginning of the end of the 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) route from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “A Journey Down Old U.S. 1,” December 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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December 15, 2008

Lone Horseman, Sukhe Bator Somon, Mongolia, 1985
Photograph by Dean Conger

In the semi-nomadic cultures of Mongolia, the horse is as essential now as it once was in the American West. In addition to transportation, horses are used to produce airag, a beverage made from fermented mare's milk.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Time Catches up with Mongolia," February 1985, National Geographic magazine)

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December 16, 2008

Saddled Horse, Mentone, Texas, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A saddled horse stands in the tiny town of Mentone, Texas. Seat of Loving County, the least populated county in the lower 48 states, Mentone sits smack in the middle of furnace-hot desert with oceans of oil belowground and not much to speak of above.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Mentone, Texas," September 2000, National Geographic magazine)

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December 17, 2008

Tidal Pools, West Gouldsboro, Maine, 1984
Photograph by Bruce Dale

Tidal pools gleam in twilight near West Gouldsboro, in Maine鈥檚 Hancock County. Commercial fishing and tourism dominate the county, which is home to Acadia National Park.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Journey Down Old U.S. 1," December 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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December 18, 2008

Victim of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Italy, 1994
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

A reddish-brown skeleton, belonging to a victim of the infamous Mount Vesuvius eruption, lies partially uncovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum. The lesser-known sister city of Pompeii, Herculaneum was quickly buried by a glowing avalanche—consisting of fast-moving gases, pumice, and rocks—on that fateful August day in A.D. 79.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius," May 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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December 19, 2008

Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean, 1998
Photograph by David Doubilet

Site of a famed World War II battle, the U.S. naval base on Midway is now a peaceful refuge for albatrosses and other wildlife. On June 4, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. forces defended Sand Island and smaller Eastern Island from Japanese bombers.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ghosts and Survivors Return to the Battle of Midway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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December 20, 2008

Flooded Street, Multan, Pakistan, 1981
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

Prone to flooding, the central Pakistani city of Multan comes to a virtual halt after a deluge, but a ubiquitous horse-drawn tonga taxi pushes on, past a less fortunate pedestrian.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Pakistan Under Pressure,” May 1981, National Geographic magazine)

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December 21, 2008

Cable Cars in Glacial Valley, France, 1960
Photograph by Walter Meayers Edwards

Cable cars swing across the Vallée Blanche in the French Alps. Beyond tower the saw-toothed peaks of the Grandes Jorasses.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Across the Ridgepole of the Alps," September 1960, National Geographic magazine)

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December 22, 2008

Tuareg Cavalryman, Algeria, 1960
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson

A Tuareg cavalryman seldom reveals his face, even to a blood brother. Though nominally Muslim, the tribe's women go unveiled. Hard-riding Tuareg riders ruled the Algerian desert in the days before French rule.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Algeria—France's Stepchild, Problem and Promise," June 1960, National Geographic magazine)

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December 23, 2008

Worshipers in Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, 1961
Photograph by W.E. Garrett

Massed at midnight amid dragon pillars and beneath the Eye of God, praying Caodaists at Tay Ninh, Vietnam, mark the Day of the Creator.

(Photo shot on assignment for "South Viet Nam Fights the Red Tide," October 1961, National Geographic magazine)

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December 24, 2008

San Francisco Xavier del Bac Mission, Arizona, 1964
Photograph by James P. Blair

Stark-white San Francisco Xavier del Bac Mission, south of Tucson, Arizona, lacks a right cupola. One legend, among many, tells that it was left unfinished as a memorial to the 18th-century Spanish architect, who fell to his death from the tower.

(Photo shot on assignment for "From Sun-clad Sea to Shining Mountains," April 1964, National Geographic magazine)

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December 25, 2008

Subway Santa, Broadway, New York City, 1987
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Though Macy's in New York City takes credit for inventing the department store Santa, most historians give the honor to a store owner in Massachusetts. Scottish immigrant James Edgar first impersonated Saint Nick in 1890 for customers at his dry goods shop in Brockton, south of Boston. Here, a crew of off-duty Santas makes its way down the steps of a subway station on Broadway in New York.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Broadway, Street of Dreams," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)

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December 26, 2008

Sailplane Pilot, Innsbruck, Austria, 1961
Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel

A sailplane pilot over Innsbruck, Austria, glides above the Inn River between cloud-topped ranges. Warm winds that flow in from the south make the mountain valley ideal for soaring.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Tirol, Austria's Province in the Clouds," July 1961, National Geographic magazine)

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December 27, 2008

Iguazu Falls, Brazil, 1962
Photograph by Winfield Parks

One of the world's greatest cataracts shatters the Iguazu River between Argentina (near bank) and Brazil. Excursion steamers from Buenos Aires reach the falls in six days. Brazil maintains the elevator and observation tower at left. Rainbows often paint the entire gorge.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Brazil, Oba!" September 1962, National Geographic magazine)

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December 28, 2008

Beetle's Light Tracks, Jamaica, 1962
Photograph by Paul A. Zahl

Dual tracks of light from luminous spots, one on each side of the thorax, chronicle the movements of a click beetle

on a leaf in Jamaica. Unlike the hovering, twinkling firefly, Pyrophorus beetles glow for several seconds then fly

like a comet. To make this image, the photographer followed a time exposure with a flash.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Fireflies, Wing-Borne Lamps of the Summer Night," July 1962, National Geographic

magazine)

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December 29, 2008

Fisherman, Mocha, Yemen, 1964
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

Once-thriving Mocha, Yemen, grew rich exporting coffee, cultivated in the mountains nearby, and its name became synonymous with the drink. Decline set in when 18th-century planters successfully grew the bean in Java and the New World. Today blowing sand dusts the town and silts its harbor.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Behind the Veil of Troubled Yemen," March 1964, National Geographic magazine)

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December 30, 2008

Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1964
Photograph by James P. Blair

Hikers walk through the steaming vents and hot springs of Norris Geyser Basin in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. The area, named after an early Yellowstone superintendent, is considered the park's hottest thermal region.

(Photo shot on assignment for "From Sun-clad Sea to Shining Mountains," April 1964, National Geographic magazine)

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December 31, 2008

Butterfly Tongue, Pleasant Valley, Maryland, 1968
Photograph by Paul A. Zahl

A bewhiskered face, here magnified 15 times, belies the beauty of a nymphalid butterfly. Hornlike antennae serve as taste, touch, hearing, and smell sensors. Blotchy eyes with hundreds of minute lenses guide the butterfly to nectar-bearing flowers whose colors give off ultraviolet rays visible to the insect but not to humans. To reach nectar buried deeply in blossoms, it uncoils its long, hollow tongue, now tucked between its eyes.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Nature's Year in Pleasant Valley," April 1968, National Geographic magazine)

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