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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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From：上海 | Posted：2008-09-14 04:09 |
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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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From：上海 | Posted：2008-09-14 04:10 |
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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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From：上海 | Posted：2008-09-14 04:11 |
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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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From：上海 | Posted：2008-09-14 04:13 |
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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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From：上海 | Posted：2008-09-14 04:14 |
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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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