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20080520May 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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20080521May 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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20080522May 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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20080523May 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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20080524May 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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20080525
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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20080526May 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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20080527
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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20080528May 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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20080529May 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)