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20080629June 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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20080630June 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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20080701July 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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20080702July 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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20080703July 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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20080704July 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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20080705July 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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20080706July 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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20080707July 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)