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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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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)