"Five-year-old Helen Westergren searches for rainbows over the [Sangre de Cristo Mountains] near Salida. The young road tripper ultimately saw three within half an hour."
—From "Rockies Cruising," May/June 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
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Where: Iceland
When: 1999
Photographer: Sisse Brimberg
"Hot springs and geysers must have puzzled Norse settlers when they came to Iceland about 870. They called the strange land's future capital Reykjavik, or 'steamy bay.'"
—From "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo, Africa
When: 2002
Photographer: Michael Nichols
"King of cool, a high-status male named Cole lounges at ease in the open. The first time he saw people, he threw them a backward glance and continued eating instead of fleeing into the trees. That calm acceptance led other chimps to relax around researchers."
—From "Jane Goodall in the Wild," April 2003, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Delhi, India
When: 2002
Photographer: William Albert Allard
"Her fate scripted by Hindu law, an Untouchable girl can imagine little else than working along the Yamuna River in Delhi as a Dhobi. Members of this clothes-washing caste handle items 'polluted' by blood or human waste."
—From "Untouchable," June 2003, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Gangplank Marina, Washington D.C.
When: 2001
Photographer: Landon Nordeman
This man and his poodles have forsaken dwelling on land for life on the water. The Gangplank Marina and Capital Yacht Club provide slips for around 400 boats, including a hundred-plus houseboats and cruisers that are lived on year-round.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zip USA: 20024—A Capital Waterfront," July 2002, National Geographic magazine)
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Where: Plateaux Batéké National Park, Gabon, Africa
When: 2002
Photographer: Michael Nichols
"Once dressed in children's clothing by her owners, a seven-year-old gorilla is now flourishing in the forests of the new laceType w:st="on">PlateauxlaceType> laceName w:st="on">BatékélaceName> laceType w:st="on">National ParklaceType>, thanks to a novel project to return such captive gorillas to the wild."
—From "Saving Africa's Eden," September 2003, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Herat, Afghanistan
When: 1933
Photographer: Maynard Owen Williams
"Business hugs the Kandahar Gate at Herat: Vegetable stands, bake ovens, and money-changers' booths have grouped themselves outside the portal from which starts the south road. They add an air of animation to this, the busiest of the five entrances. The earthwork on which the city wall stands is 50 feet high and five times as wide at the bottom. Aside from the main basti##被过滤##, it has 150 or more jutting towers like that at the right."
—From "Afghanistan Makes Haste Slowly," December 1933, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Bitterroot Range, Montana, United States
When: 2001
Photographer: Chris Johns
"[Native American] Sacagawea [not shown] crossed the stark Bitterroots when she was only about 17 years old, enduring lethal cold and negotiating treacherous trails while carrying her seven-month-old son. Her feat, however, is not mentioned in [Lewis and Clark] expedition journals."
—From "Searching for Sacagawea," February 2003, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Paris, France
When: 2002
Photographer: William Albert Allard
"Graceful geometry of the Place des Vosges is the legacy of Henry IV, who envisioned a public space lined by shops and homes. 'It's a little melancholy with the noise and crowds,' says resident Claude de Muzac, whose apartment faces the 17th-century square. 'Even so, when it has rained and the grass glistens, it's magic.'"
—From "Bohemian Rhapsody," August 2003, National Geographic magazine
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