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June 6, 2004

Langoue Bai

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Where: Ivindo National Park, Gabon, Africa

When: 2002

Photographer: Michael Nichols

"A rare clearing in a sea of forest, the mile-long [1.6-kilometer-long] Langoué Bai was carved out by elephants digging in the mud. Mike Fay calls it the most important discovery of his 2,000-mile [3,218.7-kilometer] Megatransect across central Africa."

—From "Saving Africa's Eden," September 2003, National Geographic magazine

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June 8, 2004

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Where: Vatican City

When: 1990

Photographer: James L. Stanfield

"A basilica and the beliefs it represents find their focus in the papal altar, far beneath Michelangelo's dome and the bronze canopy of Bernini's baldachino. With chalice raised, Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass for the ordination of Bishops."

—From the 1991 National Geographic Book Inside the Vatican

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June 10, 2004

Adirondack Canoer

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Where: Adirondack Mountains, New York

When: 1996

Photographer: Maria Stenzel

"'If there is one kind of work which I detest more than another' [wrote a Boston preacher in 1869], 'it is tramping.' But, he [went] on, 'in the North Woods ... you do all your sporting from your boat. ... This takes from recreation every trace of toil.' So the s##被过滤##pede to the Adirondacks began." —Text from "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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June 13, 2004

Antarctic Ice Cave

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Where: Victoria Land, Antarctica

When: 1996

Photographer: Maria Stenzel

Ice caves allow scientists to study glaciers from the inside. Tiny microbes—surviving in suspended animation beneath the ice—have been discovered within some ice caves.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Antarctic Dry Valleys," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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March 19, 2004 此主题相关图片如下： Where: Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa When: 2002 Photographer: Michael Nichols "They swarm the plateau, sometimes 800 strong, in family units averaging four females per male, plus young. ... 'It's a c##被过滤##tant battle over ##被过滤##, space, or a juicy patch of grass,' says [biologist Chadden] Hunter. Male spats [pictured] are mostly brief cheek-puffing, teeth-grinding rituals. ... " —From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine

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March 25, 2004 此主题相关图片如下： Where: Manicaragua, Cuba When: 1999 Photographer: David Alan Harvey “Though they rarely have new wire to mend a fence, tobacco farmers in Manicaragua live better than many city dwellers. A horse takes them on errands, and a kitchen garden helps keep them well fed.” —From "Cuba—Evolution in the Revolution," June 1999, National Geographic magazine

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March 31, 2004

Polar Bears, Stalkers of the High Arctic

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Where: Hudson Bay, Canada

When: 1996

Photographer: Flip Nicklin

"Young males play-fight on the Hudson Bay shore in a harmless autumn prelude to spring battles for mates that can end in shattered limbs. Lethargic all summer, males may benefit from such exercise and also learn to assess other bears' strength. When shore ice forms in mid-November, most bears move out to winter on the bay." (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Polar Bears, Stalkers of the High Arctic," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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April 1, 2004

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Where: Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa

When: 2001

Photographer: Michael Nichols

"A chorus of chiding gelada monkey females makes a lasting impression—at least on [biologist Chadden] Hunter. 'That's three generati##被过滤## of anger aimed at one male,' he says. 'Glad it wasn't me.'"

—From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine

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April 4, 2004

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Where: Detroit, Michigan, United States

When: 2002

Photographer: Victor Jose Cobo

A bulk cargo freighter thousands of feet long trundles past Detroit, Michigan, on its way to Lake Erie. —Text adapted from "ZipUSA: Detroit, Michigan," May 2003, National Geographic magazine

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April 7, 2004

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Where: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

When: 1997

Photographer: Raymond Gehman

A Utah prairie dog emerges to forage in spring snow. Though not completely dormant during the winter, prairie dogs return to activity and aboveground life in earnest in spring. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Prairie Dog," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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April 13, 2004

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Where: India

When: 2002

Photographer: Jodi Cobb

"Boys peer through a carpet loom in India. There are more than 300,000 Indian children working in the carpet industry—most of them slaves."

—From "21st-Century Slaves" (Online Edition), September 2003, National Geographic magazine

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April 17, 2004

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Where: Mexico

When: 2002

Photographer: Jodi Cobb

"'I have to believe this can change.' So says social worker Marisa Ugarte. She speaks quietly of three boys living in a Mexico shelter, one 12 years old, the other two no more than 15. All had been shuttled between Tijuana and San Diego, California, and prostituted to pedophiles. Ugarte directs the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, a network of 62 U.S. and Mexican organizati##被过滤## fighting trafficking. 'People are beginning to see,' Ugarte says, 'that slavery is still real.'"

—From "21st Century Slaves," September 2003, National Geographic magazine

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April 19, 2004

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Where: Siberia, Russia

When: 2001

Photographer: Mark Thiessen

"With helicopter fuel scarce in the post-Soviet economy, firefighters who get left behind when the job is done may have to wait days for a ride out. But even after budget cuts have halved their ranks, an uncertain future doesn't scare men who drop from the sky to do battle with fire."

—From "Russian Smokejumpers," August 2002, National Geographic magazine

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April 20, 2004

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Where: Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii

When: 1997

Photographer: William R. Curtsinger

“First flight is the last flight for one out of ten fledgling [albatrosses]. The unfortunate novice fliers are often the scrawniest ones or those that try to ride whispers of wind too weak to carry them over the danger zone.” —From “Tigers: In for the Kill,” November 1999, National Geographic magaz

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April 23, 2004

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Where: Barnafoss, Iceland

When: 1998

Photographer: Sisse Brimberg

Fog rises from snowy fields at Barnafoss, a volcanic region of Iceland.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of the Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)