1211. Heli-hikers huddle as their ride touches down. Hikers are ferried between alpine trails in matters of minutes, whizzing across terrain that would take full days of hard hiking to cover on foot.
　　
　　(Photograph from "Wilderness by Air," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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　1212. This mountain lion wears a radio collar to enable researchers to track his movements and an ear tag to help scientists identify him.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1213. Surrounded by langur monkeys and other chitals, two males spar in the rutting season. Chitals are also called axis deer. They are [Bandhavgarh National Park‘s] most common tiger prey.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1213. Surrounded by langur monkeys and other chitals, two males spar in the rutting season. Chitals are also called axis deer. They are [Bandhavgarh National Park‘s] most common tiger prey.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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1214. Sunlight streams into a water-filled cavern.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Greece," March 1980, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1215. "Nenets in Yar Sale catch up on the news while displaying their finest reindeer coats and boots. Though the Soviets collectivized the herds and introduced state schooling for the children, about a third of Russia‘s 35,000 Nenets have kept their nomad culture almost intact."
　　
　　—From "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine

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1216. "A couple takes a break at ‘t Vosken, one of the city‘s many inviting, inexpensive, linger-as-long-as-you-like cafe."
　　From "The Gift of Ghent," July/August 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
　　

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1217. "Logging okoume trees梩he backbone of Gabon‘s rain forest and timber industry梬as the greatest threat to areas now protected as parks. Cutting continues outside the parks, with most logs shipped to Asia and Europe."
　　—From "Saving Africa‘s Eden," September 2003, National Geographic magazine
　　

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1218. "To get flour from the rain forest, Asik, headman of a band of Penan nomads, tramples pulp from the sago palm as his wife adds water. Strained through a rattan mat, the pasty starch is collected and dried into powder. The nomad‘s staple food, sago is plentiful in Gunung Mulu National Park. Elsewhere in the forest, loggers plow down the palms to get at larger timber. The resulting underbrush—tangled and over-grown from direct sunlight—makes the remaining palms often difficult to reach."
　　
　　—From "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine

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1218. "To get flour from the rain forest, Asik, headman of a band of Penan nomads, tramples pulp from the sago palm as his wife adds water. Strained through a rattan mat, the pasty starch is collected and dried into powder. The nomad‘s staple food, sago is plentiful in Gunung Mulu National Park. Elsewhere in the forest, loggers plow down the palms to get at larger timber. The resulting underbrush—tangled and over-grown from direct sunlight—makes the remaining palms often difficult to reach."
　　
　　—From "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine

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