1281. The "Remarkable Rocks" are just that: huge, wind-and-rain-sculpted boulders precariously balanced on a gigantic granite dome.
　　(Text adapted from the National Geographic book Wild Shores of Australia, 1996.)
　　

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　1280. Selling eggs and vegetables, this street vendor was likely lured into the city from the rural countryside, along with many others, hoping to earn a living.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1279. "A lazy day aboard the Kalyeta, author [James Morgan’s] charter boat, commences with a late breakfast on the roomy deck and a swim in the clear water off Knidos."
　　—From "Lost in Time," October 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
　　

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　1278. A house shelters its occupants from winter on the coastline in Hvalfjordur, which means "fjord of the whales."
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of the Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　

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　1277. This mountain lion (Felis concolor) rests during the mid-day heat near the Pecos River between New Mexico and Texas. Mountain lions are very much solitary animals living in the countryside and rarely seen by humans.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pecos River," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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