1338. Cyclist Roff Smith is silhouetted against the Sydney skyline as he begins a 10,000-mile (16,093.5-kilometer) bike trip around Australia.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Austraila by Bike: A Bloody Long Way Home," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1337. "Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas embraces one of the world‘s largest exposed fossil reefs, with El Capitan [shown at far right] at its prow. The desert below is fried country in the summer: tough on boot leather, hard on the unprepared."
　　—Text from "Guadalupe‘s Trails in Summer," June 1979, National Geographic magazine
　　

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1336. "[Glacier National Park] is a cafeteria to its abundant wildlife. Bighorn sheep browse on spring grass."
　　—From "Spring Comes Late to Glacier," July 1979, National Geographic magazine
　　

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　1335. The icy creeks and rivers of Glacier Bay National Park are largely fed by streams that run from peaks that reach over 15,000 feet (4,572 meters).

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　1334. The most common possum species in Australia, the brushtail possum is a tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupial. Its propensity to nest in roofs and ceilings has been known to surprise Aussie homeowners.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey of Burke ; Wills: First Across Australia," February 1979, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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1333. The male African lion has a roar that can carry for as far as five miles (eight kilometers).
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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1332. Icicles hang from a porch roof in the northeast of Vermont. "Winter makes us rugged," says a lifelong resident. That and the gentler seasons make them stay.
　　(Text adapted from "Vermont: Suite of Seasons," September 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1331. Originating somewhere in the expanse of the 900,000-acre (364,230-hectares) Olympic National Park, Kalaoch Creek reaches its end at the Pacific Ocean.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Olympic Peninsula," May 1984, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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1330. Jagged peaks near Mount Olympus are part of a glacial range visible from Seattle, 40 miles (64.4 kilometers) to the east.

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　1329. Spring snow covers the sloping angular rock formations of Bryce Canyon. The formations have been etched over thousands of years by ice and water.

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