1391. Carved by glaciers, the Coast Mountains line the southeastern shores of Alaska and western British Columbia. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska‘s Southeast: A Place Apart," January 1984, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05002_60.jpg">
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1389. Spread over 1.6 million acres (647,520 hectares) in Utah, Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument is unique among the United States‘ protected lands, because it was created by the Bureau of Land Management, not by the National Parks Service, which is usually responsible for setting aside public lands. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celebrating Canyon Country: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument," July 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06457_27.jpg">
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1388. "To get ready for the [Easter] festivities, some men of [;Oacute;limbos] village have their hair trimmed in a street outside the main coffeehouse." <BR>　　—From "Eternal Easter in a Greek Village," December 1983, National Geographic magazine <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/NGM1983_12p772-3.jpg">
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1387. Once a town that was a busy way station along "America's Main Street", historic Route 66, Seligman has little to show for its lost vitality. Although the traffic may be gone, people still live their lives. Here a man ranches cattle in Arizona's high desert. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06398_50.jpg">
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1386.Engaging in a prescribed burn, this forestry technician sets flames among the trees in Sequoia National Park. The controlled heat from the fire opens cones and creates space for young trees to grow. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Essential Element of Fire," September 1996, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06215_18.jpg">
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　1385. An elephant handler, or mahout, rests atop his Asian elephant in Royal Bardia National Park. The park is one of more than ten national parks and wildlife reserves in Nepal. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nepal," November 2000, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06538_34.jpg">
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　1384. "Sunrise bursts over Haleakala, Hawaii‘s legendary ‘House of the Sun.‘ Eons of erosion shaped the 2.5-by-7.5-mile (4-by-12 kilometer) basin. Eruptions have strewed its floor with volcanic debris." <BR>　　桾ext from the National Geographic book Our Threatened Inheritance, 1984 <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Our Threatened Inheritance, 1984) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/SP091_58.jpg">
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　1383. Established in 1906, Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the most significant archaeological sites of prehistoric Americans. The ancient dwellings here included stone villages, pueblos, pit houses, and most notably, cliff dwellings. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Great Southwest, 1980)<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/02548_205.jpg">
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1382. Historic antebellum mansions are plentiful in Charleston's Battery neighborhood. The area looks out over Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter, the site of the first shots of the U.S. Civil War. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Seduced by Charleston," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/T0551_23.jpg">
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1381. Rolls of silk fabric line a Beijing shop shelf. Chinese silk has been a popular commodity at least since ancient Roman times, when it was favored by the rich and fashionable. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Heart of the Celestial Empire," September 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/T0546_1.jpg">
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