1380. "Like most fjords, the Kenai Fjords of Alaska formed by glacial carving. As glaciers melted and sea levels rose, carved coastal indentations filled with water. The walls of a fjord usually plunge deep below the surface of the water." <BR>　　—From the National Geographic book The National Geographic Desk Reference, 1999 <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Risk and Reward on Alaska's Violent Gulf," February 1979, National Geographic magazine) <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/02202_185.jpg">
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1379. Wild horses in the United States were once protected under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which declared "wild free-roaming horses and burros [to be] living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West." The U.S. Congress passed a law in December 2004 that made it legal for the federal government to sell some wild horses to slaughterhouses, where they are processed for human consumption. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Searching for Sacagawea," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/MM6835_40.jpg">
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1278. "Destined for high places from birth, a lone mountain goat stands vigil over the crown of the [North American] continent, the Rocky Mountains, on supple hooves with traction soles." <BR>　　—From the National Geographic book Yellowstone to Yukon, 2000<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/BK_yellowstonetoyukonp5.jpg">
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1277. Small in stature but large in distribution, the Ad閘ie penguin is the most common penguin species found in Antarctica. Their nesting rookeries can be found all around the continent. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Antarctica: A Land of Isolation No More," April 1990, National Geographic magazine)<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05575_217.jpg">
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