1688. "I didn't come to Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia to photograph wildebeests. But on this dusty June evening, I couldn't resist the sight of their stutter-stepping, head-shaking runs." <BR>　　<BR>　　桭rom "Visions of Earth," August 2004, National Geographic magazine <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06212_13.jpg"><BR>
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1689. Santiago, Chile, 1969<BR>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<BR>　　"To shoot a parade on Chile's Independence Day, [photographer] James Stanfield got down and dirty, clicking away as passing boots kicked up a dust storm all around him." <BR>　　<BR>　　桭rom "100 Best Unpublished Pictures," January 2004, National Geographic magazine collector's edition <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/01124_341.jpg"><BR>
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1690. Kluane National Park Reserve, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1984<BR>　　Photograph by George F. Mobley<BR>　　The high alpine meadows and tundra of Kluane National Park Reserve support a roll call of northern wildlife unsurpassed in grandeur and diversity. Perhaps a hundred black bears live in the forests, giving way in encounters to the more than 250 grizzlies that roam梐nd rule梩he Kluane backcountry. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in "Kluane: Canada抯 Icy Wilderness Park," November 1985, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05292_100.jpg"><BR>
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1691. McCarthy, Alaska, 1993<BR>　　Photograph by George F. Mobley<BR>　　Clouds loom over a vast autumn landscape in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. <BR>　　"Here bigness is a trademark. Nine of the 16 highest peaks in the U.S. are found in Wrangell-St. Elias. The park could swallow five Yellowstones. Lands privately owned within its borders total a million acres, most of them set aside in the Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act of 1971. Yet fewer than a hundred people live here year-round." <BR>　　<BR>　　(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska's Sky-High Wilderness," May 1994, National Geographic magazine<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06107_345.jpg"><BR>
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1692. Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1994<BR>　　Photograph by Sam Abell<BR>　　"In Venice, Carnival is a vivid, theatrical event, [photographer] Sam Abell says. 'We wanted to show the actual lives of Venetians, not just the face of Carnival, so this image of festivalgoers was never used' " in the February 1995 National Geographic magazine article on Venice. <BR>　　<BR>　　桭rom "100 Best Unpublished Pictures," January 2004, National Geographic magazine collector's edition <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06172_8.jpg"><BR>
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1693. Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1998<BR>　　Photograph by Emory Kristof<BR>　　揝afely behind bars, photographer Bill Curtsinger and his assistant, Eric Hiner, photograph themselves by a remote control as gray reef sharks close in.<BR>　　<BR>　　搼They were so aggressive,?says Curtsinger, 憈hat I used my camera as a shield to keep them from sticking their heads in the cage.挃 <BR>　　<BR>　　桭rom 揟esting the Waters of Rongelap,?April 1998, National Geographic magazine<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/ngm1998_04p70.jpg"><BR>
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1694. Near Kgalagadi, (Kalahari-Gemsbok) Transfrontier Park, Botswana, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Chris Johns<BR>　　"Renowned tracker Klaas Kruiper hunts game in South Africa. 'He was completely in tune with his surroundings,' says Chris Johns, who befriended Kruiper and photographed him over a period of five years." <BR>　　<BR>　　桭rom "100 Best Unpublished Pictures," January 2004, National Geographic magazine collector's edition <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06213_254.jpg"><BR>
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1695.Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa, 2003<BR>　　Photograph by Michael K. Nichols<BR>　　Perhaps chasing insects, its main meal, a chameleon shows off some of the brilliant hues its color-changing skin can produce. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photograph from "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine) <BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/NGM2004_08p114UP.jpg"><BR>
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1696. Gabon, Africa, 2004<BR>　　Photograph by Michael K. Nichols<BR>　　A storm looms over Loango National Park. No permanent structures are allowed on the shoreline, and visitors are encouraged to act as unobtrusively as the wildlife and leave the coast exactly as they found it. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/mm7095_50.jpg"><BR>
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1697. Africa, 1998<BR>　　Photograph by Chris Johns<BR>　　Although fierce in appearance, the warthog would rather run from predators, like the lion or leopard, than fight. The diet of a warthog consists mainly of grasses, roots, and berries, along with the occasional carrion. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06483_280.jpg"><BR>
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