2006-10-23<BR>　　Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Michael Nichols<BR>　　In an image taken by a remotely operated 35-mm camera, a baby langur monkey clings to his mother's chest in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. Photographer Michael Nichols set up the cameras to capture tigers in action, but the active langur monkeys tripped the infrared beam thousands of times a day, using up so many rolls of film that he had to adjust the timer to operate during "tiger time" —late afternoon, when tigers prepared for their nightly hunt. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sita: Life of a Wild Tigress," December 1997, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06311_182.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-22<BR>　　Maharajgunj, Nepal, 1977<BR>　　Photograph by John Scofield<BR>　　On the third day of Tihar, the Nepalese festival of lights celebrated every autumn, a family honors the sacred cow. Kept for milk and dung, cows personify Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and are treated to fruit and grain on her day of honor. At midnight, Lakshmi circles the Earth to bless family money boxes and grain stores. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for "Kathmandu's Remarkable Newars," February 1979, National Geographic magazine<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/02164_50022.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-21<BR>　　Denmark, 1997<BR>　　Photograph by Sisse Brimberg<BR>　　Poppies bloom next to a lichen-covered seawall in the handsome and civilized country of Denmark. A land of five and a quarter million souls, Denmark is sandwiched between the North Sea and the Baltic, just north of Germany. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Civilized Denmark," July 1998, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06407_94.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-20<BR>　　Jerusalem, Israel, 1984<BR>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<BR>　　A group of Muslim women gather near the Dome of the Rock to observe the last Friday of Ramadan, the Islamic month of prayer, fasting, and charity. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Searching for the Center: Israel," July 1985, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05275_122.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-19<BR>　　Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Nick Caloyianis<BR>　　Two young sled dogs sleep off their meal of fresh, though toxic, Greenland shark. Hours after eating such a meal, dogs appear inebriated and have difficulty standing up thanks to the strong neurotoxins found in the shark’s flesh. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Greenland Sharks," September 1998, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06331_55.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-18<BR>　　Atlantic Ocean off the Coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, 1997<BR>　　Photograph by Flip Nicklin<BR>　　About 235 miles (378 kilometers) east of Halifax, the ocean floor drops away. Nicknamed The Gully, this place is more like a drowned Grand Canyon, measuring a dozen miles (19 kilometers) across and, in places, a mile (1.6 kilometers) straight down to the bottom. These deep waters are home to the immense—and immensely curious—bottlenose whales, whom scientists believe to be the deepest divers of all ocean mammals. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for "A Journey Down Old U.S. 1," December 1984, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06411_9.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-17<BR>　　Neryungri, Siberia, Russia, 1989<BR>　　Photograph by Steve Raymer<BR>　　A motoball player kicks the ball over a field in Neryungri. Combining cycling, soccer, and polo, motoball features two teams of five players trying to push a 16-inch (40-centimeter) ball through the other's goal. Originating in France in the late 1920s, the sport caught on during the 1960s in the Soviet Union. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Siberia: In from the Cold," March 1990, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05645_317.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-16<BR>　　Laos, 1968<BR>　　Photograph by Wilbur E. Garrett<BR>　　A Laotian family rests in the shade of their stilted, thatched roof hut in the fertile lowlands of the Mekong River valley. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Mekong: River of Terror and Hope," December 1968, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/01035_289.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-15<BR>　　Southern United States, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by George Grall<BR>　　"The largest freshwater turtle in North America, the alligator snapper keeps to southern U.S. waters, while the smaller, more aggressive common snapper prowls lakes and streams from South America to Canada." <BR>　　(Text and photograph from "Unmasking the Snapping Turtle," March 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/NGM1999_03p122-3.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-14<BR>　　Off Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Emory Kristof<BR>　　A photographer enjoys the protection of his shark cage as many healthy and hungry gray reef sharks patrol the area. Scientists were sent to Rongelap Atoll to study the lingering effects of a nuclear mega-bomb detonated by the United States there in 1954. Despite the disturbing number of abnormal births and other radiogenic illnesses affecting the human population, life below the surface of Rongelap seemed to be quite healthy in 1996. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Testing the Waters of Rongelap," April 1998, National Geographic magazine.)<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06359_10.jpg"><BR>
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