2006-10-13<BR>　　Havana, Cuba, 1998<BR>　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey<BR>　　"A sea change in finance erodes hard-line socialism. Enterprising Cubans run their own shops and restaurants; while across the country resources beckon to foreign investors. 匲.S. dollars, legal since 1993, divide a once egalitarian society into those who have access to them and those who do not." <BR>　　(Text and photograph from "Evolution in the Revolution: Cuba," June 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06556_50009.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-12<BR>　　Volgograd, Russia, 1992<BR>　　Photograph by James P. Blair<BR>　　The Red October Steel Works stands alongside the Volga Matushka, or Mother Volga. Although not much trash can be seen in the water or along the shore, the Volga River is polluted by agrochemicals from farms and heavy metals from the factories that line its banks. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage," June 1994, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06012_436.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-11<BR>　　Wichita, Kansas, 1997<BR>　　Photograph by Joel Sartore<BR>　　"Gathering strength in a Kansas zoo, a litter of Mexican wolves boosts hopes of restoring this subspecies of the gray to New Mexico and Arizona." <BR>　　(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf," May 1998, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06313_42.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-10<BR>　　Taipei, Taiwan, 1992<BR>　　Photograph by Jodi Cobb<BR>　　Rehearsals for Double Ten Day are underway in front of the Presidential Building. Taiwan's National Day celebrates the revolution of October 10, 1911, that overthrew China’s last dynasty. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Other China Changes Course: Taiwan," November 1993, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/05952_123.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-09<BR>　　Hudson Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Flip Nicklin<BR>　　"Young males play fight on the Hudson Bay shore in a harmless autumn prelude to spring battles for mates that can end in shattered limbs. Lethargic all summer, males may benefit from such exercise and also learn to assess other bears' strength." <BR>　　(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Polar Bears: Stalkers of the High Arctic," January 1998, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06068_4.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-08<BR>　　Sahara Desert, Niger, 1997<BR>　　Photograph by George Steinmetz<BR>　　"Boundless stretches of sand are the highways of Saharan Niger. Less than 500 miles [805 kilometers] of major paved roads serve a nation three times as large as California. Below the horizon a caravan heads for the town of Bilma to take on salt, a prized commodity. Another train laden with salt and other trade items heads toward markets at the desert's edge." <BR>　　(Text and photograph from "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/NGM1999_03p2-4.jpg"><BR>
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　2006-10-07<BR>　　Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic, 1992<BR>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<BR>　　Beehives decorated with carved masks line an open-air ethnographic museum in Roznov pod Radhostem. Celebrating turn-of-the-century life, the museum recreates a typical village from the Wallachia region in the hilly forests and pastures of the Czech Republic's far eastern corner. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06050_38.jpg"><BR>
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2006-10-05<BR>　　Zambezi River, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Chris Johns<BR>　　A baby African elephant takes a sand bath along the banks of the Zambezi River, where poachers wreak havoc on the elephant population. Armed with AK-47s, poachers hunt adult male elephants, cut their heads off, then hack away at their tusks leaving the massive bodies to the vultures, hyenas, and lions. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06212_232.jpg"><BR>
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　　2006-10-04<BR>　　Stomness Whaling Station, South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands, 1998<BR>　　Photograph by Maria Stenzel<BR>　　Seals inhabit an abandoned whaling station on South Georgia's Stromness Bay. The whaling station on South Georgia was the only hope of survival for Ernest Shackleton and his crew who were trapped on ice floes for 9 months over 800 miles away from inhabited land. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Epic of Survival: Shackleton," November 1998, National Geographic magazine.) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06571_25.jpg"><BR>
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