July 1, 2005
Waimanalo, Hawaii
2000
Jodi Cobb
"Lucky Waimanalo: A sheltering reef and soft three-mile [4.83-kilometer] beach—one of the longest undeveloped strands on Oahu [island]—give the town a blissful front yard."
—From "ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii," February 2001, National Geographic magazine
July 2, 2005
Ghazni, Afghanistan
1946
Maynard Owen Williams
"Oxen and donkeys tread the bygone glories at Ghazni, seat of conquerors. To Ghazni, Afghanistan's great empire builder Mahmud carried back the plunder of India almost ten centuries ago. Ghazni's splendor died in 1152 when the Indian prince Ala-ud-Din gave it fire and sword. In 1839 the British stormed Ghazni and blew in this gate."
—From "Back to Afghanistan," October 1946, National Geographic magazine
July 3, 2005
Washington, D.C.
Date Unknown
Terry Eiler
Fireworks explode and are reflected in water by the Washington Monument. The first public Fourth of July party at the White House occurred in 1801.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Revolutionary War: America's Fight For Freedom, 1967)
July 4, 2005
Des Moines, Iowa
1993
Jodi Cobb
A U.S. flag dries on a clothesline after a 1993 flood in Iowa. Already saturated, Des Moines received a downpour of 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) of rain in just four hours. The result was a wall of water, 15 feet (4.5 meters) above flood level, barreling through the city.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Des Moines, Iowa: Riding Out the Worst of Times," January 1994, National Geographic magazine)
July 5, 2005
Milky Way galaxy
Date Unknown
NASA/Daniel Wang, University of Massachusetts
"The center of the Milky Way galaxy blazes in this x-ray mosaic 900 light-years across. Our galactic center is a turbulent region, 25,000 light-years from Earth, packed with black holes, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae in a sea of multimillion-degree gas. Chandra's x-ray eyes show梖or the first time with such clarity梩he interplay between stars, gas, and dust. By detecting high-energy radiation, Chandra offers new perspectives on a clandestine universe."
—From "Super X-ray Vision," December 2002, National Geographic magazine
July 6, 2005
Near Majalang, Java, Indonesia
1982
Dean Conger
Home to hundreds of Buddha statues, the 1,200-year-old Borobudur temple is the world's largest Buddhist monument.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Indonesia Rescues Ancient Borobudur," January 1983, National Geographic magazine)
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Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa
1997
Chris Johns
The main role of males within a lion pride is the defense of family and territory.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Wild Dogs," May 1999, National Geographic magazine)
July 8, 2005
Montana
1984
Sam Abell
A mare and colt cast shadows on a barn in Montana. The state is also home to the Pryor Mountain herd, a group of wild free-roaming horses which were once protected as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West" through the U.S. Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. Many of the act's protections were abolished by a December 2004 law that legalized the slaughter of wild horses.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "C.M. Russell: Cowboy Artist" January 1986, National Geographic magazine)
July 9, 2005
In the Crab Nebula
Date Unknown
Palomar Observatory
"At the [Crab Nebula's] core lies a pulsar, a type of neutron star, discovered by radio astronomers in 1968. Only 12 miles [19 kilometers] across, it spins 30 times a second, spewing out high-energy particles. As particles flow out, they lose energy and emit radiation in longer wavelengths. Highlighted in false color, an optical image shows intermediate-energy particles from the pulsar (blue) along with material ejected into space by the supernova explosion itself (green and red)."
—From "Super X-ray Vision," December 2002, National Geographic magazine
July 10, 2005
India
2004
William Albert Allard
"[Film star] Amitabh and a tattered Shah Rukh frame former Miss World Aishwarya Rai. Such posters lure India's star-obsessed populace into the movies' fantasy realm, where true love and justice always prevail."
From "Welcome to Bollywood," February 2005, National Geographic magazine
July 11, 2005
Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa
2003
Michael Nichols
"Within a modest radius of ten miles (16.09 kilometers), photographer Michael Nichols found a dramatic sampling of creatures that pass through the Loango area. Canoeing on the Echira River, he surprised an elephant swimming in the murky waters."
From "Gabon's Loango National Park," August 2004, National Geographic magazine
July 12, 2005
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
1969
Winfield Parks
"A 1912 eruption [from Mount Martin at Katmai National Park and Preserve] spewed ash as far as Washington state, shredded clothes on lines a hundred miles (160 kilometers) away, but, amazingly killed no one. From a new vent, Novarupta, incandescent pumice flowed down the valley in a glowing avalanche. Woodland pickets, killed by hot mudflows, spike the pale plain."
From the National Geographic book Alaska, 1969
July 13, 2005
Near Turtle Island, Fiji
1993
James L. Stanfield
"Fiji is a nation of islands. Many of them are low coral or limestone hideaways of palm trees, trade winds, and white sand."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Worlds of Fiji," October 1995, National Geographic magazine)
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July 14, 2005
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
1988
James L. Stanfield
"'The legacy of the [French Revolution] is still very much alive,' said Jean-Not Jeanneney, energetic director of the bustling Bicentennial Mission, headquartered near the Eiffel Tower. 'A nation is rich in its memory. And the roots of 20th-century France are in its founding myth. I'd like all the youth of this nation to know its story梥o full of passion and surprise.'"
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Great Revolution," July, 1989 National Geographic magazine)
July 15, 2005
Jerusalem, Israel
1984
James L. Stanfield
"With an average birthrate of six children per family, the ultra-Orthodox population in Jerusalem is surging. [In 1996] roughly 30 percent of the city's 420,000 Jews [were] ultra-Orthodox, as [were] 50 percent of the schoolchildren [such as the Ultra-Orthodox men and boys at this Hasidic temple].
"If trends continue, the ultra-Orthodox population will increase by 70 percent here by the year 2010 and will exert significant influence on the city's destiny."
(Text from "The Three Faces of Jerusalem," April 1996, National Geographic magazine)
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