July 25, 2005
Phuket, Thailand
1994
Jodi Cobb
White sand beaches, clear blue water, and ideal temperatures have made Thailand's Phuket Island a tropical paradise for visitors. Phuket is Thailand's largest island, located in the Andaman Sea, and its idyllic conditions have made tourism one of the pillars of its economy. Ten years after this photograph was taken, Phuket Island suffered severe damage from a massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December 2004. Thai officials have begun a years-long program to rebuild Phuket and lure back visitors.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
July 26, 2005
Nuevo Lajitas, Chihuahua state, Mexico
Date Unknown
Bruce Dale
"As other family members relax along the Rio Grande on the Mexican border, a mother dips her reluctant infant into a makeshift bathtub."
From the National Geographic book The American Southwest: Land of Challenge and Promise, 1998
July 27, 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada
1996
James A. Sugar
When gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opened his landmark Flamingo hotel and casino in 1946 on the Las Vegas Strip, it helped usher in a seemingly endless jackpot for the city's tourism and casino trades. In 1996, the year this photo was taken, four mega-casinos made their debut on the Strip: the New York-New York, Monte Carlo, the Orleans, and the Stratosphere.
—Photograph from "Believing Las Vegas," December 1996, National Geographic magazine
July 28, 2005
Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
2002
Michael K. Nichols
"Theropithecus gelada, as a gelada is properly called, is the last species in a once great dynasty of grass-grazing primates....Only in the cool heights of the mountain meadows of north-central Ethiopia did a Theropithecus-friendly habitat survive. Today between 100,000 and 200,000 geladas remain in the country."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kings of the Hill?", November 2002, National Geographic magazine)
July 29, 2005
Rodanthe, North Carolina
Date Unknown
David Alan Harvey
Despite North Carolina's hurricane vulnerability, beachgoers are not dissuaded from living along the shore. The state has withstood many devastating hurricanes, including 1954s Hazel, which has been called the most destructive in the state's history.
July 30, 2005
Ouray, Colorado
Date Unknown
Donald J. Crump
Box Canyon was the site of 1800s mining claims and helped give rise to nearby Ouray, Colorado. Once a mining town, Ouray is today a resort center known as the "Switzerland of America."
July 31, 2005
Adirondack Mountains, New York
1996
Maria Stenzel
"Exploring the region's 2,800 lakes and ponds requires a boat light enough to portage, like a canoe. But on privately owned Lower Ausable Lake, the craft of choice remains the wider, time-tested Adirondack guide boat."
—From "Adirondack High," June 1998, National Geographic magazine
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