20080803
August 03, 2008
Saint Mary's Church, Krakow, Poland, 1988
Photograph by James Stanfield
A speck of sun behind the Gothic church of St. Mary's penetrates early morning fog in Market Square as merchants ready their tables for the day's crowds in Krakow, Poland. The picturesque plaza, built in the 13th century, is one of the largest public squares in Europe.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

20080804
August 04, 2008
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Montana, 2007
Photograph by Michael Medford
A common goldeneye duck paddles past a snowy bank—and toward the reflection of a gnarled tree stump—in Lake McDonald, part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
For 75 years the combined 1.14 million acres (0.6 million hectares) of Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park and the U.S.'s Glacier National Park have been designated, and jointly managed, as a transboundary conservation area—the world's first international peace park.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Crown of the Continent," September 2007, National Geographic magazine)

20080805
August 05, 2008
Magnified Lipids, University of Santa Cruz, California, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
Ultraviolet light turns the membranes of magnified lipids fluorescent green. Molecular scientists study such compounds for clues about the origins of life on Earth.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rise of Life on Earth," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

20080806
August 06, 2008
Dead Trees, Grand Sable Dunes, Michigan, 1991
Photograph by Phil Schermeister
Long-deceased trees cling stubbornly to the steep flanks of Grand Sable Dunes in Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The precipitous dunes, left behind by ancient glaciers, rise some 300 feet (90 meters) above Lake Superior and spread over 5 square miles (13 square kilometers).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Lost Country," March/April 1991, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

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in the St. Clair River, that means miles of newly exposed shoreline and sandbars to explore. For others, like those in the shipping and fishing industry, lakefront property owners, and water-dependent animal species, it's a disaster in the making.

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都是那么棒!

20080807
August 07, 2008
Rain Forest Lizard, Malaysia, 1997
A lizard clings to a tree branch in Malaysia's Danum Valley Conservation reserve. Located in Western Borneo, this protected area of rain forest is home to many unique species, such as Low’s pitcher plant, the rot-scented rafflesia, and the silvered leaf monkey.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Malaysia’s Secret Realm," August 1997, National Geographic magazine)

20070808
August 08, 2008
Drying Laundry, Zab, Poland, 1988
Photograph by James Stanfield
Colorful clothes dry on a line outside a clapboard home in Zab, Poland. Zab sits at 3,356 feet (1,023 meters) in the Tatra Mountains, earning it the distinction as Poland's highest inhabited village.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

20080809
August 09, 2008
Cliffs and Lighthouse, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 2001
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The red-topped lighthouse on Makapu'u Point stands at the end of a long, fence-lined trail in the southeast corner of Hawaii's Oahu island. Built in 1909, Makapu'u Lighthouse is only 46 feet (14 meters) tall, but its light, concentrated by the largest lens in America, can be seen 28 miles (45 kilometers) out at sea.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

20080810
August 10, 2008
Acid Rain, Washington, D.C., 1981
Photograph by Robert Sisson
In this macro close-up, a bromophemol solution is dripped on raindrops found on a daisy petal to test their acidity. The solution is reddish and has turned one drop yellow. The rain is pH 3, the same as vinegar.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Acid Rain: How Great a Menace?" November 1981, National Geographic magazine)

20080811
August 11, 2008
Sea Anemone Eating Crab, Washington, 1999
Photograph by George Grall
A giant green sea anemone eats a red cancer crab in a tidal pool in Washington's Clallam Bay. These carnivorous invertebrates snare their prey by firing a hooked filament into their victims, paralyzing them with a potent neurotoxin before engulfing the unlucky prey.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Pools of Spring," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)