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Tiger, Indonesia

Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic.

A tiger peers at a camera trap it triggered while hunting in the early morning in the forests of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Moonlit Canoe, Allagash River

Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic.

Moonlight bathes a birchbark canoe on Maine's Allagash River, a tranquil spot for paddlers.

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Riverbed, Iceland

Photograph by Romain Chassagne.

A riverbed in Iceland, with a four-by-four on the road to give an idea of the scale. And we can imagine the strength of the river flow at spring. With the composition, in this case, there is no preference for sky or landscape: Both are interesting and nonuniform. Breaking the rules is a common rule.

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Winter Scene, London

Photograph by Gordon Esler.

A couple caught in the snow last winter at the 17th-century Greenwich Naval College, London. To the right, shrouded in mist, is the River Thames.

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Deer, England

Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic.

The fallow deer in the park at Knole, Kent, have looked down at the world with long-nosed lordliness since the days of King James. The deer park is a rare survival from the roughly 700 in early 17th-century England.

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Morning Landscape, Lithuania

Photograph by Eugenijus Rauduve.

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Sami Herder, Scandinavia

Photograph by Erika Larsen.

Cone-shaped tents called lávut provide temporary shelter for Sami herders while following the reindeer. Nils Peder Gaup, resting here on the tundra, feels most at home in the mountains. "The Sami spirit follows you," he says.

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Salmon River, Idaho

Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic.

Middle Fork of the Salmon River
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho
104 miles protected since 1968

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Sea Pens, New Zealand

Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic.

Soft corals called sea pens, usually found at depth, and a blue cod appear in shallow waters in New Zealand's Long Sound reserve, where tannin-stained water blocks light. When disturbed, sea pens emit a greenish light and can deflate, retreating into their bulbous feet.

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Tundra Trek, Svalbard

Photograph by June Jacobsen.

Brilliant day for a hike on the Arctic tundra, surprisingly alive with flora, as well as reindeer and arctic fox. It seems the mountains make their own weather on Svalbard, or at least cloud formations—this one no exception.

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Manhattan Solstice 

Photograph by Robinson McClellan.

Celebrating a "Manhattan Solstice"— when Manhattan's street grid lines up with the setting sun — in front of the American Museum of Natural History. On this day, New York City's vast edifice becomes "Manhattanhenge‚" dedicated to sun worship!