Fishermen at Night, Micronesia
Photograph by David Boyer
Fiery torches of palm fronds light up the night near the Caroline Islands as men in outrigger canoes wait with long-handled nets to scoop flying fish in midair. The jumping fish are attracted by light.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Micronesia—The Americanization of Eden,” May 1967, National Geographic magazine)
Synchronized Swimmers, Laguna Hills, California
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski
Submerged ballerinas rehearse for their annual show at Leisure World in Laguna Hills, California. Activities like line dancing, lawn bowling, and computer classes make retirement communities increasingly popular among people with decades of free time to fill.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Aging—New Answers to Old Questions,” November 1997, National Geographic magazine)
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Lion in Tree, Zambezi River, Zambia
Photograph by Chris Johns
A female lion claims her spot in a tree near the Zambezi River in Zambia. Female lions are the primary hunters in each family group, or pride. They often work together to prey upon antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, and other large animals of the open grasslands. Many of these animals are faster than lions, so teamwork pays off.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Down the Zambezi,” October 1997, National Geographic magazine)
Tiny Orange Crab, Panay Island, Philippines, 2002 Photograph by Tim Laman
An orange crab crawls on a leaf on Panay Island in the Philippines. The islands of the Philippines have some 12,000 plant and 1,100 land vertebrate species. But habitat loss threatens to erase much of this ecological diversity.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Hotspots: The Philippines,” July 2002, National Geographic magazine)
Iceberg With Meltwater Pool, Jakobshavn Fjord, Greenland, 2007 Photograph by James Balog
Icebergs, including one with a sapphire pool of meltwater, clutter Greenland’s Jakobshavn Fjord near the village of Ilulissat. The glacier that produced this flotilla has receded some four miles (six kilometers) since the year 2000.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Big Thaw,” June 2007, National Geographic magazine)
