Stallions Fighting, South Dakota Photograph by Melissa Farlow
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Two stallions fight at a wild horse conservation center in South Dakota. It’s an equine echo of an ongoing struggle across the western United States, where mustangs compete for space with ranching and energy development.
See more photographs from the February 2009 feature story "Wild Horses."
Newborn Weigh-In, India Photograph by Lynn Johnson
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Founded in 1970, the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (also known as Jamkhed, for the city where it is based) delivers preventive care to poor people who otherwise would get none. The project has served 300 villages and 500,000 people in Maharashtra state, including a newborn baby, fully swaddled and suspended for his weigh-in by village health worker Leelabai Amte.
See more photographs from the December 2008 feature story "Community Health."
Cave of Crystals, Mexico Photograph by Carsten Peter, Speleoresearch & Films
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Massive beams of selenite dwarf human explorers in Mexico’s Cave of Crystals, deep below the Chihuahuan Desert. Formed over millennia, these crystals are among the largest yet discovered on Earth.
See more photographs from the November 2008 feature story "Cavern of Crystal Giants."
Bee-Eater Feeding Chicks, Hungary Photograph by József L. Szentpéteri
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
In Hungary, adults fly to and from the nest tunnel they pecked and scratched into a sandy bank, foraging constantly to feed their ravenous chicks. Such tunnels can be three to five feet long (1 to 1.5 meters long).
See more photographs from the October 2008 feature story "Bee-eaters."
