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2007-1-1
South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
"Homo sapiens flood the beach on New Year"s Day at Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, where, thanks to the Natal Parks Board"s good neighbor policy, admission is free for local residents. South Africa"s torrid zone, northern KwaZulu-Natal teems with tropical life. Along its normally empty beaches sea turtles are making a comeback."
(Text and photograph from "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-2
North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds that cover North Rustico beach on Prince Edward Island, Canada"s smallest province. Sheltered from the sometimes harsh North Atlantic storms, Prince Edward Island stretches 140 miles (225 kilometers) into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and enjoys a warm climate and sandy soil—good for both farming and tourism.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)

2007-1-3
Minab, Iran, 1998
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
A Baluchi woman wears a traditional red mask to conceal her features from public view. Iranian women are, in fact, among the most educated and accomplished in the Muslim world. Before the 1979 revolution 35 percent of women were literate; now the rate stands at 74 percent. In 1999, one in three Iranian physicians was a woman.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-4
North Florida Springs, 1998
Photograph by Wes Skiles
A flexible and graceful swimmer, the West Indian manatee migrates annually to Florida"s coastal waters. This balmy winter retreat unfortunately holds a palpable danger for these gentle creatures. In 2005, collisions with watercraft and other human-related accidents accounted for nearly 25 percent of all manatee deaths in Florida according to the state"s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Boating speed limits and the creation of sanctuaries are just some of the protections put into place by state and federal lawmakers to help save the endangered manatee.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-5
Greenwich, England, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
"One hop bridges east and west at Greenwich, England, where a brass strip marks zero longitude. First used by sailors to fix their position, Greenwich mean time was adopted by railroads and, after 1884, worldwide as the standard for time of day. Time is now set not by earth"s rotation, but by satellite and atomic clock."
(Text and photograph from "The Enigma of Time," March 1990, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-1-6
Pamukkale, Turkey, Date Unknown
Photograph by Gordon Gahan
Bathers enjoy terraced pools filled with the hot, mineral-rich waters of Pamukkale, Turkey"s "Cotton Castle." The trickling water from the mountain"s hot springs is heavy with calcium-carbonate. Over the centuries these waters have carved out large flat basins whose surface is coated with pure white calcium deposits.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Turkey: Cross Fire at an Ancient Crossroads," July 1977, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-7
Spi?ské Podhradie, Slovakia, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
The ruins of Spi? Castle loom high above the Slovak village of Spi?ské Podhradie. Stronghold for generations of Hungarian princes, the largest fortress in central Europe was destroyed by fire in 1780.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-8
Mars, 2000
Photograph by NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
"An artful view from space reveals a bracelet-like chain of shallow pits lining a trough created by faulting. The collapse zone appears on a flank of the Pavonis Mons volcano. Some 530 yards (475 meters) wide, the depression could have resulted from the underground movement of molten rock."
(Text and photograph from "A Mars Never Dreamed Of," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-9
Petra, Jordan, 1998
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Wildflowers bloom in front of the rose-colored sandstone that makes up Petra. An ancient city that welcomed caravans from Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans, who ruled this part of the Middle East for more than four centuries.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Petra: An Ancient City of Stone," December 1998, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-10
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A mother and her calf hippopotamus cool off in the "Land of the Surfing Hippos." Loango National Park got that nickname from the resident hippopotamuses" habit of swimming in the ocean and body-surfing to and from feeding grounds.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon"s Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-1-11
Suhar, Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Thundering across a berm racetrack, camels hurtle their 8 year-old jockeys toward the finish line while Omanis in pick-up trucks follow alongside. Though gambling is forbidden in this Muslim country, prize money goes to the owner of the winning camel whose value could be as much as 50,000 rials, or US$130,000.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oman," May 1995, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-12
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A flock of African skimmer birds glides over the fish-rich waters of Gabon"s coastal region. With its uniquely shaped bill, the lower mandible is much longer than the upper one, skimmer birds feed on small fish by flying open-mouthed over the surface of estuaries and rivers.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon"s Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-13
Seoul, South Korea, 1979
Photograph by H. Edward Kim
Snow dusts the buildings of Toksu Palace in the shadow of Seoul’s towering hotels and office complexes. Originally occupied by the 16th century Yi Dynasty leader King Sonjo, the palace was rebuilt in the early 1900s and now houses a branch gallery of South Korea’s National Museum of Contemporary Art.
(Text adapted from and photograph from, "Seoul: Korean Showcase," December 1979, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-14
Lake Hoare, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Antarctica’s perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare bears the scars of sand and dirt that have worked their way from the surface down into the ice. Soil blows onto the lake from the nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine

2007-1-15
Helsinki, Finland, 1981
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The imposing Lutheran Cathedral rises over the somber city of Helsinki as a man bundled against the cold makes his way across one of the city’s many frozen harbors. Built in 1852, the stark-white cathedral, called the Tuomiokorkko in Finnish, sits in Senate Square in the city center.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Helsinki," August 1981, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-1-16
Loganville, Pennsylvania, 1993
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
An Amish farmer in Loganville, Pennsylvania uses a horse-drawn wagon to spread manure over a shimmering, snow-covered field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chesapeake Bay—Hanging in the Balance,” June 1993, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-17
Jaipur, India, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
An arched doorway leads to a staircase in the astronomical observatory called Jantar Mantar. The complex, located in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, was built by astronomer Jai Singh around 1730 and is still in use today. It includes large, abstract-looking structures designed to track the motion of the sun and tell time, among other uses.
Jantar Mantar is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “magical device.”
(Text and photograph from, "In the Land of the Maharajas: Rajasthan by Rail," Spring 1986, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

2007-1-18
Nanning, China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
A footbridge spans the Yu River in Nanning in southeastern China. Nanning is the political, economic, and financial center of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book China, 1981)

2007-1-19
Colebrook, New Hampshire, 1972
Photograph by David L. Arnold
Snow blankets a farm in Colebrook, New Hampshire, along the slopes of the Connecticut River Valley. The Connecticut River forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and flows some 410 miles (610 kilometers), from just shy of the Canadian border to the Long Island Sound.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yesterday Lingers Along the Connecticut,” September 1972, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-20
Ely, Minnesota, 1997
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Two gray wolves relax in the snow at Minnesota’s International Wolf Center. Opened in June 1993, the center is at the forefront of efforts to educate people about the value of wolves in the ecosystem and to encourage the reintroduction and wide distribution of wolves in the wild.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf,” May 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-1-21
St. John"s, Newfoundland, 1974
Photograph by Sam Abell
A bush in St. John’s wears an icy glaze during what Newfoundlanders call the “silver thaw.” The freezing rain that causes this condition can damage trees and power lines, but is a harbinger of the coming spring.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Newfoundland Trusts in the Sea,” January 1974, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-22
Vatnaj?kull Glacier, Iceland, 1997
Photograph by Steve Winter
A traditional Icelandic sod house built into a hillside faces the wide expanse of Vatnaj?kull glacier. Vatnaj?kull was the site of a volcanic eruption in November 1996 that melted billions of a gallons of glacial ice and triggered a cataclysmic flood that lasted two days. No one was injured in the flood, but it destroyed a bridge and littered a floodplain with huge blocks of ice, some weighing more than 1,000 tons (1,016 metric tons).
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iceland’s Trial by Fire,” May 1997, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-23
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
A female American bison and her calf move along a snow bank near a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. About 16,000 bison roam the park, the only population of wild bison left in North America.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Grows Up,” April 1998, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-24
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1985
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
The Atlantic Ocean stretches beyond a row of weathered thatch-roof houses, replicas of those built by the pilgrims on Plimoth Plantation in the 1620s. The houses are part of a recreated 17th century settlement that greets visitors to the living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, The Adventure of Archaeology, 1985)

2007-1-25
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A lone arbutus tree perches atop a hill on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Home to about 10,000 people, Salt Spring is the largest of Canada’s Gulf Islands. The Gulf Islands comprise about a dozen large islands and hundreds of smaller islets which dot the inland Strait of Georgia south of Vancouver. The island’s sheltered location, relatively dry climate, and strong tides give rise to a number of species unique to this region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada: From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)

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2007-1-26
Moscow, Russia, 1997
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
Pedestrians bundled against the Moscow chill push through plazas dotted with storefronts touting luxury goods. In spite of recent high oil prices and an expanding middle class, Russia still suffers from inflation, corruption, and an unstable banking system, making high-end goods unreachable to all but Russia’s elite.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Moscow: The New Revolution," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-27
Near Haines, Alaska, 1976
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A bald eagle perches, wings stretched, in a snow-covered tree by the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska. The area is home to a bald eagle preserve that is a prime wintering ground for the birds, attracting some 3,000 eagles annually.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Alaska Highway, 1976)

2007-1-28
Harlington, Texas, 1978
Photograph by George F. Mobley
“In Harlington, Texas, rows on rows of trailers, each with its palm tree, house some of the thousands of "Winter Texans" who flock to the lower Rio Grande Valley to escape the northern cold. Average temperature of 75?F (25?C), humidity of 60 percent, and rainfall of 25 inches (64 centimeters) mean an almost ideal climate for tourism.“
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for the National Geographic book The Great Southwest, 1980)

2007-1-29
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, 1997
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
The jagged peaks of Antarctica’s Filchner Mountains rise in the distance as an intrepid mountaineering team makes camp on an ice field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "On the Edge of Antarctica: Queen Maud Land,” February 1998, National Geographic magazine)

2007-1-30
Dubois, Wyoming, 1987
Photograph by Raymond Gehman
Neon lights at a Dubois, Wyoming motel give an array of icicles an eerie red tinge. Dubois is auspiciously located for national park visitors—roughly an hour’s drive from Grand Teton National Park and about two hours from Yellowstone.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Yellowstone Country: A Wilderness Celebration, 1989)

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2007-1-31
Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1997
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
A large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean bears an icicle-trimmed cave. This cave served as a hideout for a bearded seal seeking shelter from the harsh Arctic climate.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bearded Seals—Going With the Floe,” March 1997, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-1
French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A naked boy stands at the turquoise blue edge of the South Pacific in French Polynesia. This island paradise is a haven for European tourists, but its natives have long been troubled with feelings of antipathy over 150 years of French rule.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-2
Yellowstone National Park, 1990
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A mountain lion peers out from a rocky nook in Yellowstone National Park. Demonized by farmers and ranchers, mountain lions were almost hunted out of existence until substantial research in the 1960s helped dispel fears about these mysterious big cats which are in fact more likely to run up a tree than attack a human.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live with Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-3
Yarmouth, Maine, 1968
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
Twilight illuminates the snow-covered grounds of a Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Character Marks the Coast of Maine,” June 1968, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-4
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1979
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
A lone evergreen in a snowy expanse of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park waits to see whether the sun will emerge from the thick morning fog.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grand Teton—A Winter’s Tale,” July 1979, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-2-5
St. Anne, Martinique, 1980
Photograph by Michael Yada
A boy’s silhouetted figure walks along a pier as volcanic mountains rise against a mauve-colored sky in St. Anne, Martinique. A French overseas department, this 425-square-mile (1,100-square-kilometer) Caribbean island boasts ruggedly beautiful landscapes and a legacy of Carib indigenous warriors so fierce that 16th-century Spanish conquistadores decided against trying to colonize it.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Caribbean: Sun, Sea, and Seething,” February 1980, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-6
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Niedzica Castle rises behind a hydroelectric dam, still under construction in this photograph, on Poland’s Dunajec River. The castle, originally built in the 14th century, once overlooked the Dunajec Breach, a five-mile-long (two-kilometer-long) gorge flanked by towering rock walls. Now, it oversees tranquil Czorsztyn Lake, formed when the controversial dam was completed in 1994.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January, 1988, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-7
Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Canada, 1981
Photograph by Sam Abell
A belt of snow-spotted lava beds stretches across 568,342 acres (230,000 hectares) of Mount Edziza Provincial Park in northwest British Columbia. The park is a spectacular volcanic wilderness of lava flows, basalt plateaus, cinder fields and cones formed from eruptions and basalt flows that occurred between 10,000 and 4 million years ago.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Canada’s Wilderness Land, 1982)

2007-2-8
Manobier, Wales, 1985
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
A bird soars over the lichen-draped remains of Manorbier Castle in Wales. At its height in the 12th century, the castle consisted of a gatehouse, a keep, two towers, and a vaulted chapel enclosed within two high stone curtain walls. Originally built as a fortified manor house, this medieval castle never encountered attack, which is why it remains remarkably well-preserved today.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Discovering Britain and Ireland, 1985)

2007-2-9
Kistache National Forest, Louisiana, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
A leaf sits pinned between a rock and the flowing waters of a Kisatchie National Forest stream. The 600,000-acre (242,812-hectare) forest boasts seemingly endless stands of longleaf pines and is home to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, whose designated nest trees are identifiable by the white band painted around their trunks.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)

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2007-2-10
Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Telephone poles and oil rigs stand silhouetted against an orange-tinted evening sky in Oman. Oman was once considered an Arabian Peninsula backwater, with only about six miles (3 kilometers) of paved roads as recently as 1970. Oil production, however, which began around 1967, quickly catapulted this sultanate of 3 million inhabitants to unimaginable prosperity.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Oman,” May 1995, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-11
Near Hakuba, Japan, 1984
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Sculpted by heavy snow drifts, the Shinto shrine Togakushi, sits high in the Japan Alps near the town of Hakuba. The shrine is located in Nagano Prefecture, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, "The Japan Alps" August, 1984, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-12
Primis, Egypt, 1976
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie
Hidden in the dry Red Sea Mountains, St. Anthony Monastery was founded in 356 AD and has operated as a multi-faith Christian monastery for much of that time, though today it is exclusively Coptic. Relying on spring water for survival, the monastery operates as a self-sustained village complete with irrigated gardens, a bakery, and several churches.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Egypt: Change Comes to a Changeless Land," March 1977, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-13
Bartolome Island, Ecuador, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell
Ripples of lava frozen in time wrinkle the surface of Pinnacle Rock off the Galápagos’ Bartolome Island. The formation is the eroded remains of a volcanic tower known as a tuff cone. Tuff cones are formed when magma from an inland volcano reaches the sea, sputtering layer upon layer of basalt ash that eventually rises into this monument of nature.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)

2007-2-14
Dubendorf, Zurich, Switzerland, 1984
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Rows of truffles are coated in chocolate at Switzerland"s Teuscher Chocolate Company. Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree, which explorer Hernán Cortés brought back to Europe in 1528. Cortés was introduced to the intriguing plant after witnessing Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, drinking cup after cup of a spicy brown liquid from golden goblets that were thrown away after just one use.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chocolate: Food of the Gods," November 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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2007-2-15
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A small gang of forest buffalo congregate on the beach in Loango National Park. While the humans nestle into their camp tucked between a grove of manilkara trees and hyphaene palms, buffalo and elephants emerge from the forest to feed in the clearing.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon"s Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-16
Kosice, Slovakia, 1993
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A steel mill sends plumes of smoke into the air of Kosice, Slovakia"s second largest city. At the time of Czechoslovakia"s split in 1993, a quarter million people inhabited the steel town including Hungarians, Ruthenians, Gypsies, and Poles梐 cosmopolitan minority which made up 14% of the new country"s population.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)

2007-2-17
Talladega National Forest, Alabama, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
Sunlight filters through fall foliage in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest. The forest is home to Cheaha Mountain, part of the southern Appalachian Mountains and, at 2,407 feet (900 meters), Alabama’s highest peak.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)

2007-2-18
Rongqi, Guangdong Province, People"s Republic of China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
Celebrants of the lunar New Year participate in the Lion Dance, a raucous pantomime that dates back to the seventh century. A masked performer teases a vibrantly painted papier-maché lion which rears its head, roars, snaps its jaws, and charges in rage.
Originally intended to help expel demons, the ceremony is now celebrated annually on the first day of the year’s first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)

2007-2-19
Near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Thousands of years of wind, water, and glacial erosion have carved out these eerie badlands 400 feet (122 meters) below prairie level in Alberta, Canada’s Horsethief Canyon. Legend has it that during the region’s ranching heyday, horses would sometimes disappear into the canyons and emerge later marked with different brands, hence the canyon’s curious name.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Trans-Canada Highway, 1986)

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2007-2-20
Custer State Park, South Dakota, 1995
Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren
Ancient granite outcrops reflect in the still water of Sylvan Lake in South Dakota’s Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble. Geologists calculate that the park’s granite, into which the sculptures at nearby Mount Rushmore were carved, are about 1.7 billion years old, making it some of the oldest rock in North America.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Big, Bad, and Beautiful,” May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)