In Nagano Prefecture, Japan, a woman pollinates pear blossoms by hand. This picture originally appeared in the October 1984 issue, in a story about pollen.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTHA COOPER, NAT IMAGE COLLECTION
At Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Muslim women offer prayers at Id al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. This picture appeared in an April 1996 story about Jerusalem, and the three religions that find their homes there.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the July 1964 issue documented the vibrant culture of New York City, which was hosting the World's Fair at the time. Here, typesetters prepare pages for a daily Chinese newspaper.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERT MOLDVAY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Ice covers the weather observatory on New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The mountain, which is the tallest in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River, experiences extreme and dangerous weather throughout the year.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSE AZEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A diver hunts clams and sea urchins off Ofu Island, in the National Park of American Samoa. The U.S. national park, the only one in the Southern Hemisphere, preserves 9,100 acres of a pristine tropical ecosystem.
PHOTOGRAPH BY RANDY OLSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the February 2018 issue called "They Are Watching You" documented the use of surveillance around the globe. The subjects of surveillance range from active shooters to the night sky—demonstrated here in a photo of the Deimos Sky Survey's three telescopes in Spain.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LUCA LOCATELLI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the September 2001 issue documented immigrants making their homes in America. Here, a bride and groom have a traditional Vietnamese wedding in Virginia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KAREN KASMAUSKI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A mountain gorilla mother cuddles her three-month-old infant in Rwanda. This picture appeared in a story in the September 2017 issue documenting the life, career, and legacy of primatologist Dian Fossey, who was murdered in 1985.Ronan Donovan, Nat Geo Image Collection
PHOTOGRAPH BY RONAN DONOVAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the October 2008 issue documented the changes brought by a superhighway connecting four major cities in India. In this photo, people hang out under the Golden Quadrilateral Highway in Muratganj, India.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ED KASHI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An imperial shrimp camouflages itself in gills of a Spanish dancer off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. A Spanish dancer is a type of nudibranch, the subject of this June 2008 story.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The entire May 2008 issue was dedicated to stories from China. In this photo from a culinary school in Hefei, chefs-in-training prepare vegetables in flaming woks.
PHOTOGRAPH BY FRITZ HOFFMAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the September 1990 issue retraced the routes Spanish merchant ships took between Mexico and the Philippines. In this photo, Catholic worshippers in Cavite, Philippines, light fireworks after a Mass.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SISSE BRIMBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In a Central American rainforest, a bevy of red-eyed tree frogs engage in mating—with as many as four males trying to attach to one egg-laying female. This picture appeared in a November 2006 story about tree frogs.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A flock of scarlet ibises takes flight in Venezuela. This photo appeared in an April 1998 story that documented life along the Orinoco River.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CAPUTO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the April 2013 issue followed people who search the Russian Arctic for ancient tusks from woolly mammoths. In this previously unpublished photo from that story, a tusk hunter removes a mammoth tusk from a frozen riverbed.
PHOTOGRAPH BY EVGENIA ARBUGAEVA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Sixth graders line up in front of a Montezuma cypress in Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. This tree, which has a diameter of roughly 38 feet, appeared in a March 2017 story about famous trees around the world.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
最粗的树
墨西哥圣玛丽亚德尔图勒(Santa María del Tule),一群六年级学生在这棵墨西哥落羽杉前排成一行。这棵树的直径有近12米。
摄影:DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Guests attend a poetry party in China in the mid to late 1920s. This portrait was taken by Juliet Bredon, who spent most of her life in China and published work with National Geographic under the name Adam Warwick.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM WARWICK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION