A child shares a moment with a hippo named Cupid at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. This photo appeared in the July 1993 issue in a story about zoos across America changing exhibit spaces to better mimic the animals' native homes.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL NICHOLS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the May 1998 issue documented life on Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province, after the opening of Confederation Bridge in 1997, which connected the island to the mainland. In this photo, pre-teen boys jump into the harbor in Victoria.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SUSIE POST RUST, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Lightning bugs, also called fireflies, fly over a field of wild alfalfa in Strong City, Kansas. Native Kansan Jim Richardson documented the beautiful Flint Hills for a story in the April 2007 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM RICHARDSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A couple watches Fourth of July fireworks over the Hudson River from a spot on the High Line in New York City. A story in the April 2011 issue documented the High Line, an abandoned rail line turned park that stretches almost a mile and a half in Manhattan.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
独立日烟花
从纽约高线公园(the High Line)观看哈德逊河上空的7月4日独立日烟花。
摄影:DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A variety of seabirds make their homes on the High Bluffs of Alaska's Saint George Island. The island is part of the Pribilof Islands, an archipelago 200 miles off the coast of Alaska.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
People shop for watermelons and other produce at an open-air market near New Hope, Pennsylvania, in this photo from the July 1952 issue. The corresponding story followed the path of the Delaware River, which travels for nearly 400 miles through 4 states.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT SISSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Paralympian sprinter Jarryd Wallace's biomechanics are analyzed at the Southern Methodist University Locomotor Performance Laboratory in Dallas, Texas. This photo appeared in a July 2018 story about how science and technology help athletes improve their performances.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CLARK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
With a third-century bridge in the background, schoolgirls cool their feet on a hot summer day in Dezful, Iran. This photo appeared in an August 2008 story about ancient Persia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON NORFOLK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Annual camping trips in the Canadian Arctic teach Inuit children hunting skills and cultural values that have been passed down for thousands of years. In this photo from a September 2019 story on the tradition, an Inuit elder enters her tent at the spring camp.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ACACIA JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Muslim women pray at dawn inside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Israel. The shrine dates back to the 7th century and is considered one of the holiest sites in Islam.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The morning sun casts a golden glow on a sprawling housing development in Las Vegas. A story in the July 2001 issue examined the consequences of urban sprawl in the U.S.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SARAH LEEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the March 1975 issue documented life and culture on the Big Island of Hawaii. Here, friends gather in a parking lot at Kailua Pier for an evening jam session.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT MADDEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A snorkeler looks for aquatic life in a spring-fed pool in a protected reserve called Cuatro Ciénegas, within Mexico's Chihuahuan desert. When this photo was published in the October 1995 issue, the writer reported that 60 species of plants and wildlife were unique to the region. Today, that number is upwards of 150.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE GRALL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Caribbean reef shark swims over a coral reef in the Bahamas. This photo appeared in a March 2007 story documenting the 40 species of sharks found in the Bahamas, and was appropriately called "Blue Waters of the Bahamas: An Eden for Sharks."
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN J. SKERRY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the May 1983 issue celebrated the centennial of the Brooklyn Bridge, and showed life in "much abused, much maligned, and much loved Brooklyn." Here, members of a block association in Bed-Stuy gather for an annual summer block party.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT MADDEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION