Martial arts students at the Shaolin Temple Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng, China, practice a handstand. This previously unpublished photo was taken for a story about the school in the March 2011 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY FRITZ HOFFMANN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A diver helps launch the Alvin deep-sea submersible in the Cayman Trench for an expedition researching oceanic crust, led by National Geographic Explorer at Large Robert Ballard for a story in the August 1976 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY EMORY KRISTOF, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An Anna's hummingbird, named after Duchess of Rivoli Anna Masséna, perches on a branch under simulated rain in a previously unpublished image.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANAND VARMA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A cheetah perches on a tree trunk in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya. The park works to protect the species, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed as vulnerable to extinction.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNE FARRAR, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
猎豹
在肯尼亚的纳博霍保护区,一只猎豹站在树干上。该公园致力于保护猎豹,国际自然保护联盟(International Union for Conservation of Nature)已将其列为濒危物种。
A man balances on Chicago's John Hancock Center while fixing a cable. The photo was taken for a story in the February 1989 issue examining the lives of those who lived, worked, and met in the tower.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A train passenger traveling from Baghdad to Karbala reads a prayer book. This unpublished image was taken on assignment for a story in the July 2011 issue on Baghdad's evolution from an ancient Iraqi city to a modern one.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNSEY ADDARIO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Divers observe and film a great white shark from a cage in the waters near Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The predator is born at about 5 feet long and grows up to four times that size.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER HAYES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Residents in a rural Japanese town march in traditional costumes to celebrate the annual Aoi Festival, which honors the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled over Japan for 250 years. The festival was photographed for a story in the September 1922 issue on rural Japan.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KIYOSHI SAKAMOTO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A climber weaves through limestone pinnacles in the Tsingy de Bemaraha nature reserve in Madagascar in an image captured for a story in the November 2009 issue. In the national language of Madagascar, the formations are called "tsingy," meaning "where one cannot walk barefoot."
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHEN ALVAREZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
尖峰攀岩
在马达加斯加的Tsingy de Bemaraha自然保护区,一名登山者在石灰岩的顶峰间穿梭,这张照片为2009年11月号的一篇报道拍摄。在马达加斯加的国家语言中,这些石阵被称为“tsingy”,意思是“赤脚行走的地方”。
Members of an East German collective farm laugh as they harvest sugar beets near Wismar. The photograph was taken for a story in the September 1974 issue on the labor shortage and other struggles in East Germany.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GORDON GAHAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A six-year-old dances with her grandfather in their kitchen in Buzescu, Romania. The Romani family was photographed as part of a story from the September 2012 issue on the farm town now filled with large mansions.
PHOTOGRAPH BY IVAN KASHINSKY AND KARLA GACHET, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Women section grapefruits with knives on an assembly line in Lake Wales, Florida. The photograph was taken for a story in the December 1963 issue on the industrial boom in Florida following the space race.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WINFIELD PARKS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Monks at Gampo Abbey practice for an annual softball game against the local fire department in Nova Scotia, Canada. The image was taken for a story in the December 2005 issue on Buddhism in the global west.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE MCCURRY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION