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[h=2]Shadow Creek, California [/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Melting snowpack sluices down Shadow Creek.
[h=2]Baby Elephant and Keepers [/h] Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat.
[h=2]Boulders, Yosemite National Park [/h] Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Boulders perch randomly at Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park. A glacier sculpted the 92-million-year-old bedrock here and left the boulders, plucked from a nearby mountain, when it retreated. The rocks, along with grooves in the bedrock, show the path of the glacier.
[h=2]High Tide, Indonesia [/h] Photograph by John Stanmeyer, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features As night falls and the tide rises on the Indonesian island of Pulau Balai, off the west coast of Sumatra, more than an inch of water washes into the home of 20-year-old Busrani. In March 2005 a seafloor earthquake lowered the island by three feet. Busrani can't afford to raise his floor, which floods at every high tide.
[h=2]Hot Springs, East Africa [/h] Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Sulfur and algae turn hot springs into pools of living color. The water is condensation from hot gases rising from magma chambers. As the water evaporates, salts and minerals form a vivid crust.
[h=2]King James Statue, England [/h] Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A life-size statue of King James dominates the most lavish room of this treasure-encrusted palace at Hatfield, north of London. Crowned and holding a sword and a scepter—symbols of his power—James is nevertheless flatteringly relaxed in his pose. Hatfield House was completed by Robert Cecil, the monarch's loyal secretary, in 1611 as the King James Bible came off the presses.
[h=2]Snake River, Wyoming[/h] Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Snake River Headwaters
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming
387.5 miles protected since 2009
[h=2]Water Resort, Dubai [/h] Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A huge water-themed resort rises on Dubai's coast.
[h=2]Black Hole of Calcutta, Australia[/h] Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features "It feels like being swallowed by the Earth," says photographer Carsten Peter of the Black Hole of Calcutta in Claustral Canyon. Experienced canyoneers avoid it after heavy rains
[h=2]Rhinoceros, South Africa[/h] Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A rhinoceros stands on a hillside in KwaZulu-Natal Province.
[h=2]Jamuna River Dwellers, Bangladesh [/h] Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Front-yard floods are routine for fishermen and their families living on islands in the Jamuna River. Known as char dwellers, they have become world-class experts at adapting to whatever life—and a changing climate—throws at them.
Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Ridges of peat and pools of dark, acidic water form a patterned peatland near Moon Point.
[h=2]Horses, Montana[/h] Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Two sorrels belonging to Buster and Helen Brown have gone AWOL in the snow.
[h=2]Lávut, Scandinavia [/h] Photograph by Erika Larsen This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Frames of lávut are a common sight in Sami yards, where they are used for smoking meat. Sami have long used the tents as portable shelters—their wide bases and forked poles enable them to withstand winds of up to 50 miles an hour on the Arctic tundra. Easy to transport and erect, the frames were originally covered with reindeer skins, but waxed canvas or lightweight woven materials are more common today.
[h=2]Stream, Seoul [/h] Photograph by Greg Girard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Urban Renewal Seoul, South Korea
Buried under an elevated highway for decades, the Cheonggyecheon stream once again flows in the open air through downtown Seoul. A 3.6–mile–long stretch of the stream was restored in 2005.
[h=2]Quiver Trees, Namibia[/h] Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Quiver trees stand like eerie sentinels under the stars in the Namib Desert. The flowers of these desert–tough varieties of the aloe plant provide nectar for birds and insects.
[h=2]Coral Reef, Red Sea[/h] Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Rarely visited, the reefs off Saudi Arabia in the northern Red Sea are some of the most undisturbed in the region. Sunlight penetrates deep into the clear waters, enabling lush gardens of corals to flourish along these wave–washed coasts.
[h=2]North Face, K2 [/h] Photograph by Tommy Heinrich, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A full moon illuminates the north face of K2.
[h=2]Flamingo Chicks, Mexico[/h] Photograph by Klaus Nigge, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features When chicks are a few weeks old, parents leave them in a crèche and go in search of food, taking turns coming back day and night to feed them. Though watched by a few adults, the young are vulnerable to predators such as dogs and jaguars.
[h=2]Rodeo, Montana[/h] Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A calf roper warms up at the Marias 4–County Fair. While ranches and farms become ever more mechanized, rodeo is a reminder that the old skills are still prized—and useful.
[h=2]Fraser Island, Australia[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Tannin–rich runoff from Fraser's interior stains the sea in the aftermath of a summer storm.
[h=2]Aspen Leaf[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Frost filigrees a quaking aspen leaf in late October
[h=2]Sled Dogs, Greenland [/h] Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Their lives spent outdoors, reserve dogs at Station Nord are chained far enough apart to avoid fights. Sanne, perched atop a doghouse, gets a hug from base leader Søren Engkjær Hansen.
[h=2]Taksim Square, Istanbul [/h] Photograph by Martin Roemers This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Street Life
Istanbul, Turkey
By foot, rail, and automobile, people pass through Taksim Square, animating the modern hub of Istanbul. Schemes to restrict the area to foot traffic worry planners who fear the famous crossroads could lose its creative energy.
[h=2]Camel Trek, Shaksgam River [/h] Photograph by Tommy Heinrich, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features It took dozens of camels and eight Kyrgyz drivers to haul 2.2 tons of gear across the bed of the Shaksgam River to Chinese Base Camp. The cost: $17,000—plus eight pairs of sunglasses.
