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You will find 20 National Geographic licensed photo on the enclosed CD.
Photographs are the sole property of the National Geographic Society and may not be reprinted, copied or sold without
the express written permission of the National Geographic Society.
Photograph by JAMES L.
STANFIELD / National
Geographic Society
Mute swans (
Cygnus olor
)
gather in the grassy marshes
of Nantucket Sound,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Photograph by GEORGE F.
MOBLEY/ National
Geographic Society
A dandelion bursts through
early spring snow cover to
bask in sunlight near
Appenzell, Switzerland.
Photograph by GEORGE F.
MOBLEY / National
Geographic Society
High in the Andes Mountains,
sunlight illuminates the peaks
of the Cordillera de Paine
range in Chile.
Photograph by PAUL ZAHL /
National Geographic
Society
A goldfish (
Carassius
auratus
) sporting bulging eye
sockets swims by — a surreal
reminder of nature’s diversity.
Photograph by JAMES L.
STANFIELD / National
Geographic Society
A plains zebra (
Equus
burchelli
) keeps close watch
over her young foal in
Hwange National Park,
Zimbabwe.
Photograph by MICHAEL
NICHOLS / National
Geographic Society
A humpback whale
(
Megaptera novaeangliae
)
crashes back into the water
after breaching off the coast of
Gabon’s Loango National
Park.
Photograph by CHRIS
JOHNS / National
Geographic Society
On a wild plain in Africa, a
strikingly beautiful cheetah
(
Acinonyx jubatus
) gazes
intently beyond the frame of a
photographer’s scope.
Photograph by JAMES L.
STANFIELD / National
Geographic Society
A ghost crab (
Ocypode
) in a
defensive posture reacts to an
intruder’s approach along a
beach on Samana Cay,
Bahamas.
Photograph by JAMES L.
STANFIELD / National
Geographic Society
The Monumental Arch and
Great Colonnade in Palmyra,
Syria, stand silent testament
to the ancient cultures that
once thrived here.
Photograph by JOHN
SCOFIELD / National
Geographic Society
Awash in hues of green and
blue, a normally brooding
Venice shines brightly in the
midday sun.
Photograph by W.E.
GARRETT / National
Geographic Society
Awash in beams of golden
sunlight, a waterfall from
Havasu Creek falls over and
down red rock forming part of
the southern rim of the Grand
Canyon on Havasupai Indian
Reservation in Arizona,
U.S.A.
Photograph by MICHAEL
NICHOLS / National
Geographic Society
Giant panda cub (
Ailuropoda
melanoleuca
) Tai Shan plays
with his mother, Mei Xiang. Tai
Shan was born in captivity at
the National Zoo in
Washington, D.C., U.S.A., in
July 2005.
Photograph by JAMES P.
BLAIR / National
Geographic Society
Time stands still along the
shoreline of Walker Cove in
Alaska’s Tongass National
Forest. Subsidised logging is
destroying much of the old-
growth rain forest found in this
prized American woodland
region.
Photograph by RAYMOND
GEHMAN / National
Geographic Society
Fallen aspen leaves lay
scattered across fresh
snowfall near Moraine Lake in
Canada’s Banff National Park.
Photography b MICHAEL
NICHOLS / National
Geographic Society
A beautiful wild orchid
stretches like a yoga master.
This specimen was
photographed in Gabon.
Photograph by JODI COBB /
National Geographic
Society
Viewed from the Bund, the
city of Shanghai’s rapid
modernization is powerfully
illustrated. The city has long
been China’s cultural capital,
but thanks to recent financial
success, it is now
experiencing whirlwind
growth.
Photograph by JAMES P.
BLAIR / National
Geographic Society
First a seat of power for the
Byzantine Empire and then
converted to an imperial
mosque by a conquering
sultan, the glorious, centuries-
old Hagia Sophia is now a
museum and World Heritage
site in Istanbul, Turkey .
Photograph by MICHAEL
NICHOLS / National
Geographic Society
Two young male forest
elephants (
Loxodonta
cyclotis
) kick up muddy water
as they spar. These animals
struggle to survive a constant
onslaught from poachers even
within the protected confines
of Gabon’s Ivindo National
Park.
Photograph by GEORGE F.
MOBLEY / National
Geographic Society
A solitary canoer paddles
across the glassy surface of
Lake Schrader in Alaska’s
Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, an area under
constant threat of habitat
degradation from oil
developers and other
industries wanting a piece of
its rich natural resources.
Photograph by DEAN
CONGER / National
Geographic Society
Iconic buildings shrouded in
shadows line Red Square in
Moscow under a still, night
sky. The square is rich with
Russian history, paying
homage to the many empires
that rose and fell within its
unblinking gaze.
