National Geographic Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary
National Geographic
Language: English
Pages: 400
ISBN: 1426215614
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In this dazzling book of visual wonders, National Geographic reveals a world very few will have the chance to see for themselves. Shot by some of the world's finest photographers, New York Times bestseller Rarely Seen features striking images of places, events, natural phenomena, and manmade heirlooms seldom seen by human eyes. It's all here: 30,000-year-old cave art sealed from the public; animals that are among the last of their species on Earth; volcanic lightning; giant crystals that have grown to more than 50 tons; the engraving inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. With an introduction by National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez, whose work has taken him from the Peruvian Andes to the deepest caves of Papua New Guinea, Rarely Seen captures once-in-a-lifetime moments, natural wonders, and little-seen objects from the far reaches of the globe.
JONATHAN BLAIR Q This issue was funded in part by your National Geographic Society membership. n August 7, 2015, in Yellowstone National Park, a ranger found the chewed-upon body of a man near a hiking trail not far from one of the park’s largest hotels. The deceased was soon identified as Lance Crosby, 63 years old, from Billings, Montana. He had worked seasonally as a nurse at a medical clinic in the park and been reported missing by co-workers that morning. Investigation revealed that Crosby
falls of the Yellowstone and the geyser basin are rendered easy of access, probably no portion of America will be more popular as a watering place or summer resort.” Langford and his cronies saw that such popularity would mean money in the tills of the Northern Pacific and of whoever else got a piece of the action, selling rail tickets, filling hotels. The 1871 expedition, led by Ferdinand V. Hayden, head of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, was more oicial—supported by a congressional
three greatest living North American carnivores—the grizzly, the wolf, the mountain lion—as well L i v i n g W i t h t h e W i l d 135 as such other predaceous animals as the wolverine, the coyote, the bobcat, and the red fox. Yellowstone is our wildest park south of the border complex that includes Glacier, in part because it’s our biggest. The other good thing about geographical bigness is that, besides giving space to large predators with broad territorial needs, it usually encompasses
the bear, made a dispassionate presentation, which included encouraging data on current grizzly numbers and their distribution throughout the ecosystem, and 142 national geographic • may 2016 Fish and Game Rack Up the Bucks Hunting is prohibited within Yellowstone, but it’s big business in the areas that host animals such as elk when they migrate outside the park. Montana, for instance, charges out-of-state residents $1,001 for a yearly license to hunt elk, deer, and certain birds, and to fish.
and strength to the hunters. We pray for the buffalo to have a good travel to the other side, the animal spirit world.’ At Fort Hall, Idaho, outside a sweat lodge where Shoshone-Bannock tribe members gather for purification ceremonies, Leo Teton stands next to a pole ornamented with bison skulls. The animals were taken near Yellowstone in hunts that express their spiritual connection to the animal and affirm long-standing treaty rights. Bison loom large as sacred animals in traditional Native