EVEN MORE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOS

REFUGEES GATHERING WOOD

Photo – J Carrier:  These women walk well beyond the confines of their

refugee camp in West Darfur risking their lives to gather fire wood

that will sell for about 50 cents per sack back at their camp of

roughly 15,000 people.

THE PINK BULL

Photo – Palani Mohan:  During the harvest celebrations in Tamil Nadu,

India locals partake in a sport known as jallikattu where the young men of

the village will try to hang onto a decorated bull as long as possible while

it charges through the crowd.

MACAQUES

Photo – Yukihiro Fukuda:  The loose social hierarchy of these Japanese

Macaque monkeys allow them to huddle together for warmth while

disregarding the fact that high ranking and low ranking members are in

such close proximity.

WALL OF DEATH

Photo – Tomas Munita:  Mohammed Jawed, a stunt driver, relies on the

magic of centripetal force to keep his car going in circles around the

Wall of Death during this show in Kabul, Afghanistan.

GREAT GRAY OWL CATCHING A VOLE

Photo – Magnus Elander:  The disk of feathers you see circling this grey

owl’s face are used to channel sound back from the ground towards its

ear thus helping it to catch small animals.

WIND TURBINES

Photo – Jeff Kroeze:  The hills of the Tehachapi-Mojave Wind Resource Area

are covered with over 3,000 wind turbines that produce enough electricity to

power over 250,000 homes every year.

EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL VOLCANO ERUPTION

Photo – Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson:  Lightning surrounds the ash plume

resulting from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano. These so called

“dirty thunderstorms” often occur when rock and ice kicked up from

the blast crash together in the atmosphere.

THE AFGHAN GIRL

Photo – Steve McCurry:  Quite possibly one of the most recognized

photos in recent history, this picture of a young orphaned Afghan girl

was taken at a refugee camp in Pakistan during the Soviet Invasion.

It came to fame after being featured on the cover of the June 1985 issue

of National Geographic and the girls haunting green eyes became a

symbol of the plight of refugees the world over. In spite of several

attempts to locate her afterwards, the girl’s identity remained a

mystery until 2002 when she was found living in the mountains of her

homeland. Starting with the bombing of her home and the death of her

parents her story was revealed to be one of brokenness, hardship, and

devastation with her brother explaining that the only happy day in her life

was probably her wedding.