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Everest at 50: Celebrating the Greats
Luminaries on the state of the world's tallest peak
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Read: Wright Brother's Letter to Nat Geo
Read flight pioneer Orville Wright's letter to photographer Luis Marden.
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FOUND Photos: Snack Time
Treats are given to an Italian Donkey, 1955
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Then and Now: Jane Goodall
Over the course of 50 years, Jane has witnessed the lives of three generations of chimpanzees.
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Diving Suit
The diving suit was invented while George Washington was President! Dive into this underwater timeline.
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Element Hunters Pictures
To find a new element these days, and push the frontiers of matter, you have to create it first.
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Pictures: Making Mount Rushmore
We look back at the sculpting of an American icon.
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FOUND Photos: Bobbing for Apples
Four boys bob for apples, 1939.
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Then and Now: Rhinos
From Teddy Roosevelt hunting African rhinos, to rangers protecting them today
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Women Explorers Timeline
Scale mountains and dive to new depths with daring female explorers.
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Explorer Moment: 1,000-Mile Baja Trek
Carrying a surfboard and survival equipment, explorers are hiking trailless mountains.
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Then and Now: Diving to Earth's Deepest Point
How submarine technology has improved from 1960 to 2013
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Giant Mammoth Tusks of Siberia
Big finds equal big money for a growing herd of hunters.
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Explorer Moment: Capturing Kamchatka
Whitewater kayakers experience one of the last truly wild places on Earth.
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FOUND Photos: Train Spotting, '20s Style
Railroad exhibit near Baltimore, Maryland, November 1927
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Wildest Places on Earth
Just imagine what we'll find next.
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Exploring the Farthest Reaches
A simple question propels us to look—and go—far from home. What's out there?
