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<p><b>In July 2009, Photo of the Day featured images from the <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/photo-contest">2008 International Photography Contest</a>.</b></p>
<p>Dolphins are known to jump out the back of big waves as they break against the shores. This pod of bottlenose dolphins was leisurely surfing in the waves as the offshore wind blew against the incoming waves, creating an atmosphere that was most unique and magical. At a place called Waterfall Bluff in the Transkei, South Africa.</p>
<p><i>See more from the 2008 International Photography Contest: <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/2008-winners">Winners' galleries</a>, <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/nature-puzzles">puzzles</a>, and <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/wallpaper">wallpaper</a>.</i></p>
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Dolphins are known to jump out the back of big waves as they break against the shores. This pod of bottlenose dolphins was leisurely surfing in the waves as the offshore wind blew against the incoming waves, creating an atmosphere that was most unique and magical. At a place called Waterfall Bluff in the Transkei, South Africa.
What the end of the war in Afghanistan means to one family
A year after U.S. troops pulled out of its longest war, National Geographic revisits an Afghan mother featured on the cover and her family’s experience offers a glimpse of life under Taliban rule.