On Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula, basalt pinnacles loom over the Sound of Raasay in Scotland. (2008)
Jim Richardson/National Geographic
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Under the black clouds of burning oil fields during the Gulf War, camels forage desperately for shrubs and water in southern Kuwait. (1991)
Steve McCurry/National Geographic
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Rusted prow of the R.M.S. Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg in April 1912. (1991)
Emory Kristof/National Geographic
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Noor Nisa, about 18, was pregnant, and her water had just broken. Her husband tried to get her to a hospital, but his car broke down. (Afghanistan, 2010)
Lynsey Addario/National Geographic
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Paul Nicklen: “I expected this leopard seal to flee with her catch, a live penguin chick, but she dropped it on my camera.” (Antarctica, 2006)
Paul Nicklen/National Geographic
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A lion climbs a tree to sleep, in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park. (2011)
Joel Sartore/National Geographic
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A cowgirl drops a nickel in a parking meter to hitch her pony. (Texas, 1939)
Luis Marden/National Geographic
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Jou Jou, a captive chimpanzee, reaches out it’s hand to Dr. Jane Goodall. (Brazzaville Zoo, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1990)
Michael Nichols/National Geographic
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An elevated view of about half of Machu Picchu, the lost mountaintop city of the Inca in the Peruvian Andes. (1913)
Hiram Bingham/National Geographic
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This iconic photo of a young Afghan girl in a Pakistan refugee camp appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine’s June 1985 issue and became the most famous cover image in the magazine’s history. (1984)
Steve McCurry/National Geographic
