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Take your best shot and submit a favorite photo of your own.

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India Rain Photo Gallery

Some Indian farmers are turning ruin into richness.

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National Parks

The U.S. National Park Service preserves 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas—to experience them all would take a lifetime. Take a tour from your desktop now!

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Enduring Voices: Paraguay

In May 2009, the Enduring Voices team traveled to Paraguay, which has a reported 18 languages (not counting Spanish) belonging to six distinct language families.

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Drench your desktop with underwater images of a sharks, ice floes, a mysterious underwater cave system, clownfish, coral, butterfly fish, and more.

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See spots—and stripes—on big cats like tigers, cheetahs, bobcats and more in this ferocious feline photo gallery.

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EarthPulse: State of the Earth 2010

As the world's population reaches 6.8 billion people, National Geographic offers the second in our series on the health of our planet.

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Out of 12,000 entries received, find out who takes home the Grand Prize!
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Long Exposures

When making long exposures, use a remote release to avoid camera movement. If you don't have a remote release, use the camera's self-timer.

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