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Camel Race, Oman, 1995

"Exploding from the gate, young jockeys spur their mounts in a race outside Muscat. Though gambling is illegal, winners' purses are often hefty, and a top racing camel sold for stud can fetch [U.S.] $130,000 or more."

—From "Oman," May 1995, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by James L. Stanfield