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Photo Galleries: History

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Photo: The Treasury at Petra, Jordan

Lost Cities

Explore lost cities and ancient civilizations.

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Photo: Men rowing a boat through icy Alaskan waters

Marking the Alaskan Boundary

Survey 1908 Alaska.

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Photo: Fort Sumter during civil war

Photo Gallery: U.S. Civil War

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North Pole Expeditions

Photo: Terra-cotta warriors, China

Temples and Tombs

Photo: T. rex skeleton on display in museum

Cretaceous Period

Photo: Photographer washing film in Gulf of Alaska

National Geographic Milestones

Image: Jurassic landscape

Jurassic Period

Photo: First National Geographic wildlife photo

Milestones in Wildlife Photography

Photo: Team of climbers on Everest

Early Everest Expeditions

Photo: First underwater color photo

Milestones in Underwater Photography

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Milestones in Space Photography

Photo: Nothosaurs fleeing a Ticinosuchus

Triassic Period

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100 Days in Photographs

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Alternating Angles

Like distance from your subject, the angle you shoot from has also probably become a habit. Get low, get high. Get overhead. Stand on a chair or a bed. You'll be amazed how just changing your angle can dramatically alter your photos.

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