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  • A penguin feather and kelp leaves lie on a beach on Aitcho Island, in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
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  • Wilder, a Yanayacu Indian, cuts palm leaves to weave together for a rain shelter in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-924-2.jpg
  • Wilder, a Yanayacu Indian, cuts palm leaves to weave together for a rain shelter in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-911-2.jpg
  • Wilder, a Yanayacu Indian, weaves palm leaves together for a rain shelter in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-903-2.jpg
  • Wilder, a Yanayacu Indian, cuts palm leaves to weave together for a rain shelter in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-896-2.jpg
  • Wilder, a Yanayacu Indian, cuts palm leaves to weave together for a rain shelter in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-872-2.jpg
  • Wind-borne cotton from a quaking aspen tree swirls around the leaves of blooming sweet woodruff, pulmonaria (L) and hosta plants.
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  • Aspen leaves turn red in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Aspen leaves turn red in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    ABe 120922-490.jpg
  • Bananas grow by an Indian village in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-643-2.jpg
  • Plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
    FIe 080306-013.jpg
  • New Zealand Cabbage Palms alms grow on the shore of Carcass Island in the otherwise largely-treeless British Falkland Islands.
    FIe 080305-275.jpg
  • Cloud forest clings to upper Amazon cliffs above Rio Huabayacu.
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  • Fiddlehead ferns sprout from the forest floor.
    NC 0221.jpg
  • Resinous marijuana (hemp) plants (Cannabis sativa Indica), grow in the foothills of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • A hummingbird perches on a branch in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091113-173-2.jpg
  • A delicate flower grows on the forest floor of Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091113-038-2.jpg
  • Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) grows near a village in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-704-2.jpg
  • Vines grow through a thatched roof in San Juan de Yanayacu village in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-696-2.jpg
  • A huge vine in Peru's Amazon Jungle wraps around a tree in order to grow towards sunlight in the canopy.
    PEe 091110-298-2.jpg
  • A huge vine in Peru's Amazon Jungle wraps around a tree in order to grow towards sunlight in the canopy.
    PEe 091110-295-2.jpg
  • Residents of Iquitos, Peru, relax beside a small park above the Amazon River.
    PEe 091109-049-2.jpg
  • A man walks along East 35th Street in New York City.
    NYe 080113-238.jpg
  • A sign prohibits eating and drinking in the grounds surrounding the U.N. Building in New York City.
    NYe 080113-120.jpg
  • A dog scampers down a plaza north of the U.N. Building in New York City.
    NYe 080113-044-2.jpg
  • A dog scampers down a plaza north of the U.N. Building in New York City.
    NYe 080113-044.jpg
  • Bleeding Heart flowers (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) growy in a shady garden near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • A cat investigates lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots and sweet woodruff that is covered in wind-borne cotton from an aspen tree.
    MTe 120516-123.jpg
  • Velvety-leaved plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
    FIe 080306-085.jpg
  • Velvety-leaved plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
    FIe 080306-084.jpg
  • Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) grows in California's Coastal Mountains.
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  • Ferns grow in a dense Himalayan rainforest in the Tsangpo River Gorge of remote southeastern Tibet, China - one of the world’s deepest canyons
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba woman from Payi village, near Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya, chops fodder for her family's cattle.
    TS 3352.jpg
  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, China. Heat-seeking leech squirms for prey on forest floor.
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  • Fall Aspen trees in Bishop Creek Canyon.
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  • A Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) blooms in the foothills of Mount Charleston, north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  • Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada. A closed view of blooming Raspberry bushes.
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  • COLORADO. Telluride, Colorado. Quaking aspen trunks crowd together in San Juan Mountains.
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  • A youngster fishes in a tiny stream in California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Villagers carry leaves they chopped in the forest for their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
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  • Villagers bring haul leaves from the forest to feed their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
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  • Villagers carry leaves they chopped in the forest for their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
    LT 0110.jpg
  • A villager cuts leaves and branches from a tree for firewood and fodder, a major source of Himalayan deforestation.
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  • Tiger Lily leaves grow upward in the spring in a garden near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • Seed-bearing cotton from a quaking aspen tree covers the leaves of blooming sweet woodruff, pulmonaria (L) and hosta plants.
    MTe 120516-042.jpg
  • Sunlight glows through fern leaves on the floor of a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains iof California's San Francisco Bay Area.
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  • Sunlight glows through fern leaves on the floor of a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains iof California's San Francisco Bay Area.
    CAe 150611-193.jpg
  • Sunlight glows through fern leaves on the floor of a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains iof California's San Francisco Bay Area.
    CAe 150611-186.jpg
  • Sunlight glows through fern leaves on the floor of a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains iof California's San Francisco Bay Area.
    CAe 150611-179.jpg
  • Sunlight glows through fern leaves on the floor of a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains iof California's San Francisco Bay Area.
    CAe 150611-178.jpg
  • Avalanche debris leaves its mark on a mountainside above Stromness Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica.
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  • Aspen tree trunks rise between fall colored leaves above the Muleshoe Trail.
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  • Aspen tree trunks rise between fall colored leaves above the Muleshoe Trail.
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  • Aspen tree trunks rise between fall colored leaves above the Muleshoe Trail.
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  • Aspen tree trunks rise between fall colored leaves above the Muleshoe Trail.
    ABe 150919-502.jpg
  • Rime ice coats the leaves of willows and other bushes growing beside Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.  Behind are (L to R) Mount Andromache, Mount Hector, Bow Peak, Bow Crow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain.
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  • Rime ice coats the leaves of willows and other bushes growing beside Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.  Behind are (L to R) Mount Andromache, Mount Hector, Bow Peak, Bow Crow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain.
    ABe 130921-312.jpg
  • Rime ice coats the leaves of willows and other bushes growing beside Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.  Behind are (L to R) Mount Andromache, Bow Crow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain.
    ABe 130921-307.jpg
  • Rime ice coats the leaves of willows and other bushes growing beside an inlet to Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.  Behind are (L to R) Cirque Peak, Mount Andromache, Mount Hector, Bow Peak, Bow Crow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker leaves base camp, Ulvetanna bkg.
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  • Villagers bring bat leaves from the forest for their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
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  • Villagers carry leaves they chopped in the forest for their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
    LT 0110.jpg
  • Villagers bring haul leaves from the forest to feed their animals, a major fuel of Nepal's deforestation.
    LT 019H.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee leaves exits door of richly ornamented Tshomchen, the Main Assembly Hall at Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse.
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  • A mountaineer leaves camp for a climb up one of the 14,000-foot peaks above the nearby Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer leaves camp for a climb up one of the 14,000-foot peaks above the nearby Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
    BP 2459.jpg
  • A rock climber leaves a hanging bivouac camp on an Arctic cliff.
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  • Thatched palm leaves roof a hut in San Juan de Yanayacu village in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
    PEe 091111-694-2.jpg
  • Bora Indians of the Amazon make bark cloth from palm leaves, which they use for both clothing and artworks, such as this one, depicting sacred anacondas.
    PEe 091108-595-2.jpg
  • A mountaineer leaves camp for a climb up one of the 14,000-foot peaks above the nearby Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
    BP 2415.jpg
  • An elderly Nepali woman carries a load of tree leaves to feed her animals, creating deforestation in order to survive.
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  • Mountaineer David Breashears leaves the last villages to explore the long-forbidden Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest on earth, a sacred space for Tibetan Buddhists.
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  • A sign warns of the dangers of leaving established boardwalks at Midway Geyser Basin in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A sacred "ovo"shrine where travelers leave offerings in Yolyn Am, a canyon called "The Vulture's Mouth" in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
    MGe 080712-163.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine above Lake Dood Noor, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060704-219.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine above Lake Dood Noor, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060704-218.jpg
  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-217.jpg
  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-216.jpg
  • MONGOLIA. Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine atop a small pass, where travelers leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.
    MGe 060702-054.jpg
  • Magellanic Penguins leave and enter the ocean at a stony beach on Magdalena Island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile.
    CHe 080202-254.jpg
  • Magellanic Penguins leave and enter the ocean at a stony beach on Magdalena Island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile.
    CHe 080202-009.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) turns south after leaving inpenetrable Himalayan canyon, one of deepest on earth.
    TS 3107.jpg
  • INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROJECT. Ulrik Vedel & dog team leave Cape Arkticheskiy, Severnaya Zemlya. Temp: -40 deg. (MR)
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  • A sign warns skiers of the dangers of leaving Mount Baker Ski Area and entering Mount Baker Wilderness, where many seek abundant powder snow.
    SK 21855.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Alex Lowe & Jon Krakauer leave base camp for Rakekniven spire in Filchner Mts.  (MR)
    QM 4630.jpg
  • Mongolia, Darhad Valley. Horse herd prepares to leave corral for a day of grazing.
    MG 7305.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. An "ovo" monument atop a prominent pass, where travelers leave eclectic Tibetan Buddhist & animistic offerings for luck.
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  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. "Ovo" shrine atop a small pass, where travelers leave talismans, such as sculls of prized horses or religious artifacts.
    MG 1462.jpg
  • INDIA, Kashmir. Hindu worshippers leave offerings (prasad) in Amarnath Cave, after 5-day Himalayan pilgrimage to see ice lingam here.
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  • Young King Penguins called "Oakum Boys" encircle a resting Elephant Seal at a rookery  on South Georgia Island, Antarctica. King chicks are very curious and will wander far when exploring their surroundings. They often gather in a group called a crèche and are watched over by only a few adults; most parents leave their chicks in these crèches to forage for themselves and their offspring.
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  • An "Ovo" shrine lies above Lake Dood Noor,  in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley. Travelers revere these sites and often leave talismans, such as skulls of prized horses, scarves, money, vodka bottles or religious artifacts. These reflect spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, animism and shamanism.  Here, the crutches may be either from someone who was cured from a broken bone, or from someone deceased.
    MGe 060704-216.jpg
  • Magellanic Penguins leave and enter the ocean at a stony beach on Magdalena Island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile.
    CHe 080202-243.jpg
  • Magellanic Penguins leave and enter the ocean at a stony beach on Magdalena Island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile.
    CHe 080202-223.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) turns after leaving inpenetrable Himalayan canyon between two 7000+ meter peaks.
    TS 3495.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Tsangpo R.(Brahmaputra) turns south, after leaving inpenetrable Himalayan cyn.
    TS 3484.jpg
  • SPITSBERGEN, Norway, Longyearbyen children leave school for home.
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  • DOGSLEDDING, International Arctic Project. Team led by Will Steger (MR) threads between pressure ridges on frozen Arctic Ocean shortly after leaving Severnaya Zemlya, Russia, en route to Canada via the North Pole. Air temperature is -40 degrees.
    ST 6889.jpg
  • SOUTH AFRICA. C-130 Hercules prepared to leave Cape Town for long flight to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 4123.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Snowmobiles carrying Great Sail Peak expedition break down just after leaving Clyde River.
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  • A villager gathers leave as fodder for his animals near Pokhara, Nepal.
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