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Senate Gallery
Senate Gallery
U.S. senators give a hand-drawn tour of their home states.
Photo Contest
See galleries, rate photos, and play puzzles created from contest entries.
Top Ten Photos of the Year
Editor Chris Johns picks his favorite photos published in 2009.
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Features
How Plants Mate
How Plants Mate
Let's not mince words: Pollen is plant sperm, and it's born to ride.
The Carbon Bathtub
Draining excess CO2 from Earth's atmosphere will take a long time.
South Georgia
Once a scene of slaughter, icy South Georgia is awash with life again.
Interactives
World's Apart
World's Apart
Distant worlds are being discovered. Is one of them like ours?
Animal Mummies
Explore the mummies of animals buried in sites across Egypt.
Living History
See the redwoods' range, life in the canopy, and history through their rings.
Photography
Visions of Earth
Visions of Earth
Browse through visions of the world as seen through a photographer's eye.
Redwood Portrait
A photo mosaic captures a 300-foot titan, that's at least 1,500 years old.
Flashback
Galleries of historical photographs offer a peek into our past.
Video
The Super Trees
The Super Trees
Photographer Michael Nichols describes how his team of researchers and technicians made a composite image of an entire redwood tree.
Fezzan: Unseen Sahara
Photographer George Steinmetz assembles his ultralight, motorized paraglider as he sets out to give readers a bird's-eye view of Libya.
Deep Southern Caves
Stephen Alvarez talks about the challenges of choreographing a photo in the dark, noisy setting of an underground waterfall.
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Visions of Earth
Visions of Earth
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Archives
Archives
Voting Machine
Voting Machine
Geometric Puzzles
Geometric Puzzles
Energy Issue
Energy Issue