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Your Shot
Your Shot
Solve jigsaw puzzles, download wallpaper, or submit your favorite photo.
Blog Central
An X-Files brain teaser; National Geographic returns to Iran.
Editor's Note
Editor in Chief Chris Johns writes about the need for conservation on Bioko Island.
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Features
Target Earth
Target Earth
Asteroids and comets in nearby space pose a constant threat to our planet.
Bioko Island
Rare primates are being slaughtered to feed a growing bush-meat trade.
Between Volcanoes
Fire and water collide in Daisetsuzan, Japan's largest national park.
Interactives
Moscow Quiz
Moscow Quiz
How many billionaires live in Moscow? Find out in our eight-question quiz.
Map of the Day
Travel across time using our daily maps of historical news events.
Try the Atlas Explorer
See interactive world maps from National Geographic's Maps division.
Photography
NGM Photo Contest
NGM Photo Contest
Enter the 2008 International Photography Contest. Plus: Tips and previous winners.
Our Shot
See a new image from National Geographic photographers every weekday.
Visions of Earth
View the world's wonders through the eyes of National Geographic photographers.
Video
Threatened African Treasure
Threatened African Treasure
Join four photographers as they try to catalog Bioko Island's biodiversity in a photographic blitz.
Who Murdered the Virunga Gorillas?
Photographer Brent Stirton and writer Mark Jenkins unravel the mystery at the root of the Virunga gorilla massacre.
Kingman Reef Sharks
Marine ecologist Enric Sala and photographer Brian Skerry find sharks—lots of them—around a pristine reef.
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My Shot
My Shot
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Highlights
Map of the Day
Map of the Day
Journey through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones.
Visions of Earth
Visions of Earth
Wallpaper
Wallpaper
Archives
Archives
Voting Machine
Voting Machine
Slide Puzzles
Slide Puzzles
Climate Change
Climate Change