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March 2004
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Reach across the e-waves and send a friend a virtual greeting featuring some of the most compelling images from National Geographic magazine. |
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A Thorny Situation
Considered extinct by scientists for decades, the thin-spined porcupine was rediscovered during the 1980s in Brazil's Atlantic forest. After centuries of urban growth, less than 7 percent of the original forest remains, providing refuge for hundreds of endemic animal species and thousands of endemic plants.
Photograph by Mark W. Moffett
From Hotspot: Brazil, National Geographic magazine, March 2004
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Meltdown
Moraine from Shakes Glacier finds its way to British Columbia's Stikine River Valley, home to moose, grizzly bears, and outdoorsmen.
Photograph by Sarah Leen
From Final Edit, National Geographic magazine, March 2004
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