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Photograph by Rahul Tailor
From "Top Shots," National Geographic, June 2013After a weekend visit to a flea market where people sold furniture and old clothes, Tailor passed by a pink mosque wall in his hometown. In front of it, two birds stood with their heads obstructed by an old roof that offered an element of privacy.
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Photograph by Mark Thiessen
From "Pressure Dive," National Geographic, June 2013Divers wrangle a 3-D camera while filming a test in the New Britain Trench off Papua New Guinea. The sub bristles with lights, cameras, and scientific equipment.
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," National Geographic, June 2013Photograph by Amy Toensing
From "First Australians," National Geographic, June 2013Aboriginals in touch with the land see desert oaks and imagine the drinking water in the trees’ cavities. They see a full moon above Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and find light for a nocturnal event.
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Photograph by Marcus Bleasdale
From "Viking Whalers," National Geographic, June 2013On Røst an abandoned sheep hut testifies to the changing times.
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Photograph by Santanu Paul
From "Top Shots," National Geographic, June 2013At the start of Diwali, a festival across India celebrating light, Paul went with three friends to a neighborhood fireworks show. As the sky lit up, he realized that his friends' spellbound reaction offered a unique angle.
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
From "Miracle in Mozambique," National Geographic, June 2013Clear-cuts and remnants of rain forest flank the Vanduzi waterfall, on the east side of Mount Gorongosa. The mountain was added to the national park in 2010, but thousands of people still live on it. “Many cut firewood to burn for heat and cooking,” says photographer Joel Sartore, “and many practice slash-and-burn agriculture.” Philanthropist Greg Carr is funding efforts to restore the park.
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
From "Miracle in Mozambique," National Geographic, June 2013Blue waxbills—awake or dozing off—are a common sight in Gorongosa’s dry, bushy grasslands. So far, nearly 400 bird species have been documented in the park.
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Photograph by Chandrabhal Singh
From "Top Shots," National Geographic, June 2013During a trip last year to photograph flamingos that spend the winter near India's Ujjani Dam, Singh watched as this brown-headed gull scanned the glassy water. He pressed the shutter, luckily, at the very moment the bird dipped to catch a fish.
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Photograph by Marcus Bleasdale
From "Viking Whalers," National Geographic, June 2013Rich in natural beauty, Skrova boasted the highest percentage of millionaires in all Norway as recently as 1980, thanks to its thriving fish factories and whaling station. All but one factory has since closed.
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Photograph by Amy Toensing
From "First Australians," National Geographic, June 2013The Anangu of central Australia call the iconic sandstone monolith Uluru. They believe it was created by their ancestral beings. Europeans dubbed it Ayers Rock in 1873, but the name was changed back to Uluru in 1985.
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Photograph by Mark Thiessen
From "Pressure Dive," National Geographic, June 2013DEEPSEA CHALLENGER is lifted on deck by a shipborne crane after a test dive to 26,972 feet. The orange bag adds buoyancy for the ascent; the gray ones shift the sub to a horizontal position for recovery.
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Photograph by Rudranil Ghosal
From "Top Shots," National Geographic, June 2013It was raining outside, so Ghosal wanted to find something to photograph in his home. Using three forks and a lotus bud that he cut in half, he created a design on a glass table that resembled an intricate flower growing sideways.
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