A novice shaman makes an offering of milk to the spirits at her initiation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This picture originally appeared in a December 2012 story called "Masters of Ecstasy," about the increasing number of shamans in northeast Asia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CAROLYN DRAKE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Destiny Buck, of the Wanapum tribe, rides her mare, Daisy, in the yearly Indian princess competition in Pendleton, Oregon. A March 2014 story documented the enduring relationship between Native Americans and horses.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIKA LARSEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Hungarians relax in the waters of the Széchenyi baths in Budapest. The city is home to more than a dozen thermal spas, and Széchenyi welcomes more than a million visitors each year.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMI VITALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An August 1962 story illustrated life on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Here, school children learn about a deep-sea thermometer while on a boat in Nantucket Sound.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DEAN CONGER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Debate over Scotland's wild lands was the subject of a May 2017 story called, "Whose Moors Are They?" Here, the man in charge of managing the deer population at Reraig Forest feeds stags to spur antler growth.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM RICHARDSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A boab tree stands solitary in the bush near Wyndham, Australia. The tree is a close relative of Madagascar's baobab, and scientists believe baobab fruit maybe have floated its way to Australia's northwest coast some 75 million years ago.
Men dive into a swimming hole at the top of Victoria Falls in Zambia. The 8-foot pool is only accessible when the river runs low. Just a few feet away, the falls plummet 355 feet.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the May 2009 issue documented the worldwide phenomenon of green roofs, demonstrated here by a roof in New York City. Green roofs absorb rainfall, reduce runoff, and lower summer temperatures on the roof.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Sami herder kneels and sings to his reindeer to prevent them from spooking. A story in the November 2011 issue came out of photographer Erika Larsen spending 3 years with Sami people.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIKA LARSEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In this picture from the December 1994 issue, people gaze out at the Manhattan skyline at sunrise while on the Staten Island ferry. The picture accompanied a story about the legacy of poet Walt Whitman.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIA STENZEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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