A farmer embraces his dog on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands, located 30 miles off the west coast of Ireland. The islands are home to about 1,200 people.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WINFIELD PARKS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An aerial view shows the lushness of the Flint Hills in Kansas, one of the last places in North America where tallgrass prairie survives—the rest of it turned into farmland.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM RICHARDSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Costa Rican variable harlequin frog perches on a plant in this photo from the July 1973 issue. Today, the tiny frog is listed as critically endangered due to environmental changes caused by climate change.
A trio of emperor penguins is surrounded by chicks on the frozen Ross Sea, Antarctica. In a colony of thousands, emperor penguins use unique vocalizations to find and identify their partners and chicks.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Lipizzan colts roam free in an alpine meadow over Piber, Austria. The horse breed dates back to the 16th century, and to this day are used in classical dressage performances in Vienna's Spanish Riding School.
PHOTOGRAPH BY VOLKMAR K. WENTZEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Atlantic walruses migrate from Russia to Svalbard, Norway, where they will spend the summer. Svalbard, an archipelago that lies between Norway and the North Pole, has seen dramatic temperature increases and ice melt in the past 50 years due to global warming.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Ballet students practice under the eye of a Russian instructor in Cairo, Egypt. This photo appeared in a May 1972 story about Cairo's citizens trying to maintain a normal life in the midst of an economic downturn and ongoing threats of conflict with other Middle Eastern countries.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WINFIELD PARKS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Farmers harvest tobacco plants on a terraced hill in Puerto Rico. This picture originally appeared in the April 1983 issue, examining the lives of Puerto Ricans as they considered possible futures as a U.S. state, commonwealth, or independent nation.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHANIE MAZE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a woman walks her dog past some classic cars. The small town—nicknamed "God's Square Mile"—welcomes thousands of tourists every summer.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMY TOENSING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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