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Photo by @joelsartore: Elderly swimmers shower after a dip in Boston’s Dorchester Bay. #swimming #lifestyle #healthy #elder #boston

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Did you know that the Kermode bear is also known as the “spirit bear”? This rare subspecies of the American black bear lives in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. Their color is due to a double recessive gene unique in the subspecies. They are not albinos and not any more related to polar bears or the “blonde” brown bears of Alaska than other members of their species. Sometimes, a mother black bear can have a white cub. Photo by @paulnicklen. #funfact #animalfact #spiritbear #kermode #bears #wildlife

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What’s your favorite photo? Swipe to see the image that caught our attention this week. #whatweliked | #bear by @paulnicklen | #flower by @robertclarkphoto | #cowgirl by @max.lowe | #volcano by @ullalohmann |

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Do you know what year this image of traffic lights manufactured in Shreveport, Louisiana and sent around the U.S. and abroad was published in National Geographic magazine? Photo by J. Baylor Roberts. Check back to see the answer posted in the caption.
Answer: 1947

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Photo by @brianskerry: An Atlantic spotted dolphin plays with a scarf in the waters off Bimini in the Bahamas. #dolphin #bahamas #underwater #wildlifewednesday

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This image is one of contrast at its purest. Here, @thomaspeschak portrays one of the deadliest jellyfish species in the world as a vision of serenity. It is hard to imagine that anything so beautiful could cause enormous pain and even death. #photooftheweek #jellyfish #underwater #sealife #wildlife

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September is National Honey Month in the United States. Did you know that sealed honey doesn’t spoil even after thousands of years because most microorganisms do not grow in honey? Honey use and production have a long and varied history as an ancient activity, depicted in Valencia, Spain by a cave painting of humans foraging for honey at least 8,000 years ago. Photo by @paleyphoto. #nationalhoneymonth #honey #bees #honeycombs

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Photo by @ladzinski: Sunset strikes gnarled tree limbs in Chile’s Torres Del Paine mountains. #chile #mountains #sunset #nature #travel

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Humpback whales are powerful swimmers. They use their massive tail fin, called a fluke, to propel themselves through the water and sometimes completely out of it. Scientists aren’t sure if this breaching behavior serves some purpose, such as cleaning pests from the whale’s skin, or whether whales simply do it for fun. Photo by @paulnicklen. #norway #arctic #whale #wildlife #sealife #animalfact #funfact #humpbackwhale

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Hurry! Our Flash Sale ends at tonight at midnight. Visit the link in our profile to see all of the authentic travel destination images by our photographers that are on sale for $100. #travel #traveltheworld #globetrotting #explore

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Signed prints from our photographers are on sale now for a limited time. Visit the link in our profile to see the full collection of images that capture travel destinations around the world. Sale ends on Sept. 16th.
Photo by @salvarezphoto: Alvarez pays homage to the ancient spirits of Easter Island in his portrait of the Moai, the seven statues who represent the seven original explorers sent to scout the island before the arrival of Hotu Matu’a -the first king of the island. #travel #easterisland #moai #statues #traveltheworld

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What’s your favorite photo? Swipe to see the images that caught our attention this week. #whatweliked | #catfish by @daviddoubilet | #underwater by @ladzinski | #dragon by @russ_wildlife | #geladas by @tbfrost |

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Sale ends tomorrow! Click on the link in our profile to see all the signed prints of authentic travel locations that are featured in the Flash Sale for a limited time. Purchase signed prints of these images for $100 until Sept. 16th. #travel #traveltheworld #wildlife #bigcats #macaque #eiffeltower
Photo by @williamalbertallard: The Eiffel Tower
Photo by @stevewinterphoto: A mother and her cubs
Photo by @timlaman: A very relaxed macaque and his friend

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Nat Geo photographers are inspirational and encourage us to seek out authentic travel destinations. For a limited time, visit the link in profile to see the full collection of signed prints on sale for $100 until Sept. 16th.
Photo by @thomaspeschak: Motion and stillness combine as Thomas Peschak captures a free diver in the middle of a “fish tornado,” schooling bigeye trevallies near Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo. this image shows the hopeful tale of communities in Baja California strategically protecting the vast sea life, and in turn protecting their own way of life. #conservation #sealife #diving #adventure #baja #trevallies

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Do you know what year this photo of the three pyramids of Giza reflecting in a pool of water was published in National Geographic magazine? Photo by Jules Gervais Courtellemont. Check back to see the answer posted in the caption. #tbt #throwbackthursday #pyramids #giza #vintage
Answer: 1926

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Photo by @michaelnicknichols: Grand Prismatic Spring, one of the icons of Yellowstone National Park, sits within the caldera of a giant, ancient but still active volcano. It gets its dramatic colors from living microbes that thrive in the scalding water. #yellowstone #nps #grandprismaticspring #parks #travel #explore

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Click on the link in our profile to see all the signed prints of authentic travel locations that are featured in the Flash Sale for a limited time. Purchase signed prints of these images for $100 until Sept. 16th. #travel #traveltheworld #ganges #jiuzhaigou #surfer
Photo by @johnstanmeyer: Sacred water of the Ganges
Photo by @yamashitaphoto: Jiuzhaigou in Spring
Photo by @paulnicklen: Surfers under big waves

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Photo by @argonautphoto: A student rehearses with the Lagusheda Folk Ensemble in the town of Mestia. #georgia #dance #culture

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Watch photographers @argonautphoto, @amivitale, @johnstanmeyer, @paulnicklen, @cristinamittermeier and @coryrichards sign purchased prints after the last Nat Geo Creative Flash Sale.
The sale is back! Visit the link in our profile to browse the travel inspired signed prints by your favorite photographers on sale for $100. Hurry, sale ends Sept. 16th. #flashback #travel #traveltheworld

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Photo by @ladzinski: Keith Ladzinski melded his youthful pursuits of skateboarding and hiking in the mountains into a love of rock climbing, immersing him in the world of extreme sports and outdoor adventure. Here he captures a stand-up paddle boarder in the fiords of southeast Greenland. #sup #paddleboard #greenland #sports #adventure #travel

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Click on the link in our profile to see all the signed prints of authentic travel locations that are featured in the Flash Sale for a limited time. Purchase signed prints of these images for $100 until Sept. 16th. #travel #traveltheworld #moscow #auroraborealis #pyramids
Photo by @gerdludwig: Rooftopper over Moscow
Photo by @babaktafreshi: Aurora Borealis
Photo by Jim Stanfield: Ethereal view of the Pyramids

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Photo by @jodicobbphoto: National Geographic chose this emblematic shot to open its August 2009 article “Vanishing Venice” – an image that depicts the dream that is Venice through the gauze of a costumed visitor. #venice #italy #travel #culture #tourist

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This image taken in Olympic National Park by @drewtrush is a reminder of its serenity and of what happens after a stiff flexing of force. A massive landslide isolated Lake Crescent from Lake Sutherland approximately 7,000 years ago. In this landslide of yesterday, Rush found a landscape of today. #landslide #lake #landscape #nature

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Photo by @jimrichardsonng: Embrace what is given to you; if the day gives you llamas, use llamas. Take time to reflect on the ethos of the locale. What else does this legendary National Geographic photographer advise? Good pictures come from rich experience.
#llama #adventure #travel #explore #machupicchu

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Photo by @cookjenshel: When Jenshel and Cook took this image, it was a rainy day, which actually worked to the photographers’ advantage. The muted light brought out the bright colors of the leaves of this Ginkgo Tree in Tokyo. #tokyo #ginkgo #nature #traveldestination

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Photo by @dguttenfelder: Cuban culture
Photo by @argonautphoto: Prayer flags and stupa near Tabouche, Nepal
Photo by @daviddoubilet: A baby green sea turtle

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Photographer @beverlyjoubert captures a leopard in tall grasses at twilight in Peru. #leopard #peru #wildlife #twilight

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Photo by @brianskerry: This image is from his coverage for the May 2015 National Geographic magazine article “Thinking Like a Dolphin,” explores their decision-making and planning skills. Here we see how dusky dolphins work cooperatively to herd anchovies into balls, then take turns feeding. #dolphin #travel #underwater #sealife #conservation

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A giant panda spots photographer @amivitale as she eats bamboo in her enclosure in the overseas-born section at the Bifengxia Panda Base. #panda #bamboo #endangered #china

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Photo by @amytoensing: Holi, Festival of Love
Photo by Chris Johns: A big Kalahari lion
Photo by @daviddoubilet: A baby green sea turtle

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Photo by @anniegriffithsphotography: A man who grew up near Zambia’s Zambezi river returns to his favorite spot atop Victoria Falls, one of the world’s largest waterfalls, in Annie Griffith’s evocative image. Reaching this perch at sunset, Griffiths caught the moment of quiet contemplation at the edge of immense power. #victoriafalls #zambia #waterfall #travel #adventure

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Photo by @amivitale: Visiting Budapest’s Szechenyi Baths was a wonderfully authentic experience for photographer Ami Vitale. “Hungary is one of the most active geothermal regions in the world, with over 150 hot-water spas and the largest active medicinal lake in the world,” comments Vitale, “the baths are part of the health care system, where doctors prescribe water treatments that include massages, soaking, and swimming laps.” #travel #budapest #baths #culture

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Photo by @argonautphoto: A Sherpa pauses to speak to his family on his mobile in Nepal. #sherpa #nepal #adventure #mountain #climbing

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