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Adventurers of the Year 2013 - Photo Gallery -- National... See the Adventurers of the Year in action in amazing photos of snowboarding, surfing, biking, hiking, mountaineering, kayaking, and more! Including... Meet the climber, BASE jumper, and other Adventurers of the Year: http://t.co/iEFULe8Z

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SEAL TEAM SIX: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden | National... SEAL TEAM SIX: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Get a behind-the-scenes look at @NatGeoChannel's film Seal Team Six and tune in Sunday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. ET/PT: http://t.co/MyTXFfjD

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... Our favorite Photo of the Day from last month: What's yours? http://t.co/V9Uqo71v

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... Choose the highest quality setting on your camera phone to lose less detail: http://t.co/8Pjkh5Z8

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Old Town of Lijiang, China -- Travel 365 -- National... Get your daily dose of outstanding travel photos. Today: Lanterns illuminate a quiet corner of the Old Town of Lijiang, China. Colorful lanterns illuminate a quiet corner of China: http://t.co/uUSH8YsL

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Light From First Stars Detected in Cosmic "Fog" Spied for the first time through a cosmic "fog," tell-tale rays may put us closer to illuminating the early universe's pitch-black period. Light from first stars detected in cosmic "fog:" http://t.co/EW9dWy5m

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Between Worlds - National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 Submit your entry to the National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. As a leader in capturing our... A fish stares from below the surface: http://t.co/cWqVWgwB

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Halloween Lobster Sports Orange and Black To celebrate the spooky season, the New England Aquarium revealed its latest acquisition: a half-orange, half-black âHalloweenâ lobster.... Why is Pinchy the lobster half-black, half-orange? http://t.co/pLtaX9uW

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Fishermen Look to Recovery After Hurricane Sandy Over the past few days, Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Mid-Atlantic Ocean, making landfall late Monday night in New Jersey.Â Thoughts and... Oceans, fisheries connected to hurricanes, disasters: http://t.co/XazRDn1h

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Sandy Far From Finished: Why Storm's Still Super, Headed for... Greater than the sum of its parts, the "Frankenstorm" lurches on. Find out why it's still super, and where it's headed next. What put the "super" in superstorm Sandy? http://t.co/roJnQDKx

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Tsunamis in the Alps? A killer wave slammed medieval Geneva, a new study says. And it could happen again. Tsunamis in the Alps? http://t.co/vWUcbxkq

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... Life through the eyes of a wolf: http://t.co/3BlO0aTG

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Balloon - National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 Submit your entry to the National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. As a leader in capturing our... A lone hot air balloon flies in the sky: http://t.co/UDpTpY96

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Daylight Saving Time 2012: Why and When Does It End? Why do we fall back Sunday? Should daylight savings be abolished? Get the facts—and a few controversial takes on changing time. Get the facts about daylight saving time: http://t.co/66J4EiIc

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Singing Sand Dunes Explained Marco Polo and others have wondered over the centuries—why makes sand dunes sing? A new study offers a clue. Singing sand dunes explained, ancient mystery solved: http://t.co/5Q5yHAUe

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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: What Happens to the Birds? This week's devastating superstorm didn't just wreak havoc on human communities—it also damaged habitat for coastal bird species. Did Sandy harm the coastal birds? http://t.co/DgJUczBG

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Snowman Trek, Bhutan -- Travel 365 -- National Geographic Get your daily dose of outstanding travel photos. Today: "The clouds moved away and I had my shot of man and mountain." Two men stand on top of a mountain near the Snowman Trek in Bhutan: http://t.co/VXdAMAYS

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Adventures in Working Out—Around the World While much of my travel involves adventure and plenty of activity, even the most adventurous of us find ourselves traveling for other reasons. Like... How do adventurers exercise when traveling around the globe? http://t.co/i6DMLHKH

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... A translucent "bug" devours prey from the inside out: http://t.co/RSJh4QJg

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Hurricane Sandy Pictures: Floods, Fire, Snow in the... Floods, fire, and snow socked large pockets of the U.S. East during the storm—including New York, which flooded above and below ground. Photos: Floods, fire, snow in Sandy's aftermath: http://t.co/oV6dgw9s

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... Fog clears to reveal a fairy-tale scene around a castle in Italy: http://t.co/9lNkqP1S

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Climber Alex Honnold on Fear, Fame, and What’s Next Last June, Alex Honnold made headlines, again, when he soloed three of the highest walls in Yosemite (Mt. Watkins, El Capitan, and Half Dome) in just... Is this famous climber ever afraid of falling? http://t.co/7gbv1pcJ

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After Sandy's New York Deluge, a Flood of Rats? In the wake of superstorm Sandy, thousands of the rodents have been driven from flooded subway tunnels. After Sandy, thousands of rats arrive in NYC: http://t.co/LXx1PkyN

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Weird Tales for Halloween: Dead People Give Life to Coral... We've heard of coral dying, but did anyone imagine that dead humans could contribute to keeping reefs alive? More than 400 sculptures of human bodies rest below the surface: http://t.co/z3BDPxwj

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How Superstorm Sandy's Floods Can Make You Sick As New York City grapples with Hurricane Katrina-like flooding, residents may be at risk of infections from stagnant water, experts say. Sandy's floods may pose health risks: http://t.co/u6CCHR29

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... Vampire bats are the only mammals that live solely on blood: http://t.co/lyPso5d4

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Fireworks Picture -- Cuba Photo -- National Geographic Photo... See a photo of a Parrandas festival reveler surrounded by fireworks in Cuba by Paolo Pellegrin, from National Geographic. Photo of the Day: Parrandas Festival, Cuba http://t.co/Stblvuyp #pod #photography

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Sandy Leaves Millions Without Power, Triggers Nuclear Plant... At least 6 million people across the mid-Atlantic region are without power Tuesday morning after Hurricane Sandy inundated homes and underground... Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without power, nuclear plants shut down: http://t.co/7icO588J

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Galapagos Expedition Journal: Swimming with Sea Lions This is the second post in my account of a ten-day exploration of the Galapagos, on board the National Geographic Endeavour. In the first post, I... Discover the iguanas, sea lions, and albatrosses of the Galapagos: http://t.co/Hd8BeYG4

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Super Storms - National Geographic Magazine Killer Hurricanes, Super Storms - Scientists are urgently trying to forecast the next killer hurricanes. How do scientists predict superstorms? http://t.co/EqHHGYKI

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Space Pictures This Week: Meteor Smoke, Mars Canyon, More The solar system's grandest canyon (sorry, Arizona), a smokin' hot meteor, and a baby crater are stars of this week's best space photos. See a young crater, the Orion nebula, and more in the week's best space images: http://t.co/h5EyE6cb

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Polar Bears on Thin Ice Skating on thin ice. That could be the story line for polar bears this past summer in the Norwegian Arctic. When I was up there in the waters... Watch polar bears trek across ice in the Arctic: http://t.co/PDcpbnPU

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Nature - Week 6 Gallery - National Geographic Photo Contest... Submit your entry to the National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. As a leader in capturing our... A dragonfly clings to the back of a praying mantis: http://t.co/raDrKl8P

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... The world's first view of Earth photographed near the moon in 1966: http://t.co/GaKbtO2T

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The Last Frontier: Antarctica’s Southern Ocean By Mera McGrew of Mission Blue Mention Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and images of remoteness, vast ice sheets, and large glaciers immediately... Find out what wondrous and "strange" creatures live in the South Pole: http://t.co/HerhcOqg

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... See the Roman aqueduct in Spain at twilight: http://t.co/G3krnlsn

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Roma Picture -- Romania Photo -- National Geographic Photo... See a photo of a woman cleaning the walk in front of a home in a Romanian village by Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky, from National Geographic. Photo of the Day: Buzescu, Romania http://t.co/sPGQFHgp #pod #photography

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Hurricane Sandy Pictures: Storm Turns Iconic Sites Ghostly Atlantic City casinos and New York city streets and subways are ghost towns as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast in "worst-case scenario,"... Photos: Hurricane Sandy turns iconic places ghostly http://t.co/cqJAErCH

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Oxpeckers - National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 Submit your entry to the National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. As a leader in capturing our... Yellow-billed Oxpeckers sit on the back of a giraffe: http://t.co/O6hLFsMW

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... Clouds ripple across the ocean in this image taken from space: http://t.co/J824zSUv

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Hurricane Sandy: Why Full Moon Makes "Frankenstorm" More... Several freak weather events make the "Frankenstorm" monstrous, and even the moon is adding to the gravity of the situation. Why the full moon makes Hurricane Sandy more monstrous: http://t.co/Tu5DNkZj

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... Pine trees cast long shadows at sunset: http://t.co/fgetitvO

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Rediscovering Ross Island: Getting Ready with Survival... Written by Dan Rasmussen Two days isolated in the frigid expanse of the Antarctic desert lit by 24-hour sunlight with only survival equipment—at... How to build a snow shelter: http://t.co/z2jFOYMz

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... When is the best time to shoot the moon? http://t.co/ORJa6aV4

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Galapagos Expedition Journal: Arrival on the Enchanted... Bewitched, enchanted, beguiling. Those are just some of the terms explorers across five centuries have used to describe the Galapagos, an unmatched... Sea lions, shore birds enchant explorers of the Galapagos: http://t.co/3uj4cLiU

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What Makes Us Human? Cooking, Study Says A surge in human brain size about 1.8 million years ago is linked to the innovation of cooking, a new study says. Cooking made us human? http://t.co/1SKg20kq

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Pictures: Best Micro-Photos of 2012 From baby spiderlings to a blood-brain barrier—see the best microphotos chosen in the annual Small World photo competition. See a bright brain, baby spiders, and more in the best micro-photos of 2012: http://t.co/v8PC4feZ

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Emperor Penguin Picture -- Underwater Wallpaper -- National... See a photo of emperor penguins swimming beneath the waters of Antarctica by Paul Nicklen and download free wallpaper from National Geographic. Photo of the Day: Emperor Penguins, Antarctica #pod #photography http://t.co/0JSsg9vG

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Panda Love #RTW How do you get a panda to sit still? With lots of honey. This is what I learned while visiting the Chengdu Panda Base during a morning layover on... What digital nomad @WheresAndrew learned from cuddling a panda in China: http://t.co/XEMuQQuV

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... Auroras, like gossamer in the sky, glimmer over Iceland: http://t.co/WwjUjNej

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