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From the bromeliads, ferns, and orchids that cover a kapok tree 160 feet above the forest floor to the jaguars that prowl below, Ecuador's Yasuní National Park is home to countless plant and animal species. All of them now face threats from oil development.
Photograph by Matthieu Paley, National Geographic[/COLOR] This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Kyrgyz herders adore their cell phones, which they acquire by trading and keep charged with solar-powered car batteries. Though useless for communication—cellular service doesn't reach the isolated plateau—the gadgets are used to play music and take photos.
[h=2]Emperor Penguin, Antarctica [/h] Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Preparing to launch from the sea to the sea ice, an emperor penguin reaches maximum speed.
[h=2]Roman Theater, Libya [/h] Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Libyans enjoy a visit to Sabratah's ancient Roman theater, one of Africa's largest.
[h=2]Rhino Viper, Cameroon [/h] Photograph by Mattias Klum, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features The element of surprise gives this rhino viper in Cameroon an edge over prey. Quick-kill venom finishes the job. Vipers provide valuable toxins, including those used in drugs for hypertension and heart disease and to control bleeding during surgery.
[h=2]Beach, Gaza [/h] Photograph by Paolo Pellegrin This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Gazans swim in the Mediterranean Sea at sunset. An Israeli naval blockade to stop smuggling of arms and other goods into the Gaza Strip—the heart of Palestinian resistance—also restricts Gazans to within three nautical miles of shore. But the sea is one place where they have an open horizon.
[h=2]Noisy Night Monkeys, Ecuador [/h] Photograph by Tim Laman, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features The noisy night monkey (Aotus vociferans) is one of ten confirmed monkey species that live in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, one of the world's wildest places.
[h=2]Methane Bubbles, Alaska [/h] Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features The first clear ice of fall on an Alaskan lake captures methane that all summer long has bubbled from the bottom mud. In spring it will be released into the air. As permafrost melts, new lakes are forming all around the Arctic.
[h=2]Vaux-le-Vicomte Gardens, France [/h] Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A fete like this, in the sumptuous gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte, marked the beginning of the end for owner Nicolas Fouquet in 1661. Louis XIV came, saw, and coveted; he confiscated the property and imprisoned Fouquet.
[h=2]Bonobos, Democratic Republic of the Congo [/h] Photograph by Christian Ziegler, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Tranquil and protective, Zoe cuddles Zizu after nursing him. Male bonobos, unlike chimps, do not form same-sex coalitions to achieve power; from infancy to adulthood, a boy’s best friend is his mother.
[h=2]Lake Baikal, Siberia [/h] Photograph by Carolyn Drake, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features The peaks of Burkhan Rock rise like twin spires from Siberia’s Lake Baikal, the world’s largest body of fresh water. People across Asia believe that spirits associated with Baikal live in this rocky outcropping on Olkhon Island, destination of a steady stream of pilgrims.
[h=2]King Bird of Paradise, New Guinea [/h] Photograph by Tim Laman, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Constantly trailed by his own flying saucers, a king bird of paradise clings to a vine in the New Guinea rain forest. His vivid colors and bizarre tail feathers evolved from millennia of competition for female favor.
[h=2]Methane Ignition, Alaska [/h] Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Methane is bubbling from lakes all over the warming Arctic. Here ecologist Katey Walter Anthony (at right) ignites a large bubble that was trapped by the fall freeze—then freed by an ice pick.
[h=2]MikroKopter Drone [/h] Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features With eight arms spanning less than a yard, a German MikroKopter provides a stable camera platform for under $5,000.
[h=2]Manatees, Florida [/h] Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Propeller scars mark this manatee—graphic evidence of a too-close encounter with a boat. About one in four of Florida's 360 manatee deaths in 2012 resulted from collisions. Slow-speed zones help, but some boaters resent the restrictions.
[h=2]Cherry Blossoms, Japan [/h] Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features In Japan the nighttime viewing of cherry blossoms in spring, like these at Kyoto’s Hirano Shrine, is a special event. "The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom," wrote Saigyo, a 12th-century poet.
[h=2]Kyrgyz Yurt, Afghanistan [/h] Photograph by Mattieu Paley, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Blanket-draped yaks hunker down outside a young Kyrgyz couple's yurt on the eve of a summer trading journey. Made of interlaced poles covered with felt, these portable homes are packed up and reassembled for seasonal migration. Wooden doors are imported to the treeless plateau from lower altitudes.
[h=2]Emperor Penguin Colony, Antarctica [/h] Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Life is safer at the colony, where predators are few and company is close.
[h=2]Kyrgyz Girls, Afghanistan [/h] Photograph by Matthieu Paley, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features After a hailstorm, nomadic Kyrgyz girls venture outside their mud hut beside the Aksu River in a remote part of Afghanistan. The nomads sometimes stop here for a few weeks between migratory seasons if grass for their herds is too scarce at the summer or winter camps.
[h=2]Ghadames, Libya [/h] Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Tight clusters of traditional mud-brick-and-palm houses have stood for centuries in Ghadames, a pre-Roman oasis town in the Sahara. Rooftop walkways allowed women to move freely, concealed from men’s view.
