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Photography
Jon Rafman/GoogleMeet The Next Best Street Photographer: Google
Has Google joined the ranks of the best street photographers? Jon Rafman might argue so, and he has a collection of Google Street View photos to make the case.
David MaiselMystery Ghost Photos
By Claire O'Neill How do you think these ghostly photographs were made? This slideshow requires version 9 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player. Get the latest Flash Player. 'xrays' ...
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Stone Spire Forest In The Middle Of Nowhere()
November 17, 2009 There's a crazy landform in Madagascar called a tsingy, which, euphemistically translated from Malagasy, means "where one cannot walk barefoot." It's basically a treacherous forest of limestone spires that could impale anything, and cut straight thro...
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Beijing's Underground Music Scene()
November 16, 2009 By Claire O'Neill For Americans, the days of extreme cultural revolution have arguably subsided. The heyday of rock has come and gone, as have new wave and punk — even post-punk — and grunge. So it seems like we've gotten a lot of musical subversi...
One Man's 'Polar Obsession,' In Pictures()
November 13, 2009 A book out this month by photographer Paul Nicklen, Polar Obsession, documents the wildlife of the Arctic and Antarctic. Nicklen, who was raised in an Inuit community in Canada's Arctic and whose work has been published in hundreds of magazines around the world, including National Geographic, talks with Melissa Block about the roots of his preoccupation with frigid regions.
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A Photographer's Polar Obsession()
November 13, 2009 How many people can say with nonchalance, "I've had good friends of mine ... eaten by grizzly bears"? National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen can, for one. On our Picture Show blog, see photos of his encounter with an affectionate leopard seal who kept trying to feed him penguins.
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Our Martian Photographer Is Stuck In Sand()
November 12, 2009 By Claire O'Neill Spirit, our poor little Mars rover, has been stuck in sand for the past six months with a broken front wheel. But NASA has a rescue plan. Joe Palca has the story on All Things Considered today, so be sure to tune in. The fact tha...
