Photography

Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park. Frans Lanting/National Geographic hide caption

Interactive images provide a street view of Joplin, Mo., before and after the tornado. Google/Aaron Fuhrman hide caption

Liftoff at 15 Seconds, 1982 Jack Perlmutter/Courtesy of Smithsonian hide caption

Willie Mays in midair, 1954 Loomis Dean/LIFE hide caption

Photos from Brazil by Sebastian Liste Sebastian Liste hide caption

Harold Camping inside the Family Radio compound in Oakland, Calif. Brandon Tauszik hide caption

David Michael Kennedy with Heather Howard and Henry Crow Dog in front of their 1959 Airstream trailer. Courtesy of David Michael Kennedy hide caption

A levee protects a home surrounded by floodwater from the Yazoo River near Vicksburg, Miss., May 18, 2011. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

If you're lucky, owners will lock their pets up behind a gate, but many times it will just be a flimsy rope that nearly reaches where you need to deposit the mail. Ryan Bradford hide caption

Cindy Sherman, Untitled, color coupler print, executed in 1981 Cindy Sherman/Courtesy of Christie's hide caption

A girl stands in the middle of a poppy field as Marines pass by on patrol. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Neena Sasaki, 5, carries some of the family belongings from her home that was destroyed after the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province, Japan, March 15, 2011. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption