National Geographic Photos

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From "Emperor Penguins," National Geographic, November 2012
Preparing to launch from the sea to the sea ice, an emperor penguin reaches maximum speed.

From "Cheetahs," National Geographic, November 2012
Rescued as a cub from the hands of a poacher, five-year-old Koshki grew up in a reserve in northeast Iran. He’s one of only two Asiatic cheetahs living in captivity. A thick tuft of fur on his shoulders, needed for bitter winters on the high steppes of central Iran, sets him apart from African cheetahs.

From "Top Shots," National Geographic, November 2012
Pinski, 28, and her husband drove several hundred miles to Albuquerque just to get a better view of an annular solar eclipse. “We’re avid adventurists, so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity,” she says. A supertelephoto lens helped secure a larger-than-life image.

 

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From "New Cuba," National Geographic, November 2012
The century-old stone wall of the Malecón, Havana’s famous oceanside esplanade, shields the city—imperfectly—from the battering of roiling seas. On calmer nights people come out to stroll on the street.

From "Top Shots," National Geographic, November 2012
Watching captive wolves on a ranch in Kalispell, Montana, Aristeiguieta witnessed a young male (left) challenge the alpha male. “Despite tense and dangerous moments, the handlers were able to separate them,” reports the photographer, 51, who’s also a physician.

From "Emperor Penguins," National Geographic, November 2012
At a colony on the frozen Ross Sea, emperor parents and chicks bask in the brief summer sun. The distance to open water varies with the season; in midwinter birds may have to cross many miles of ice to feed.

From "Doggerland," National Geographic, December 2012
Murdered, then buried together in a grave festooned with antlers, two women from a Mesolithic cemetery on Téviec Island in Brittany, France, pay witness to a violent age. The shrinking of territories due to sea-level rise may have brought neighboring populations into conflict.

From "Giant Sequoias," National Geographic, December 2012
Resolute and anchored in their remote habitat, the giant sequoias withstand the weight of winter snow and many other stresses. They have seen times and trends and peoples come and go; we are merely the latest.