Sunday Stills: Email Recollections

READ: The Rise of the Avocado View in web browser. Sunday Stills ISSUE 27 Sunday, October 26, 2014 Proof Email Recollections PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT J. MUSI Photographer Vincent J. Musi spent more than eight years working on a photo story about the ACE Basin in his home state, South Carolina. In an effort to explain why it took so long for him to shoot a story that was so close to home, Musi retraces his steps, guided by emails from senior photo editor Elizabeth Krist. “What follows is a very one-sided account, edited for brevity and to make me look good,” he says. READ News ‘Lost’ Satellite Photos Reveal Surprising Views of Earth in the 1960s PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA'S EARTH OBSERVATORY Scientists have uncovered a cache of satellite images of Earth that had been forgotten in storage for nearly 50 years and that push back the first satellite images of our planet a full 17 years. The images, when compared with recent satellite photos, show how humankind has changed the planet, from deforestation to changes in sea ice. READ Photo Contest Mass Movement Photograph by Abdullah Alghajar Every year, judges for the annual National Geographic Photo Contest scour thousands of images looking for informative and moving moments, like this intimate portrait of disabled children in Syria. “When I look at pictures, I’m looking for a little piece of that photographer in the pictures that makes me connect to the reason that they’re showing this to me,” says Stephanie Sinclair, a National Geographic photographer and former judge. Adds photo editor Susan Welchman, “[A good photo] goes directly from my eyes to my stomach.” SEE ALL THE ENTRIES ADVENTURE Three Friends, Their Bikes, and a ‘Wonderful, Wicked Mountain’ In the winter of 2014, Joey Schusler, Thomas Woodson, and Sam Seward set out for the Peruvian Andes in search of high alpine single-track in vast landscapes, places where bikes are not commonplace. Their goal was to circumnavigate one of the most wonderful and wicked mountain ranges in the world—Cordillera Huayhuash—by bicycle. “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself,” the narrator of the film begins. “It is the only true guide you’ll ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will spend all of your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” WATCH NEWS Queen of the Underworld PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY GREEK MINISTRY OF CULTURE Greek archaeologists have discovered the image of a young, red-haired goddess being swept off to the underworld inside a 2,300-year-old tomb near the ancient site of Amphipolis in northern Greece. Identified as Persephone, daughter of Zeus, the goddess portrayed on a mosaic floor provides a key new clue to what in recent months has become a much publicized mystery: Who was laid to rest in the immense, marble-walled tomb 61 miles northeast of the Greek city of Thessaloniki? READ Show Your Support: SHOP DONATE SUBSCRIBE TRAVEL BECOME A MEMBER You are receiving this email because bpi.hgmp.jusgein@blogger.com is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please unsubscribe. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how. Contact Us | Privacy Policy | About Us | Customer Service National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2014 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved.