olynesians, but Captain James Cook and his men speculated in 1774 that they were constructed to honor ancestors, a view still held by many today. (Text adapted from and photograph from the National Geographic book Voyages to 
aradise: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook, 1981)
olynesia, 1997
olynesias Society Islands. Surrounded by sugar-white beaches, an electric-blue lagoon, and some of the clearest water on the planet, Bora-Bora is home to hundreds of species of tropical fish. Not surprisingly, its one of the worlds top spots for divers.
olynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
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art of southern Utahs "red rock country," Grand Staircase-Escalante was named a national monument in 1996, adding a 1.9-million-acre (768,903-hectare) slice of parched, mineral-rich wilderness to U.S. protected lands.
olynesias Tuamotu archipelago. The creatures find safe haven here under the protection of one of UNESCOs Man and Biosphere reserves.
acific Ocean and the Andes Mountains is considered the driest place on Earth, and some areas here have not received a drop of rain in hundreds of years. The terrain is so arid and forbidding, scientists came here to test the prototype for a rover destined for Mars.
lace on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
rince of Travelers," December 1991, National Geographic magazine)
ortugal, 2001
ortugal, below. This vantage, called Miradouro da Nossa Senhora do Monte, is the highest of the seven peaks that nestle Lisbon. Built by seafarers where the Tagus River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon was once Europes wealthiest capital and the center of world exploration.
akistan, 1988
akistani Kashmir. The dance, performed to hypnotic music played by local musicians, begins slowly and builds to a dramatic, saber-waving crescendo.
acific. Soft coral polyps differ from hard coral polyps in that they have eight tentacles while hard corals have multiples of six. Soft corals dont leave behind a hard skeleton when they die, as reefmaking hard corals do.
hotograph by Emory Kristof
hotographers capture "star trails," the movement of stars across the night sky, by keeping the camera shutter open for hours instead of seconds.
hotograph by Robert Haas
aul A. Sutherland 
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