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Young Queen Elizabeth and her prince waving to admirers
National Geographic | September 1953
Flooded and abandoned Russian Orthodox chapel in Russia
National Geographic | June 1994
A beluga whale stranded by an ebb tide breathes easy and rests unharmed until it is freed by rising seas
National Geographic | June 1994
Barefoot mother harvests corn below the white walls of Assisi, Greece
National Geographic | March 1940
Whale shark in Bimini, Bahamas
National Geographic | February 1958
California wind turbines at Altamont Pass
National Geographic | October 1990
Tower of Pisa, Italy
National Geographic | March 1940
Messina, Italy
National Geographic | March 1940
Bay Street in Nassau, Bahamas
National Geographic | February 1958
