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National Geographic Magazine celebrates 125 years of publishing this month. On Sunday, Jan. 13, the magazine will host a Google + Hangout featuring Jane Goodall, James Cameron, Robert Ballad and explorers around the world. Meanwhile, here's a look back at 10 classic National Geographic photographs.
Uganda, 2011
An African lion climbs a tree to sleep. Queen Elizabeth Park.
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National Geographic 125 Years: North Atlantic Ocean, 1985
Rusted prow of the R.M.S. Titanic ocean liner, in the North Atlantic.
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National Geographic 125 Years: Washington State, 2009
Sunset falls on Gifford Pinchot National Forest, named for a prominent conservationist and Society board member.
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National Geographic 125 Years: 1964, Tanzania
A touching moment between primatologist and National Geographic grantee Jane Goodall and young chimpanzee Flint at Tanzania’s Gombe Stream Reserve.
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National Geographic, 125 Years: 1957, South Pole, Antarctica
National Geographic magazine’s Thomas Abercrombie, first correspondent to reach the South Pole, flies the Society’s flag from the Pole while reporting on the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58.
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National Geographic 125 Years: 1984, Guatemala
Archaeologist and National Geographic grantee Richard Adams examines pre-Columbian Maya wall murals in Tomb One at Rio Azul.
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National Geographic 125 Years: Peru
The “Ice Maiden,” the 500-year-old mummy of a young Inca girl found on a Peruvian mountaintop by archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Johan Reinhard.
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National Geographic 125 Years: 1963, Nepal
The first American team to summit Mount Everest in 1963 included National Geographic’s Barry Bishop.
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National Geographic 125 Years: Egypt, 1938
Three figures on camelback behold a classic scene. The decades before the advent of jet travel in the 1950s are remembered as a golden age of travel.
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National Geographic 125 Years: Costa Rica
Enric Sala, diving with a green turtle off Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Sala leads National Geographic's Pristine Seas project, which aims to find, survey and help protect the last healthy and undisturbed places in the ocean.
10 Classic Photos from 125 Years of National Geographic
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WONDERFUL photo of the lion....that tree seems to appear in all programs regarding the wild animals of Africa!
January 19 2013 at 1:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPic was labeled as "seemingly impossible." Cats climb trees you morons.
January 10 2013 at 11:09 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyYes, this is common sight indeed in the Queen Elizabeth where there Tree climbing lions. This breed of the big cats is unique.
January 10 2013 at 12:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLions can climb trees and they know how to get down though they are not the best climbers when it comes to big cats
January 10 2013 at 12:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhow does it even get up there? also do they have to call fire fighters to get it down
January 09 2013 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythey probably can go up but they can't get down. end up broken leg or hang upside down
January 09 2013 at 5:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat? Me worry.
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