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Orbit: The Astronauts’ View of Home
With handheld cameras and a childlike sense of awe, astronauts capture three decades of change on the face of the planet.
Sir Joseph Banks { The Greening of the Empire: Sir Joseph Banks}
The 18th- century English scholar and gentleman left a scientific legacy botanists still salute.
Gibraltar { Britain’s Precarious Stronghold, Gibraltar}
Britain’s hold on this Mediterranean remnant of empire is as solid as the Rock itself – – or is it?
Realm of the Seamount
A submerged volcanic peak off British Columbia plays host to a diverse marine community.
Colorado’s Front Range
Those wide- open spaces that lure newcomers to the east flank of the Rockies are shrinking fast.
Portia Spiders { Portia Spider: Mistress of Deception}
Invading another spider’s web, this fierce predator mimics the vibrations of a trapped insect to fool its prey.
Running the Shuiluo River { Shuiluo River; Rapid Descent: First Run Down the Shuiluo River}
A plunging Chinese waterway rewards rafters with a taste for bare- bones adventure.

Fig Trees { Borneo’s Strangler Fig Trees}
These tropical giants often kill their hosts, but their fruit sustains myriad island animals.
Australia’s Dog Fence { Traveling Australia’s Dog Fence; Traveling the Australian Dog Fence}
Stretching across the outback, the 3, 300- mile barrier protects sheep from dingoes – – but poses ecological dilemmas.
Special Places: The Yellowstone { Yellowstone River; The Yellowstone, The Last Best River}
Tumbling out of Yellowstone National Park, one of the West’s last undammed rivers carves a fantastic landscape on its way to meet the Missouri.
Moscow: The New Revolution
Free enterprise is changing the complexion of Russia’s cosmopolitan capital.
Oil on Ice: Economic Boon, Environmental Disruption- -Alaska Weighs the Problem
After 20 years, Alaska’s North Slope gusher is slowing down, and the industry has its eye on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Hubble Telescope { Hubble’s Eye on the Universe; Time Exposures: The Hubble Telescope Views the Universe From Space}
Astronomy’s unmatched eye records the fringes of the universe from earth’s orbit.

The Millennium Series/ Exploration { Revolutions in Mapping}
Computers and satellites allow today’s mapmakers to chart the heavens, guide a missile, or help a farmer increase crop yield – – with data that can be updated instantly.
Australia By Bike, Part Two: Over the Top
To reach Perth from Darwin, head southwest into the burning wind and pedal, mate – – for 3, 000 miles.
Remember the [ Maine] ? { New Interpretation Throws Open the Question of Cause }
Soon after the U. S. S. Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor in 1898, questions arose: accident or mine? Despite new information the mystery of the blast remains.
Brides of the Sahara
Festive trappings pattern the day of a Tuareg marriage ceremony in Niger.
The Millennium Series/ Exploration { Jacques- Yves Cousteau; Master of the Deep: Jacques- Yves Cousteau, 1910- 1997}
Co- inventor of the Aqua- Lung, the captain of the Calypso pioneered a new era of underwater exploration and awareness of the threat of pollution to the world’s oceans.
The Millennium Series/ Exploration { Why Explore? }
Pathfinders discuss what it means to be an explorer of earth, sea, and space at the dawn of the 21st century.
The Millennium Series/ Exploration { Queen Maud Land; On the Edge of Antarctica: Queen Maud Land}
On the edge of Antarctica a six- man team climbs mountains never before scaled.