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Watch: Bizarre, Beautiful Ocean Creatures View in web browser.   Sunday Stills Issue 43 Sunday, July 12, 2015 PROOF Photo Unrealism: Seeing Birds in a New Wild Photograph by Cheryl Medow Behind Cheryl Medow's sublime images—which immediately evoke the paintings of Martin J. Heade—is the ambitious reality of capturing birds in the wild. See pictures NEWS An Unusually Warm Seal Hunt Season Photograph by Katie Orlinsky North of the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska, subsistence hunting has been a tradition for generations. But with rising temperatures, the longtime patterns of many animals are changing. Inupiat families from Barrow hunted walrus (above) when melted sea ice ended the seal hunt abnormally early. Read the story PROOF Best Buds Photographs by Greg Krehel The relationship between humans and plants is a perfect example of mutualism: We breathe the oxygen that plants give off while they use our expelled carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. But photographer and cactus-lover Greg Krehel reminds us that they give us moments of surprise and beauty too. Read the story YOUR SHOT Bringing Poverty Into Focus Photograph by Marian Z. As part of a meeting of international financial institutions in April 2013, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim wrote the number "2030" on a piece of paper, held it up, and said, "This is it. This is the global target to end poverty." With our latest Your Shot hashtag challenge, we've partnered with the World Bank Group to encourage photographers to consider—and picture—poverty. See the editors' favorites MAGAZINE The First Mission to the Last (Dwarf) Planet Photograph by NASA After more than a decade of flight, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will finally pass Pluto on Tuesday. The journey is epic in the truest sense of the word, monumental in both purpose (it's been described as "the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets") and distance (the spacecraft has traveled over three billion miles; compare that to the approximately 225,623-mile puddle jump to the moon). But what excites us most is simply the possibility of seeing Pluto—the celestial underdog, the oddball that defies definition, the small world that has lived in obscurity for so long. Read the story NEWS A Century in Cycling Photograph by Presse Sports In 1903, somewhere between 60 and 80 athletes set off from the Netherlands and—fueled by cigarettes and alcohol—rode the first Tour de France. As this year's race moves into its ninth stage, we look back at the significance of bicycles over the decades and around the world. Read the story Discover Your Member Benefits Thank you for supporting our nonprofit work and sharing our belief in the power of science, exploration, and storytelling to change the world. Join now at members.nationalgeographic.com to unlock your FREE member benefits, including exclusive discounts and content. Already a member? Sign in now. Show Your Support: SHOP DONATE SUBSCRIBE TRAVEL BECOME A MEMBER You are receiving this email because andrewsdurai@gmail.com is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please unsubscribe.   Contact Us | NGS Customer Service | Privacy Policy   To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how.   National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2015 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.