Jul 7, 2024
An Adirondack guide canoe and a still morning wait for passengers on Connery Pond, a glacial pond nestled in the high peaks of Adirondacks, New York. Photo: Michael Melford
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An Adirondack guide canoe and a still morning wait for passengers on Connery Pond, a glacial pond nestled in the high peaks of Adirondacks, New York. Photo: Michael Melford
Spiral Aloe, Kangaroo Island, Australia
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Fibonacci Day, an occasion in which mathematicians and scientists pay tribute to one of the greats: Leonardo Bonacci, better known as Fibonacci. This medieval mathematician is famous for popularizing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which uses zero, decimal points and ten digits, replacing the heavy system of Roman numerals. But, his greatest recognition comes from his famous sequence of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... Adding the first two numbers, the third is obtained; adding the two previous numbers, the next one is obtained, and so on. Leaving aside the zero, the first four numbers of the sequence coincide with today's date: 11/23.
Sunset over St. Mary: Glacier National Park (pictured above at Saint Mary Lake, Montana) was the world’s first International Peace Park, extending from the U.S. into Canada where it becomes Waterton Lakes National Park. With more than a million acres in northern Montana, the park is nicknamed the “Crown of the Continent.”
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
haida gwaii (photo by michael melford)
The Tlikakila River, a braided glacial river, flows into Lake Clark by Michael Melford for National Geographic.
Bit by bit: A leaf turns from summer green to autumn red in Adirondack Park, New York. This image is from a gallery keyed to the fall equinox.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Multihued badlands in Zabriskie Point, California, were formed by water rushing over easily-eroded mudstone.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
View of Heart Lake and the Algonquin and Wright peaks in Adirondack Park, New York.
GORGEOUS PICTURES TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF FALL
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
Conifers cover the crevices of Catamount Mountain in Adirondack Park, New York.
A sedge-lined trail through a birch forest in Acadia National Park, Maine.
Maple leaves with autumn colors in Acadia National Park, Maine.