National Geographic Magazine – The Photo Ark. The National Geographic Photo Ark is a multi-year effort to document every species living in our zoos and wildlife sanctuaries before it's too late.

The Photo Ark is a National Geographic project, led by photographer Joel Sartore, with the goal of photographing all species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries around the globe in order to inspire action to save wildlife.

Afghan Girl The photograph, entitled Afghan Girl, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.

Joel: Some of the more obvious ways the Photo Ark has impact is in raising money to save species from extinction, but in the bigger picture we raise public awareness to the extinction crisis. From projections on buildings like St.

If you're wondering whether old National Geographic magazines are worth anything, the answer is yes! The magazines are a collector's item and can be worth tens of thousands of dollars if you know what you're looking for.

1890: The first photograph of a natural scene - generally considered the first real photograph in the magazine - is a glimpse of Herald Island, taken from the deck of a ship and appearing in the July issue.

Getting face-to-face with a spitting cobra or an orangutan is all part of a day's work for Joel Sartore. Sartore uses photography to promote conservation of animals and their habitats. In 2006, he founded the Photo Ark project with National Geographic to document species in zoos and sanctuaries around the world.

1. a. : a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood. b. : something that affords protection and safety.

It wasn't until 1946 that humans first saw what the Earth looked like from space. These iconic images of our planet now include "Blue Marble," "Pale Blue Dot," and "Earthrise." The farthest is from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which captured Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

Blue Marble How did the “Blue Marble,” as it is now known, come to be? Host Vincent Brown learns just how extraordinary a technical feat it was for Apollo 17 astronauts to snap the photograph in 1972, and how early environmentalists hoped that an image of the whole Earth might spark a desire to protect our planet.

Extinction brings Ark back to Earth and aims to put a bow around the lore that players have uncovered in the base game and other DLCs. It all begins in Sanctuary, a futuristic city in ruins that lies at the centre of the map. Skyscrapers loom over multi-level highways and plazas full of ponds and bridges.

7 ways to prevent endangered animals from extinction

• Consider What We Eat And Waste Less.
• Make Cities More Wildlife Friendly.
• Stop The Cats.
• Spend More To Protect Forests And Habitats On Land And In Water.
• Keep Working To Conserve Endangered Species.
• Extinction Is Not Inevitable.
• Abolish Our Goal Of Perpetual Economic Growth.