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Luray Cavern’s cave pool has become a wishing well where visitors toss in coins, Virginia, June 1974. Photograph by David Boyer, National Geographic

Buckets of iron ore are transported to a major steelworks in Hunedoara, Romania, November 1975. Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic

Researchers prepare for a flight in the stratosphere balloon in South Dakota, 1935. Photograph by Richard Hewitt Stewart, National Geographic

The bronze lion at the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar Square, September 1915. Photograph by Emil P. Albrecht, National Geographic

People on steep slope overlook western headland of Martha’s Vineyard, August 1950.Photograph by Robert Sisson, National Geographic

A large group of actors relax and talk on the lawn at Monticello in Virginia, December 1928. Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic

Seen from backstage, ballet dancers take a bow in the glittering hall of the Vienna Opera House, April 1959. Photograph by Volkmar K. Wenztel, National Geographic

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IMAGES: Production stills from the Exclusive film, James Turrell: “Second Meeting”. © Art21, Inc. 2013.

James Turrell’s skyspaces for private homes capture sunlight to its full, revelatory effect. Take a tour in NYT’s most recent article Seeing the Light.

IMAGES: Production stills from the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 episode, Spirituality, 2001. © Art21, Inc. 2001.