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National Geographic November 1974

Guatemala, Maya and Modern

Volcanic blasts shaped these placid peaks above the calm waters of Lake Atitlan, where Indians gather tul reeds which they will eave into mats. Bordered by villages, some accessible only by boat, the 16-mile-long lake often turns into a maelstrom in late afternoon, when a giant wind called el chocomil pours off the mountains, imperiling anyone foolish enough to venture out.

National Geographic August 1972

Sequoias of the Sea

Teeming world of giant kelp surrounds a diver in sun-spangled waters off Baja California. Earth's fastest-growing plants, the algae extend towering fronds as much as two feet a day, reaching lengths of 200 feet. Ravaged by sea urchins, many California beds a decade ago faced extinction but today flourish again, thanks in large measure to the author's work.

National Geographic August 1972

Stone Age Cavemen of Mindanao

Oblivious to such concerns, young bachelor Balayem lounges in his own private cave, one of the niches that pock the rocky height where the Tasadays have their ancestral home. His major worry: lack of a mate. Only five of the Tasadays are women, and all have husbands. Perhaps, he suggests, Elizalde can bring him a wife....

National Geographic August 1972

Stone Age Cavemen of Mindanao

Twilight dwellers, the Tasadays inhabit a dappled realm pillared by 200-foots tress. Young Lubu scampers through the forest, climbing vines and slender trunks with the ease of a monkey. His domain, which outsiders once thought all but impenetrable, now draws the covetous eyes of Philippine lumbermen. Already three logging roads converge on the area.

National Geographic March 1964 

Footprints on the Moon

Teetering at the end of a "Peter Pan Rig," Astronaut Frank Borman practices entry and egress in the small hatch of an early LEM mock-up at the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Bethpage, New York. Counterbalanced back harness simulates gravity on the moon, where a 180-pound man would weigh only 30 pounds.