Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

Photo: A teenage girl appears to lie dead in an empty swimming pool as a man looks on.

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A teenage girl appears to lie dead in an empty swimming pool as a man looks on.

Photo: A teenage girl appears to lie dead in an empty swimming pool as a man looks on.

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A teenage girl appears to lie dead in an empty swimming pool as a man looks on.

Photo: A young woman looks at a ball python in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young woman looks at a ball python in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Scene from the wild horse races at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Scene from the wild horse races at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A bus overloads a fragile bridge on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil.

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A bus overloads a fragile bridge on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil.

Photo: Scene from the wild horse races at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Scene from the wild horse races at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

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Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Photo: Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

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Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Photo: Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

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Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Photo: Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

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Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Photo: Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

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Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Photo: A man holds up a bird caught in a wire fence at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

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A man holds up a bird caught in a wire fence at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo: A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A man saws off a tree trunk under a cloudy sky in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A sign marking natural gas production area near Farmington, New Mexico.

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A sign marking natural gas production area near Farmington, New Mexico.

Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

Photo: An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens.

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An inland taipan (Oxyranus microlepidotus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is the most venomous in the world.

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