Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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The endangered grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) may not be seen in captivity much longer. There are now too few in captivity to keep their population sustained and too few in the wild to bring more in. With limited space and funding, zoos must make hard choices every year in deciding which species to breed and which to let go, or 'phase out'.

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The endangered grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) may not be seen in captivity much longer. There are now too few in captivity to keep their population sustained and too few in the wild to bring more in. With limited space and funding, zoos must make hard choices every year in deciding which species to breed and which to let go, or ‘phase out’.

Photo: Police, seen through the windshield of a truck, stop visitors speeding in Chile's Atacama desert.

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Police, seen through the windshield of a truck, stop visitors speeding in Chile’s Atacama desert.

Photo: An aerial of an watercraft cutting through the surface oil near the deep water horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.

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An aerial of an watercraft cutting through the surface oil near the deep water horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: An aerial of watercraft cutting through the surface oil near the deep water horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.

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An aerial of watercraft cutting through the surface oil near the deep water horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: Burning surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site creates huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Burning surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site creates huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: Burning surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site creates huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Burning surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site creates huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: Boats burning off surface oil not near the Deepwater Horizon spill site creating huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Boats burning off surface oil not near the Deepwater Horizon spill site creating huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: A boat pulls booms over the water in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, cleaning up oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill.

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A boat pulls booms over the water in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, cleaning up oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill.

Photo: Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed ashore on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana in Barataria Bay.

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Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed ashore on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana in Barataria Bay.

Photo: Boats burn off surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site, creating huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Boats burn off surface oil not far from the Deepwater Horizon spill site, creating huge black columns of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: Oil booms ring Cat island to protect it from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Oil booms ring Cat island to protect it from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The island is an important bird rookery, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

Photo: Children wave from the docks of Leech Lake at Trader's Bay Lodge in Walker, Minnesota.

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Children wave from the docks of Leech Lake at Trader’s Bay Lodge in Walker, Minnesota.

Photo: A beach scene on the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A beach scene on the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A biodiversity coordinator for BBPP (Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program) takes photographs on a beach in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A biodiversity coordinator for BBPP (Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program) takes photographs on a beach in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: An expedition guide standing in a coastal cave along Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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An expedition guide standing in a coastal cave along Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members prepare a fire in order to prepare meals along the coast of Bioko Island, Equitorial Guinea.

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Expedition members prepare a fire in order to prepare meals along the coast of Bioko Island, Equitorial Guinea.

Photo: At the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas, a group of Shriners drive mini combines.

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At the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas, a group of Shriners drive mini combines.

Photo: At the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas, a group of Shriners drive mini combines.

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At the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas, a group of Shriners drive mini combines.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) at the Fresno Cahffee Zoo, Fresno, California.

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A federally endangered California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California.
This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Photo: Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

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Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

Photo: Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

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Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

Photo: Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

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Sanderlings search for food in the tide line at Venice Beach, CA.

Photo: Two children in cowboy hats wave to each other on a farm near Princeton, Nebraska.

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Two children in cowboy hats wave to each other on a farm near Princeton, Nebraska.

Photo: The king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet) wave to the crowd.

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The king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet) wave to the crowd.

Photo: Tuffany Cutrone, crown princess in the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), waves to the crowd.

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Tuffany Cutrone, crown princess in the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), waves to the crowd.

Photo: A former king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), toss candy to the crowd.

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A former king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), toss candy to the crowd.

Photo: One of many brightly-decorated boats at the Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet near Biloxi, Mississippi.

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One of many brightly-decorated boats at the Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet near Biloxi, Mississippi.

Photo: A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window.

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A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window. (Elkhorn, NE)

Photo: A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window.

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A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window. (Elkhorn, NE)

Photo: A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window.

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A man and a woman, as seen through their kitchen window. (Elkhorn, NE)

Photo: Miss Heartland is driven in a parade in the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas.

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Miss Heartland is driven in a parade in the Harper County Fair in Harper, Kansas.

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