A story in the December 1953 issue celebrated 50 years of aviation. For this photo of a full TWA flight leaving Washington, D.C., for the West Coast, the original caption hailed the innovation of flying coach, which made the once luxurious form of travel more accessible to the masses.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN E. FLETCHER, DONALD MCBAIN AND GUY STARLING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Two juvenile Japanese macaques, or snow monkeys, play in the snow in Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Snow monkeys can live to be about 30 years old.
Eight children make up a one-room schoolhouse in Trapper Creek, Alaska, in this picture from the April 1969 issue. The kids' parents were homesteaders, people who participated in a federal program to claim land as their own by meeting a few requirements.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS J. ABERCROMBIE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Over 370 million years, wind and rain have shaped the sandstone domes of the Bungle Bungle Range in northwest Australia. The distinctive formations cover 175 square miles and were made a national park in 1987.
This picture from the July 1999 issue shows Iranian film director Bahram Beyzai, in green, shooting a movie seven years after national censors took issue with his previous project. The actress in traditional Baluchi garb is Mozhdeh Shamsai, who is also married to Beyzai. A close-up of her appeared on the cover of this issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDRA AVAKIAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Dressed in a white kimono, a Japanese bride sits by a window as her neighbors in Kyoto come to view her on her wedding day. This picture appeared in an April 1990 story about changing societal expectations for Japanese women.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KAREN KASMAUSKI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Residents of Amman, the capital of Jordan, enjoy a late winter storm in this picture from the February 1984 issue. Snow isn't uncommon in Amman, as parts of the city are at a higher elevation.
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