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Sunrise, Earth

Expedition Leader Aldo Kane and Prof. Ken Sims, of the University of Wyoming, on an expedition to collect lava samples from Mount Nyiragongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lava from this volcano is a window into the center of the Earth, and surprisingly tells us about a global system that keeps life here safe from the Sun?s deadly radiation. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Lava erupting from a spout of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano.

Enshi, Hubei, CHINA - The magnificent limestone towers, known as karst formations, rise out of the mist in Enshi Grand Canyon National Park, China. The limestone that makes up these incredible pinnacles is made up of bits of shell, coral and other dead sea life? it?s the compacted skeletons of ancient ocean inhabitants. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Enshi, Hubei, CHINA - The magnificent limestone towers, known as karst formations, rise out of the mist in Enshi Grand Canyon National Park, China. The limestone that makes up these incredible pinnacles is made up of bits of shell, coral and other dead sea life? it?s the compacted skeletons of ancient ocean inhabitants. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Matthieu Fournier et le guide Willy Brand en tournage au Diablerets

Lava eruption

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Chris Hadfield wearing a space helmet.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia - Strangler fig trees and creeping lichens overrun the famed and ancient ruins at Angkor Wat.

Kamchatka, Eastern Russia - A bear cub learns to fish by catching the weak and dying Salmon in the lakes margins. To hibernate through the winter, the bears must gain enough weight by eating Salmon in the summer months to survive.

Kautokeino, NORWAY - The frozen expanse of Kautokeino in Norway, where beneath the thick frozen blanket of snow, something surprising grows and helps sustain life. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Kautokeino, NORWAY - The frozen expanse of Kautokeino in Norway, where beneath the thick frozen blanket of snow, something surprising grows and helps sustain life. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Spiti Valley, Northern India - Nawang Jinpa, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, sits in the remote Komic Monastery, over 15,000ft above sea level. Nawang Jinpa will work with seven other monks, over several days, to build a complex emblematic painting from sand. This sand mandala, as it is called, will then be destroyed as a unique symbol of the impermanence of life.

Die Soyuz-Kapsel von NASA-Astronautin Peggy Whitson liegt in der leeren Kazakh Steppe, 12 Stunden von Karaganda entfernt

A wolf stares down the camera at Farm Studios - animals feature throughout the series to represent the biodiversity of life on Earth. (photo credit: National Geographic)

Lava rivers flow down the Mount Nyirangongo volcano.

Kautokeino, NORWAY - Reindeer herder, Isak Mathas, dressed in traditional Sami dress, with one of his herd.

Golden Orb-Weaver

Die Sharma Kinder, von Kopf bis Fuß mit Farbpulver bedeckt, feiern das Holi Fest in den Straßen von Vrindavan, Indien

Glacier, iceberg, ice, Arctic

Glacier, iceberg, ice, Arctic