Photo of the Month: November 2007

David Griffin, Director of Photography Fireman There is one thing that photographers almost universally need to make photographs: light. But for National Geographic magazine staff photographer Mark Theissen, he is drawn not just to light, but to fire. "As a photographer you are drawn to light, and I like photographs that have a light source within them" Mark explains. In the October issue of ≠ National Geographic, for a story marking 50 years of space exploration, Mark made a frame of spacecraft reentry tiles being tested using concentrated solar rays. Mark was permitted to get close to where the focused beams hit the tiles simulating the intense heat encountered when braking through the Earth's atmosphere. Read More >

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Badwater Basin At 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level, Badwater Basin is North America's lowest point. When it floods, the shallow pools evaporate quickly, leaving polygons of mud encrusted with shimmering salts.   Photograph by Michael Melford Death Valley, November 2007   Download Wallpaper.   Forward to a Friend

EDITOR'S NOTES   Read the latest commentary by Editor in Chief Chris Johns about his own struggle with his father's memory loss, and then share your thoughts about the current issue. HIGHLIGHTS Current Leader > View the image that is the current favorite, and let us know what you think of the images.     Our Shot > View an image selected daily by National Geographic photo editors.     Death Valley > In America's hottest and lowest place dust can turn day into twilight, and rocks move unseen across the desert. PHOTO GALLERIES       Two Worlds of Tonga >   Marine Miniature >   Hubble Vision >   Conserving Hunters > INTERACTIVES       Mapping Memory in 3-D >   Hubble's Greatest Hits >   Memory Game >   Tour Death Valley >

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