Friday, January 18, 2008

National Geographic Presents: U2 3D

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• Happy New Year from Nat Geo Music
• U2 3D
• NG Live! Presents Son de la Frontera
• Recommended Listening
 
Happy New Year from Nat Geo Music
The Nat Geo Music team wishes you the best for 2008. We're looking forward to bringing you the best and freshest music from around the world in the upcoming year (like Barcelona, Spain's own Pinker Tones, pictured). Check out the Nat Geo Music site for updates throughout 2008.

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National Geographic Entertainment Presents: U2 3D
U2 3D is a unique cinematic experience that puts viewers within the pulsing energy of a stadium concert given by the world's most popular band. Marrying innovative digital 3D imagery and 5.1 Surround Sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert - shot in South America during the final leg of their "Vertigo" tour - it creates an immersive theatrical experience unlike any 3D or concert film that has come before. U2 3D takes viewers on an extraordinary journey they will never forget. Opening January 23rd in select cities.

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NG Live! Presents Son de la Frontera
Jackson Browne and Raul & Ulises of Ozomatli introduce the California premiere of Spain's flamenco rebels Son de la Frontera. Presented by Rum & Humble with NG Live! Thursday, February 28th, at The Echoplex in Los Angeles. Tickets available in advance: $25.00 (general admission) and $35.00 (seated), plus applicable service charges.

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News & Photos: Egypt "Greens" Deserts, Edmund Hillary in Pictures, More

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National Geographic's Places to Explore Newsletter
January 2008
From dusty deserts to the "top of the world," we're ringing in the New Year with the most stunning news and photos from around the world.
In This Edition
• Egypt "Greens" Its Deserts
• Edmund Hillary in Pictures
• #1 Wallpaper: Arctic Forest
• Critters "Eat Away" Japanese Isle
Photo of the Day
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Quiz: True or false? Egypt is Africa's most populous country. (See answer below.)
Photos: Egypt "Greens" Its Deserts
The country has embarked on an ambitious plan to reclaim vast swaths of desert to solve its growing food and population crises.

Bringing the Desert to Life
Village Runs on "Fossil Water"

Sir Edmund Hillary: A Life in Pictures
Though best known for being the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest, the late beekeeper was a hardy adventurer who also journeyed to the South Pole and searched for yetis in the Himalaya.
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LifeDreams
Are you striving to fulfill a life goal? Tell us about your LifeDream, and your story may be chosen as our next LifeDreams feature.
News by National Geographic: Daily Stories and Photos
Aztec Pyramid, Elite Graves Unearthed in Mexico City
A newly discovered structure believed to be an 800-year-old pyramid could solve "one of the underexplored mysteries of the Aztec."
Crustacean "Swarm" Destroying Hiroshima Island
Millions of tiny creatures are boring into the uninhabited island of Hoboro—and may eat away the entire landmass within a century.
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Interactive Map: Killer Volcanoes
See pictures and profiles of the Decade Volcanoes—16 rumbling mountains from around the world chosen for their explosive histories and proximity to human populations.
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This wind-whipped region at the tip of South America is shared by Argentina and Chile. So where is it?

Patagonia
Pampas
Altiplano

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Gustave the Killer Croc Returns in Burundi
The legendary crocodile with a taste for human flesh is back to his old tricks in East Africa after years of lying low.
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Photos: Divine Faces of India
See intricate portraits of gods and goddesses, painted in painstaking detail by Buddhist monks in hand-hewn caves.
 
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Quiz Answer: False. Egypt is Africa's second most populous country, after Nigeria.
 
 

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