Photos: China’s New Great Walls, Flourishing Corals, #1 Wallpaper, More

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May 2008 This month uncover forgotten treasures, explore dynamic cityscapes, and witness breathtaking portraits of Earth. In This Edition • Pictures: China's New Great Walls • #1 Wallpaper: Monarch Butterfly • Gallery: Exquisite Earth • Photos: "Nuked" Corals Flourish Photo of the Day See Photo Download Wallpaper
True or false? Colonies of porites coral can grow up to 26 feet (8 meters). (See answer at bottom.)
Pictures: China's New Great Walls With the Olympics looming, China is turning Beijing into perhaps the largest construction zone in history—and pushing architecture to its limits for a giant coming-out party. New Photo Gallery: Exquisite Earth Explore the planet through Photo of the Day images featuring spectacular sandstone formations, riveting mountain landscapes, and more. Most Wanted Wallpaper See Full Photo. Monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles for this month's best wallpaper. Black Hills Vacation Pan for real gold. Uncover a prehistoric beast. Stand by a cold war missile. Learn our stories. Live our history. Package starting at $265.00 per person. National Geographic News Photos: Corals Flourish at "Nuked" Atoll Half a century after the biggest bomb in U.S. history destroyed the Bikini Atoll, corals and other marine life are bouncing back, a new survey found. Photo Quiz Click Photo for Answer. This 900-mile (1,450-kilometer) arc of 76 sparsely populated atolls and two islands is one of the world's primary producers of cultured black pearls. Where is it? More to Explore National Geographic Traveler Magazine Gallery: New York City Follow Traveler magazine through New York City and catch lofty views of the Empire State Building and a peek at stoic Lady Liberty. National Geographic Adventure Magazine Forgotten Treasures of Utah's Range Creek Rancher and mountain lion trapper Waldo Wilcox kept the country's greatest open-air museum a secret for 50 years. Now his stash is open to the public, and pieces of history have started to disappear.	Best Offer Subscribe to National Geographic magazine online and get our best price.
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Quiz Answer: True. Huge colonies of porites coral grow up to 26 feet (8 meters) high and flourish in the Bravo Crater in the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll.
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