Photo of the Day: Best of March 2011
Catacombs, Paris
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic
In a sandy chamber known as the "beach," a wave rolls across a wall painted (and repainted) by cataphiles in the style of Japanese printmaker Hokusai. Such works can take hundreds of hours—the painting but also the carrying in of supplies.
Kung Fu Master, China
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic
Buddhist monk and kung fu master Shi Dejian (above) and his disciples hauled bags of cement and roof tiles up steep mountain paths to build an isolated retreat (in background) away from the tourist crowds at the Shaolin Temple.
Kogershin Village, Kazakhstan
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, National Geographic
A woman milks a mare in the village of Kogershin in southern Kazakhstan. Recent archaeological studies have shown that the Botai people of the Eurasian steppes were the first to actively domesticate horses, 5,500 years ago.
National Geographic
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic
In a sandy chamber known as the "beach," a wave rolls across a wall painted (and repainted) by cataphiles in the style of Japanese printmaker Hokusai. Such works can take hundreds of hours—the painting but also the carrying in of supplies.
Kung Fu Master, China
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic
Buddhist monk and kung fu master Shi Dejian (above) and his disciples hauled bags of cement and roof tiles up steep mountain paths to build an isolated retreat (in background) away from the tourist crowds at the Shaolin Temple.
Kogershin Village, Kazakhstan
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, National Geographic
A woman milks a mare in the village of Kogershin in southern Kazakhstan. Recent archaeological studies have shown that the Botai people of the Eurasian steppes were the first to actively domesticate horses, 5,500 years ago.
National Geographic
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