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• Photograph by @paulnicklen for @natgeo and @sea_legacy. Orcas chase a huge ball of herring in the everlasting #sunset of #Norway. One of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. I know that I promised bears all week but I thought it would be fun to throw in another image of the most amazing animals I have had the pleasure of engaging with underwater. Normally, these orcas kept their distance and ignored me but please follow me on @paulnicklen to see some very close encounters. With @cristinamittermeier #gratitude #nature #wildlife @natgeo @seacam #Blackfish #keepitwild by natgeo http://ift.tt/1ITyPNr

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• photo by @randyolson | words by @neilshea13 — The El Molo, who live closest to the water, say the east wind, Parkan, is the worst. In its season, which is nearly every season, this wind bangs down day and night across Lake Turkana, bludgeoning the water and scattering the fish and sometimes drowning the fishers. But men are brave, men are foolish, and above all men are hungry, so even against this wind they contend, pushing out in sailboats or aboard rafts made of palm logs which drive clumsy as sleds through the waves. Soon, though, Parkan and its sister-winds—Karit, Kayeur and Yukan—may be tamed, or at least made useful. East of this barren spit, a wind farm is being built in the bush. It’s an ambitious project, and one day it may be Africa’s largest, with more than 300 massive white turbines generating millions of dollars worth of electricity. The government, in the south, has marked off land for its construction. Workers will be bussed in, from the south, to build it. And massive cables must be laid to deliver Parkan’s energy southward, where it can be sold. One morning I sat in a small house in a small, powerless village talking with El Molo elders about the project. Will it bring us jobs? asked one. “Probably not,” I said. Will it bring us electricity? asked a second. “No,” I said. Will it stop Parkan? asked a third, and everyone laughed. Let them do what they want with the wind, he continued. But we should be paid, because it is ours. “Can you own wind?” I asked. The old man frowned. Why not? he said. The government owns everything else. All we have left is the sky. These Instagram pieces are part of our ongoing project, #NGwatershedstories, and they’re linked to our feature article on Kenya’s Lake Turkana in the August issue of @natgeo magazine. For the last six years, we’ve been documenting culture, change, and conflict in the ecosystem that connects southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, and we hope you’ll join us @randyolson and @neilshea13 as we follow water down the desert. #2014 #africa #kenya #laketurkana #jadesea #loiyangalani #elmolo #wind #windpower #cleanenergy #economicjustice #documentary #everydayafrica #everydayeverywhere @thephotosociety by natgeo http://ift.tt/1ITFpn2

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• Photo by @stefanounterthiner | A lonely guanaco in Torres del Paine NP, Chile. During early autumn, guanacos gathering ahead of the annual moving down to lower elevations where food will be more easily accessible during the winter months. @natgeo #Chile #wildlife #autumn #food by natgeo http://ift.tt/1PtaP6b

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• Photo by @chien_chi_chang / @magnumphotos Aug 15, 2015. Chinese fishing boats anchor at a Qingdao fishing village port. The three-month-long fishing off season of the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea started on June 1 and will end in two weeks. #Qingdao #fishing #Chineseflag #fishingboat #ontheroad #jetlag by natgeo http://ift.tt/1Ms29wT

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• Photo by @stephenwilkes: Calm water and blue skies today on #BlockIsland #RhodeIsland #redcanoe #relax #beach #serenity #summer by natgeo http://ift.tt/1DXL0K9

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• “Bricks are the primary unit of construction across Pakistan. They are cheaper than concrete so almost everything is made with brick– especially in rural areas. There are 20,000 brick kilns across the country. We estimate that an average of 40 families work on each of these kilns and that each family is required to make 1000 bricks per day. That means 4.5 million people are living in slavery conditions. And so many of these workers are young children. Often they work all day and are denied education. They work in isolated areas, shielded from the eyes of society and hidden from the protection of the constitution. The laws don’t reach the kilns, so the workers live in constant fear of violence and retribution. The kiln owners are so rich and powerful. Their profits represent nearly 3% of Pakistan’s GDP. They put their friends and relatives in the legislature. They bribe and intimidate the police. It is very dangerous to speak out against them. I’ve been attacked and threatened so many times that I no longer fear death.” (2 of 7) (Lahore, Pakistan) ————- This is the second post in a series on Syeda Ghulam Fatima. Known to her admirers as Pakistan’s Harriet Tubman, Fatima has worked tirelessly to eradicate bonded labor—one of the last remaining forms of modern slavery. She has been electrocuted, shot, and repeatedly beaten for her activism. Despite her outsized impact, she operates on a very small budget. So we are raising money for the organization that Fatima leads: the Bonded Labour Liberation Front. US Dollars can be leveraged for so much impact in Pakistan. Your donation will go very far. So please, let’s help empower Fatima in her fight to end slavery: Link in bio by humansofny http://ift.tt/1Nz37WJ

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• When she takes pictures, Jayelle Hudson (@jayellehudson) is focused on her control over an image, but in her abstract drawings she lets go. “I closed my eyes and decided to scribble,” explains the 31-year-old artist, photographer and entrepreneur. “I love the endless possibilities.” Having grown up in Washington state, Jayelle moved to São Paulo, Brazil, seven years ago. “I felt very much like an alien,” she recalls of her first months settling in and adapting to Brazilian language and culture. “Saudade,” the Brazilian word for missing something, is what Jayelle feels for her home in the Pacific Northwest. “It’s apparent in a lot of my collage work through choice of color, earth-toned moldy old paper and deep dark blues. In my photography, I find myself looking for moments that make me feel home, like foggy forests and cloudy beach days.” Photo by @jayellehudson by instagram http://ift.tt/1gNBzCu

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• When she takes pictures, Jayelle Hudson (@jayellehudson) is focused on her control over an image, but in her abstract drawings she lets go. “I closed my eyes and decided to scribble,” explains the 31-year-old artist, photographer and entrepreneur. “I love the endless possibilities.” Having grown up in Washington state, Jayelle moved to São Paulo, Brazil, seven years ago. “I felt very much like an alien,” she recalls of her first months settling in and adapting to Brazilian language and culture. “Saudade,” the Brazilian word for missing something, is what Jayelle feels for her home in the Pacific Northwest. “It’s apparent in a lot of my collage work through choice of color, earth-toned moldy old paper and deep dark blues. In my photography, I find myself looking for moments that make me feel home, like foggy forests and cloudy beach days.” Photo by @jayellehudson by instagram http://ift.tt/1gNBzCu

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• Photo by @joelsartore | Dr. Norman Gary, an entomologist and bee keeper, poses for a portrait wearing a beard of honey bees. Follow @joelsartore for more incredible pictures. #bees #photooftheday #natgeo #onassignment #beautiful by natgeo http://ift.tt/1ULGAKz

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• Photo by @jimrichardsonng Scottish Moments: Evening calm and clear skies fall over Loch Eilt in the Highlands. @natgeo @natgeocreative @natgeotravel by natgeo http://ift.tt/1gLSwgn

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• Photograph by @thomaspeschak Cape Gannet pairs will often play with discarded feathers to strengthen their pair bond.The feather is passed from one bird to the other and sometimes even acrobatically tossed into the air. Unpublished photograph from the Dec 2014 @natgeo magazine story Cross Currents. #southafrica @thephotosociety @natgeocreative To see more unpublished images from this story check out and follow @natgeo photographer @thomaspeschak by natgeo http://ift.tt/1IV54tq

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• Photo by @stephenwilkes: I’m headed out fishing this Saturday morning–enjoying every last drop of the final weeks of summer. #iphoneonly #fishing #sailboat #waves #ocean #BlockIsland #RI #beautifulday by natgeo http://ift.tt/1JYtgiQ

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• Photograph by @thomaspeschak At Aldabra atoll green sea turtles often rest for hours on the sandy seabed between coral outcrops. Only when the urge to breathe takes hold do they elegantly swim to the surface, sand cascading from their shells. From a forthcoming @natgeo magazine story on island restoration and conservation in the Seychelles. #sif #ics @saveourseasfoundation @thephotosociety @natgeocreative For more images of sea turtles and other incredible marine life follow @natgeo photographer @thomaspeschak by natgeo http://ift.tt/1DSOKN6

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• Photo by @BrianSkerry A tiny seahorse swims just below the surface of the water within a mangrove in #Belize. Mangroves are critical habitat for many sea creatures and a natural nursery for juvenile animals. This seahorse has the ability to mimic the surrounding habit on its body in an effort to camouflage itself. Photographed #onassignment for @natgeo. @thephotosociety #seahorse #underwater #nikonnofilter #nikonambassador #nature #mangroves by natgeo http://ift.tt/1EuiJ93

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