"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC"
Features:
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Glass: Capturing the dance of Light. Some 4,500 years ago craftsmen in Mesopotamia fired sand, soda and lime to create glass. Today this solid that acts like a liquid turns up in everything from fine art to fiber optics 34 pages
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Himalayan caravans: As they have for centuries, trading peoples of northwestern Nepal cross the high Himalayan in great caravans to barter for salt. Now tourism and development threaten their annual treks 34 pages
The superior way of life: Ocean-like Lake Superior can whip up 30-foot waves, daring those who ply its waters. Such rigors create a raw beauty – and instill an abiding sense of community 26 pages
St. Petersburg, capital of Tsars. Monument to the worldly aspirations of its namesake ruler and his imperial successors, St. Petersburg has survived the communist years to rival Moscow as Russia’s cultural center 26 pages
Passion vine butterflies: They float serenely amid predatory birds, harvest flowers on a set schedule, and may outlive all other butterflies. Their secret: a taste for cyanide-laced plants 16 pages
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Vol.184 n°6 Dec.1993 Glass: Capturing the dance of Light/ Lake Superior/ Himalayan caravans/ St. Petersburg/ Passion vines butterflies
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