National Geographic Magazine - UK

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FROM THE EDITOR

UNEARTHLY EXPOSURES • LOOKING AT THE EARTH FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE

THE BACKSTORY • HE EXPERIMENTED WITH A NEW LIGHT SOURCE AND FOUND THE HIDDEN LUMINESCENCE IN CLASSIC U.S. LANDSCAPES.

‘We Can Tell These Truths’ • NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES OF THE 1619 PROJECT DISCUSSES SLAVERY AS ‘THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE COUNTRY IS BUILT.’

COUNTDOWN TO A KILONOVA • ASTRONOMERS PEER INTO A STAR SYSTEM’S FUTURE—AND SEE IT ENDING WITH A BANG.

A LOBSTERING LEGACY

UNLOCKING THE VATICAN • EACH DAY, THE KEY KEEPER PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE HEALING BEAUTY FOUND IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST ART COLLECTIONS.

WHAT’S NEW AND NOTEWORTHY AROUND THE WORLD • This month’s picks range from King Charles III’s coronation stone to Romania’s favorite flower.

THEY’RE ALL OVER HER AT THE BALL. THEN SHE’S ON HER OWN.

Once on These Islands • CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK TELLS A 13,000-YEAR-OLD STORY.

WILD WEST • A JOURNEY INTO NEW MEXICO’S GILA WILDERNESS REVEALS THE ENDURING LEGACY OF PRESERVING OUR NATURAL LANDS—AND RAISES COMPLEX QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR A PLACE TO BE, TRULY, WILD.

WHAT LIES BENEATH • WHEN COULD THE NEXT VOLCANO ERUPT OFF ITALY’S COAST? SCIENTISTS ARE DIVING FOR CLUES.

BUBBLING FROM BELOW

FOREST TO TABLE • MEAT FROM WILD ANIMALS PROVIDES PROTEIN FOR MILLIONS BUT THREATENS WILDLIFE AND CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR HUMAN HEALTH. ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO BUSHMEAT?

TASTE OF THE WILD

METAL FROM THE HEAVENS • Before people learned how to smelt iron, early cultures used iron from meteorites to craft ornaments and weapons.

LIVING IN HARMONY • WOMEN’S QUEST FOR RIGHTS SHAPED THIS BRAZILIAN VILLAGE.

HAO JIANG • FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS