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Researchers at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, Washington, go whole-hot, attaching an inhalation device to a live, though anesthetized, “minipig”- a perfectly formed swine bred down to approximate human wight and body surface/ This test, one of many hundreds involving pint-size porkers, helps determine safe levels of radioactive plutonium 239 in industrial and laboratory conditions. National Geographic, September 1978

Researchers at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, Washington, go whole-hot, attaching an inhalation device to a live, though anesthetized, “minipig”- a perfectly formed swine bred down to approximate human wight and body surface/ This test, one of many hundreds involving pint-size porkers, helps determine safe levels of radioactive plutonium 239 in industrial and laboratory conditions. National Geographic, September 1978
Swinging in the rain, Japan’s “now” generation invades Dotombori, a street in downtown Osaka lined with restaurants and places of amusement. the five-petaled cherry blossom emblem of Expo ‘70 competes for attention with a gaudy welter of neon signs flashing traditional characters, National Geographic, March 1970

Swinging in the rain, Japan’s “now” generation invades Dotombori, a street in downtown Osaka lined with restaurants and places of amusement. the five-petaled cherry blossom emblem of Expo ‘70 competes for attention with a gaudy welter of neon signs flashing traditional characters, National Geographic, March 1970

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Stairstep to heaven, Tateyama’s Oyama summit bears a shrine, where the prayers of Shinto priest Norimaro Saeki are spoken, National Geographic, August 1984

Stairstep to heaven, Tateyama’s Oyama summit bears a shrine, where the prayers of Shinto priest Norimaro Saeki are spoken, National Geographic, August 1984
A candlelit crowd gathers in the plaza in front of City Hall on the last night of San Fermiín and sings a mournful song: “Poor me, poor me! How sad am I. Now San Fermín has ended. Woe is me.” National Geographic, November 1995

A candlelit crowd gathers in the plaza in front of City Hall on the last night of San Fermiín and sings a mournful song: “Poor me, poor me! How sad am I. Now San Fermín has ended. Woe is me.” National Geographic, November 1995
In the wondrous Realm of Mount McKinley, Pete and a party of our friends seek the future. We don’t like to think of Alaska as a “last frontier” but as a “new frontier.” It’s a place where we find the adventure of discovery- the discovery of who we really are and what the unexplained earth can give. National Geographic, January 1973

In the wondrous Realm of Mount McKinley, Pete and a party of our friends seek the future. We don’t like to think of Alaska as a “last frontier” but as a “new frontier.” It’s a place where we find the adventure of discovery- the discovery of who we really are and what the unexplained earth can give. National Geographic, January 1973
“”Berry fever” is the summer-fall seizure that sends me out picking the wonderful variety of wild fruits”, National Geographic, January 1973

“”Berry fever” is the summer-fall seizure that sends me out picking the wonderful variety of wild fruits”, National Geographic, January 1973
Even the meandering river [Indus River] has deserted the once mighty citadel with its acres of ruins, National Geographic, December 1978

Even the meandering river [Indus River] has deserted the once mighty citadel with its acres of ruins, National Geographic, December 1978
Fog, the magician, erases half of Lions Gate Bridge. The pervasive mist shrouds the city 62 days a year; rain pays court more than twice as often, leaving an annual 60 inches. National Geographic, October 1978

Fog, the magician, erases half of Lions Gate Bridge. The pervasive mist shrouds the city 62 days a year; rain pays court more than twice as often, leaving an annual 60 inches. National Geographic, October 1978
National Geographic, September 1978

National Geographic, September 1978
A startling sight in the late spring is the mounds of blossoms piled as refuse. While some are given to farmers for barnyard ground cover, most are left to decay or hauled away, National Geographic, May 1978

A startling sight in the late spring is the mounds of blossoms piled as refuse. While some are given to farmers for barnyard ground cover, most are left to decay or hauled away, National Geographic, May 1978