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I found this gem in the National Geographic archives Astronaut John Glenn shaving before his historic orbital flight in 1962 (NASA photo). Today NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are scheduled to launch onboard a SpaceX rocket—the first time from U.S. soil since 2011. Check out a brief history of human space flight to see more gems. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/brief-history-of-human-spaceflight-1961-to-present-feature/

Jackie Malloy lifted my spirit about the power of photojournalism. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/05/inside-a-home-birth-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/

A jaw dropper every time I see this dinosaur in my backyard—a Pileated Woodpecker.

Portrait. Subject unknown. 2020.

Blues singer Carly Harvey soothes the soul late into the night at The Loft, Washington, DC.

Yoda (but maybe Chewbacca) reincarnated as a dog. Washington, DC. Dogs rule.

Perfect beach weather. Kitty Hawk, NC.

View from hotel of Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Here for #photovillela for exhibition and talk with @maggiesteber about story on Katie’s New Face.

Four dogs on their morning coffee run. One is inside getting their order.

Sixteen years in the making, “Susan Potter Will Live Forever” is Natgeo’s longest lead-time piece in history. I proposed the story in 2002 and Lynn Johnson @ljohnphoto began photography in 2003. Check out her and writer Cathy Newman’s superb coverage at NatGeo.com/Visible-human

Planet 9, Washington, DC.

Man vs Nature #2