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 The Winner
 This was the Editor's choice for January's issue.
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 Art by Kees Veenenbos
Tally as of December 14, 2003: 4,796
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 Photograph by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Tally as of December 14, 2003: 7,768
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 Photograph by Peter Essick
Tally as of December 14, 2003: 2,046
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In Januarys issue...
Mars Revisited (cover choice, left)
The so-called red planet is agesmake that ice agesremoved from the inert wasteland scientists once thought. Now landers are closing in to probe the big question: Could there be liquid water, and with it signs of life?
By Oliver Morton
The Himba People (cover choice, center)
Romanticized by tourists, Namibia's Himba struggle to maintain control of their life and lands.
By Karen E. Lange Photographs by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Patagonia: the Wild Wild South (cover choice, right)
Once the sole domain of sheep farmers, the wind-whipped tip of South America is drawing
a new generation of pioneers and adventure seekers.
By Simon Worrall Photographs by Peter Essick
Star Search
Relic thieves, a 3,600-year-old disk of the heavens, and an intrepid archaeologist add up to a real-life thriller.
By Harald Meller Photographs by Kenneth Garrett
Himalayan Sanctuary
With the help of the Dalai Lama, a Western photographer is welcomed by the isolated monks and nuns of Hanle Valley in a remote corner of India's Ladakh.
By Karen E. Lange Photographs by Mattias Klum
Breaking the Ice
Scientists eager to explore the Arctic's Canada Basin find getting there is one challenge. Getting data is another.
By Jennifer Steinberg Holland Photographs by Paul Nicklen
ZipUSA: 59631
Folks come from all over to sit in a Montana mine and inhale radioactive gas. Is it good for what ails them?
By Kira Salak Photographs by Landon Nordeman


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