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The Winner

This was the Editor's choice
for January's issue.

Mars Cover
Art by
Kees Veenenbos


Tally as of December 14, 2003:
4,796
Himba Cover
Photograph by
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher


Tally as of December 14, 2003:
7,768
Patagonia Cover
Photograph by
Peter Essick


Tally as of December 14, 2003:
2,046

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In January’s issue...

Mars Revisited (cover choice, left)
The so-called red planet is ages—make that ice ages—removed 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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