Tally as of November 18, 2006: 1,442 Photograph by Joel Sartore
Tally as of November 18, 2006: 27,612 Image by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Winner! This was the editor’s choice for the December cover.
Tally as of November 18, 2006: 42,153 Photograph by Kenneth Garrett
In December's Issue...
Voyage to Saturn (cover, center)
As the Cassini probe reveals the secrets of the ringed giant, it is finding clues to the very beginnings of the solar system. By Bill Douthitt Map Supplement: The Solar System
Early Earth Modern landscapes offer glimpses of the way our planet may have looked billions of years ago. By Tim Appenzeller Photographs by Frans Lanting
Military Medicine Frontline medicine is always brutal, but for some U.S. troops injured in Iraq, the real fight begins when they come home. By Neil Shea Photographs by James Nachtwey
Bulgaria Gold Rush (cover, right)
The race is on to uncover the golden splendors of Bulgaria’s Thracian past before sites are looted and developers move in. By A. R. Williams Photographs by Kenneth Garrett
Icy Underworld Fire meets ice on the South Sandwich Islands, a no-man's-land of volcanic steam, blue icebergs, and penguins by the millions. By Jennifer S. Holland Photographs by Maria Stenzel
Ghost Bird (cover, left)
An ivory-billed woodpecker hasn’t been seen for certain since 1944. Does a holdout survive today in Arkansas’s Big Woods? By Mel White Photographs by Joel Sartore
