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Used for aerial surveillance, the U-2 spy plane can reach cruising altitudes of over 70,000 feethttps://on.natgeo.com/2IYke93 

This man was inspired to create new art while on the road to Big Sur—have your travels ever motivated your creative side?https://on.natgeo.com/2pJQOU8 

Together, African buffalo form a strong bond that intimidates even the largest of predatorshttps://on.natgeo.com/2Gg719R 

Catch a glimpse into the life of orcas, the largest of the dolphin family and one of the top predators in the worldhttps://on.natgeo.com/2pL1oJS 

The majority of the world's population lives near some form of water—and we're hardwired to seek it outhttps://on.natgeo.com/2GbQBTS 

Sometime in the next week, the station will reach an altitude of about 43 miles and make a fiery reentry into Earth's atmospherehttps://on.natgeo.com/DcMqx4 

Much of the Amazon has been inaccessible to archaeologists, but now, with satellite imagery, they're finding traces of entire villages hidden beneath the dense rainforesthttps://on.natgeo.com/2pHYiag 

Sometimes you get lucky and stumble upon an experience that truly rocks your world, writes Your Shot photographer Will Strathmannhttps://on.natgeo.com/2I964R4 

Most of what we’ve seen from the mass movement of refugees and migrants in the Middle East is chaos, but one photographer turned to quieter moments: sleephttps://on.natgeo.com/2GBXLjE 

"They are exceptionally rare to see fully grown in the wild; however, we think more are born that don’t reach adulthood."https://on.natgeo.com/2pIncXn 

At the height of the Cold War, mistrust of the Soviet Union led the U.S. to make an extraordinary map showing places where Russian visitors could not legally gohttps://on.natgeo.com/2GfZisr 

Size isn't necessarily advantageous in the animal kingdomhttps://on.natgeo.com/2DWqXww