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For wildlife photography pros shooting Nikon, the company’s 70-200 mm, F2.8 lens has long been an essential part of the kit. In my work as a Canadian Geographic editor, I’ve often admired the crispness and saturation that our photographers are able to produce with this lens, and its range of focal lengths is just about perfect for shooting wildlife at relatively close range.
The catch: a whopping $2,399 price tag.
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Learn about mapmaking from cartographer Chris Brackley by watching the videos below.
At Canadian Geographic, maps play an integral role in our stories. At times, maps situate readers who may be unfamiliar with a region mentioned in an article. Other times, the maps themselves tell the story.
We asked cartographer Chris Brackley to break down the process of making a map.
How do you go about making a map?
How do the foreground and the background work together in a map?
What are the challenges in creating a map?
This is part of a series of short video interviews ...
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The first time I heard a cell phone ring in the backcountry, I can’t deny that I was more than a little annoyed by the disruption. It seemed at the time that staying plugged in while you were outdoors defeated the purpose of being there at all. But that was a decade ago, and things have changed since then. Smartphones have become ubiquitous, and apps that serve as guides for everything from emergency first aid to national park trails make the phones an indispensible addition to every hikers toolkit, even if cell phone reception where you’re headed is spotty or worse.
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This image of the aurora borealis over Ontario and Quebec is one of the stunning night views acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. Click the image to see more. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory
NASA Earth Observatory has released dazzling images of the earth at night.
The latest images are composites assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite, which has orbited the Earth about 14 times a day since it lifted off in October 2011.
NASA Earth Observatory acquired the images using the "day-night band" of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, which detects light in a range of wavelengths. "Smart" light sensors allow scientists ...
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Big Blue, a 17-foot wood-canvas prospector made by Headwaters Canoes in Wakefield, Que. After some repairs, it's ready for the dance.
My two old canoes are works of art, embodying the feeling of all canoemen for rivers and lakes and the wild country they were meant to traverse. They were made in the old tradition when there was time and the love of the work itself ... When l look at modern canoes, of metal or fiberglass stamped out like so many identical coins, l cherish mine even more … Sixteen feet in length, it has graceful lines with a tumble home or curve from the gunwales inward … No other canoe I’ve ever used paddles as ...
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