Plus: When a polar bear finds your camera; an intact royal tomb; bogus maps
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| PHOTOGRAPH BY AUDUN RIKARDSEN | | See what happened when this polar bear found our camera | "The motion sensor reacted to the bear’s movement, triggering the camera to start taking pictures. The bear circled the camera, gently sniffing and even licking it. Then the bear knocked the sensor onto the ice, grabbed the tripod, and tipped it and the camera into the hole. " | | | |
| IMAGE COURTESY OF THE OSHER MAP LIBRARY AND SMITH CENTER FOR CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE | | These islands don't really exist. So how did they end up on ancient maps? | The island of Frisland, shown on the map above, was the invention of a wealthy 16th-century Venetian who claimed his ancestor had discovered the New World before Columbus. It appeared on maps for more than a century—but it was hardly the only fake island conjured up by imaginative mapmakers. | | | |
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| PHOTOGRAPH BY JACOB A. RIIS, MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK/GETTY IMAGES | | The contentious history of the passport | With their microchips and holograms, biometric photos and barcodes, today’s passports can seem like stunning feats of modern technology, especially when considering their origins can be traced back to the biblical era. | | | |
| PHOTOGRAPH BY JORGE GUERRERO, AFP, GETTY IMAGES | | These human-size crystals formed in especially strange ways | Spain's Pulpí Geode, found in an abandoned silver mine in 1999, is one of the world's largest. Because of the impressive dimensions of this temple of transparent spires, scientists have long ached to know how it was forged. Now they think they know. | | | |
| GUILLAUME NÉRY | | | A freediving couple reveals the world underwater like never before. | How long can you hold your breath? One minute? Two? Five? For freedivers, this calculation is a matter of life and death. In this short film, One Breath Around the World, French freediving champions Guillaume Néry and Julie Gautier bring an artistic edge to the dangerous sport. | | | |
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