Then share your thoughts in our forum . In a sacred and festive celebration each winter, Tibetan Buddhists perform rituals to secure prosperity for the months ahead. We humans care passionately about how we look. David Doubilet has delved beneath the ocean's surface to astonish us with illuminating images of this dark realm. Already sodden at the end of the rainy season, Central America was ripe for disaster when Hurricane Mitch struck last fall.
Survivors recall the deadliest tempest in two centuries.
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