National Geographic UK - July 2019

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“The moon is the proving ground; Mars is the horizon goal.” JIM BRIDENSTINE NASA ADMINISTRATOR A NEW ERA OF SPACE TRAVEL IS ...

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JULY 2019 PROOF EMBARK EXPLORE CONTENTS FURTHER 8 17 ALSO What Makes Words Funny Dandelion in Flight Sleep’s Repairs 34 GETTING ...

FEATURES Desperate Niger The West African nation is at risk from the chaos that surrounds it. BY ROBERT DRAPER PHOTOGRAPHS BY PA ...

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What is the best way to challenge the creativity of some of the world’s most talented photographers - while at the same time pus ...

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JULY | FROM THE EDITOR BY SUSAN GOLDBERG PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE Preserving Earth’s Undersea Treasures PRISTINE SEAS In 2018 ...

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What remains in a glass of Scotch whisky after the liquid is gone? A potential collection of otherworldly landscapes. LOOKING AT ...

Scotch whisky can leave sediment behind in a glass. Using colored lights and pho- to-editing software, photographer Ernie Button ...

PROOF Residue from the barrels in which distillates were aged forms lavalike waves in a glass that held Glenlivet Scotch. Button ...

Button shot sediment from Balvenie, Macallan, Macallan, and Glenfiddich whiskies (clockwise from top left). Then, using Photosho ...

PROOF Particulate forms a blossom-like vortex in a glass that held Macallan, a single malt Scotch whisky pro- duced according to ...

Button photographs sediment patterns that appear naturally. His creativity comes out in the lighting, which can make remnants of ...

THE BACK STORY THE DREGS OF A FINISHED GLASS OF SCOTCH WHISKY CAN YIELD WILD CELESTIAL SCENES. WASHING DISHES—the most ordinary ...

IF YOU’RE PACKING for an interplanetary space mission—one that’s very long and might involve populating a faraway world—sending ...