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  • Dr. Bob Ballard looks at a screen in the Inner Space Center. For most of his life, National Geographic explorer Bob Ballard has hunted for the impossible: searching for missing ships thousands of years old lost somewhere on the vast ocean floor.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard looks down at the Inner Space Center.
  • The Deepsea Challenger sits on deck before James Cameron's historic dive to the Marianas Trench.
  • James Cameron stands near the Deepsea Challenger. Cameron is a National Geographic Explorer and he went on the first-ever solo mission to the least explored place on the planet.
  • Mika Henderson talks to geneticist Spencer Wells after he reveals the results of her DNA test.
  • Dr. Spencer Wells visits Tamecca Tillard in her home and explains the results of her DNA test while Pangolin Pictures crew films. Dr. Wells launched a the Geographic Project, to test the DNA of New Yorkers, in order to trace their roots.
  • Tamecca Tillard reviews the results of her DNA test while Pangolin Pictures crew films. The key to everyone's past exists in our DNA.
  • Bones and teeth on the floor of the Black Sea.
  • Greg Marshall holds a crittercam. These revolutionary cameras allow us to see what animals see, for the first time.
  • A crittercam is put on a cheetah in Botswana.
  • Andrea Dekrout searches for a cheetah crittercam in Botswana.
  • Tim Samaras works on the truck that will hold
  • Dr. Sam Bhayani prepares for a demonstration using the DaVinci surgical robot to show its precision.
  • A tumor removed from patient Mary White's kidney using the DaVinci surgical robot.
  • Dr. Sam Bhayani performs a partial nephrectomy using the DaVinci surgical robot.
  • Tim Samaras works on
  • Andrew Fuglestad does a lung capacity test for the congestive heart failure study at the Mayo Clinic.
  • Cynthia Walfoort preps Robert Wentz for a CT scan. The results will be a part of the congestive heart failure study at the Mayo Clinic.
  • Shane Jones and Dr. Gary Kobinger prepare to enter the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where they will help deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.
  • Shane Jones puts on a biohazard suit so he can enter the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where he will help deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.
  • Xianagguo Qui inside the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where she will deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.
  • Frank LaMacchia sits for an interview at Magee Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a few hours, he will walk for the first time in 13 years. Frank lost the use of his legs in a devastating injury but he held on to a hope that someday he would stand again on his own two feet.
  • Frank LaMacchia works on strength exercises with his physical therapists, Liz Watson and Melania Dietenick.
  • Frank LaMacchia walks for the first time in 13 years with the assistance of the Ekso Bionics' bionic suit at Magee Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Physical therapists Liz Watson and Melania Dietenick remain close by to help operate the bionic suit and for safety.
  • A laserbay at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California.
  • Pangolin Pictures crew films Ed Moses, Principal Associate Director of NIF and Photon Science, outside the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility.
  • Lead Operator Lisa Burrows goes through a checklist in the control room at the National Ignition Facility.
  • At the University of California San Diego, Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin studies data and photos taken at his archaeological site in Mongolia.
  • At the University of California San Diego, Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin studies a rendering of his Mongolian archaeological site in a room called theStarCAVE.
  • Tim Samaras drives the truck that carries
  • Tim Samaras sits in his truck that carries

  • Studying Inner Space

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard looks at a screen in the Inner Space Center.  For most of his life, National Geographic explorer Bob Ballard has hunted for the impossible: searching for missing ships thousands of years old lost somewhere on the vast ocean floor. 

  • Going to the Alien Deep

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard looks down at the Inner Space Center.

  • Ready to Go

    Photograph by CNN Image Source

    The Deepsea Challenger sits on deck before James Cameron's historic dive to the Marianas Trench.

  • Exploring the Depths

    Photograph by CNN Image Source

    James Cameron stands near the Deepsea Challenger.  Cameron is a National Geographic Explorer and he went on the first-ever solo mission to the least explored place on the planet.

  • Learning Your Roots

    Photograph by NGT

    Mika Henderson talks to geneticist Spencer Wells after he reveals the results of her DNA test.

  • Decoding DNA

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Spencer Wells visits Tamecca Tillard in her home and explains the results of her DNA test while Pangolin Pictures crew films.  Dr. Wells launched a the Geographic Project, to test the DNA of New Yorkers, in order to trace their roots.

  • Awaiting Results

    Photograph by NGT

    Tamecca Tillard reviews the results of her DNA test while Pangolin Pictures crew films.  The key to everyone's past exists in our DNA.

  • Underwater Relics

    Photograph by NGT

    Bones and teeth on the floor of the Black Sea.

  • Crittercam Technology

    Photograph by Kyler Abernathy/National Geographic Missions Media

    Greg Marshall holds a crittercam.  These revolutionary cameras allow us to see what animals see, for the first time.

  • Cheetah Cam

    Photograph by Kyler Abernathy/National Geographic Missions Media

    A crittercam is put on a cheetah in Botswana.

  • Camera Search

    Photograph by Kyler Abernathy/National Geographic Missions Media

    Andrea Dekrout searches for a cheetah crittercam  in Botswana.

  • Construction Duty

    Photograph by NGT

    Tim Samaras works on the truck that will hold "The Big Kahuna", an ultra-high speed camera that he will use to photograph lightning.

  • Surgical Revolution

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Sam Bhayani prepares for a demonstration using the DaVinci surgical robot to show its precision.

  • Life Saving Technology

    Photograph by NGT

    A tumor removed from patient Mary White's kidney using the DaVinci surgical robot.

  • Robotic Surgery

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Sam Bhayani performs a partial nephrectomy using the DaVinci surgical robot.

  • Mega-Camera

    Photograph by NGT

    Tim Samaras works on "The Big Kahuna", an ultra-high speed camera that he will use to photograph lightning.

  • Breathing Test

    Photograph by NGT

    Andrew Fuglestad does a lung capacity test for the congestive heart failure study at the Mayo Clinic.

  • Studying the Heart

    Photograph by NGT

    Cynthia Walfoort preps Robert Wentz for a CT scan.  The results will be a part of the congestive heart failure study at the Mayo Clinic.

  • Deactivating the Ebola Virus

    Photograph by NGT

    Shane Jones and Dr. Gary Kobinger prepare to enter the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where they will help deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.

  • Bio-Suiting Up

    Photograph by NGT

    Shane Jones puts on a biohazard suit so he can enter the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where he will help deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.

  • Science in Action

    Photograph by NGT

    Xianagguo Qui inside the BSL4 lab at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory where she will deactivate the Ebola virus so they can perform tests on it.

  • Never Losing Faith

    Photograph by NGT

    Frank LaMacchia sits for an interview at Magee Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In a few hours, he will walk for the first time in 13 years.  Frank lost the use of his legs in a devastating injury but he held on to a hope that someday he would stand again on his own two feet. 

  • Staying Strong

    Photograph by NGT

    Frank LaMacchia works on strength exercises with his physical therapists, Liz Watson and Melania Dietenick.

  • A Technological Miracle

    Photograph by NGT

    Frank LaMacchia walks for the first time in 13 years with the assistance of the Ekso Bionics' bionic suit at Magee Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Physical therapists Liz Watson and Melania Dietenick remain close by to help operate the bionic suit and for safety.

  • Loaded With Lasers

    Photograph by NGT

    A laserbay at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California.

  • Hitting the Target

    Photograph by NGT

    Pangolin Pictures crew films Ed Moses, Principal Associate Director of NIF and Photon Science, outside the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility.

  • Following the Plan

    Photograph by NGT

    Lead Operator Lisa Burrows goes through a checklist in the control room at the National Ignition Facility.

  • Archeological Findings

    Photograph by NGT

    At the University of California San Diego, Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin studies data and photos taken at his archaeological site in Mongolia.

  • StarCAVE Simulation

    Photograph by NGT

    At the University of California San Diego, Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin studies a rendering of his Mongolian archaeological site in a room called theStarCAVE.

  • Chasing the Storm

    Photograph by NGT

    Tim Samaras drives the truck that carries "The Big Kahuna" just south of Raton pass on the Colorado-New Mexico Border.

  • Lightning Detectors

    Photograph by NGT

    Tim Samaras sits in his truck that carries "The Big Kahuna" and monitors radar, looking for lightning.

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