National Geographic Magazine – October 1974, Texas, Bhutan, Skylab, Plankton

Vintage, collectible 51+ Years Old edition
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Highlighted Features:
- Big Thicket of Texas – Early settlers cut through dense wilderness to establish homes in the region northwest of Beaumont, now proposed for a national preserve.
- Bhutan Crowns a New Dragon King – An 18-year-old ascends the throne in a ceremony steeped in Buddhist tradition.
- Skylab: The Sun Unveiled – The orbiting laboratory captures unprecedented images of solar flares and coronal activity.
- Skylab Looks at Earth – Cameras and sensors aboard Skylab survey crops, forests, pollution, and cloud formations.
- Ghosts of the Gulf Stream – Scuba-diving researchers in Bahamian waters study delicate plankton species.
- Atka, Rugged Home of My Aleut Friends – Families in Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands battle poverty and isolation.