February 19, 2016 at 08:36 PM
Flipping through National Geographic’s photographs invokes a deep sense of nostalgia. Masterfully captured, yet detail-driven, these pictures are priceless treasures. Under the project called ‘Found ‘, NatGeo’s mission was to bring back lost pictures to life by exposing them to new audiences.
Here are 35 of the most iconic never-seen-before pictures:
The Statue of Liberty at dawn – 1978 David Alan Harvey Irish Guards stand at attention after one guardsman faints – June 1966 James P. Blair Hikers atop a natural rock bridge on Mt. Rainier – May 1963 Barry Bishop Kitten attacking its own reflection – 1964 Walter Chandoha Young lovers embracing in Paris – 1960 Thomas Nebbia Tourists find massive dead tree with tunnel cut out for a road in Sequoia National Forest – May 1951 Andrew H. Brown John F. Kennedy’s Coffin lies beneath The Capital’s Dome – November 1963 George F. Mobley A 3000 feet waterfall in Venezuela – March 1963 Thomas J. Abercrombie London school boys pose with King Penguins – 1953 B. Anthony Stewart and David S. Bower Woman dressed like a Chinese goddess poses in California – 1915 Franklin Price Knot Welts, considered as signs of beauty, on the back of a Nuba woman in Sudan – 1966 Horst Lutz Co-existing in harmony – April 1964 Walter Chandoha Victoria Falls, Zambia Walter Maeyers Edwards Neil Armstrong floating in his space suit – 1967 NASA People survey the Giant Statues of Easter Island, Polynesia – December 1922 J.P. Ault Greek dancers at Poseidon’s Temple – Greece 1930 Maynard Owen Williams A kitten on a floating Victoria Water Lily Pad- 1935 Astronaut Bruce McCandless floats a few meters away from Space Shuttle Challenger NASA The wind sculpting the dunes of the Sahara, Algeria – 1973 Thomas J. Abercrombie Rainbow arches over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Volkmar Wentzel Atop a cliff overlooking a scenic bay near Trieste, Italy – 1956 B. Anthony Stewart Grace Kelly in Monaco – 1962 Gilbert M. Men at work; blasting granite to build tunnels – 1963 Robert B. Goodman Solitary fisherman’s home in Newfoundland, Canada – 1974 Sam Abell Young people relax by a pool in California – 1940 J. Bailor A young girl plays inside a replica of a Lunar-module in Canada – August 1975 Robert Madden ‘Bathyscaphe Trieste’ journeys to the bottom of the Mariana Trench – January 1960 US Navy A girl sitting by a lake in California – 1929 Charles Martin Sand and rain wreaks havoc over a lone automobile in Kuwait – 1969 David Cupp Balloon from Anchorage, Alaska, flies over Cook Inlet – 1986 Chris Johns Visitors in Acapulco, Mexico, as seen through a palm frond – 1964 Thomas Nebbia Incredible Hampi Vikram Phatdare American bisons walking through heavy snow in Yellowstone National Park – November 1967 William Albert Allard Flock of birds seen through an enclosed courtyard in Old Havana – December 1987 James L. Stanfield Egyptian belly dancer performs for tourists in Cairo – 1972 Winfield Parks Fascinating, ain’t it? 