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DEPARTMENTS 



4 THE NATURAL MOMENT 



Camargue Cavalcade 

 Photograph by Steve Bloom 



6 UP FRONT 



Editor's Notebook 



8 CONTRIBUTORS 

 10 LETTERS 



12 SAMPLINGS 



News from Nature 



16 NATURALIST AT LARGE 



Golden Tomb Fit for a Queen 

 John S. LaPolla 



56 THIS LAND 



Virginia Is for Hikers 

 Robert H. Mohlenbrock 



58 BOOKSHELF 



Laurence A. Marschall 



62 nature.net 



Gas Trap 

 Robert Anderson 



63 OUT THERE 



Sizing Up Pluto 

 Charles Liu 



67 THE SKY IN MAY 



Joe Rao 



68 AT THE MUSEUM 



72 ENDPAPER 



My Kingdom 

 for a Crown 

 Roland W. Kays 



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