6 Migrating to Safer Solutions by Kathryn Stafford
Governments and environmentalists flock together to redirect the once-lethal course of the Swainson's hawk

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16 Enigma and Ritual in Sechin by Richard L. Burger
      Reinterpreting the Icons by Parisina Malatesta Photographs by Jorge Provenza
Symbolic carvings at this monument in northern Peru evoke divergent visions of its early inhabitants

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22 Placido Domingo: Master of the Whole Score by Sorab Modi Photographs by Jeffrey Crespi
Opera's leading man performs far-ranging roles on more than one stage

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28 Through the Volcano's Eye by Mitchell Snow Photographs by Muriel Hasbun
Uniting fragments of her heritage, a photographer frames ancestral embers in Salvadoran landscapes

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36 The Fertile Returns of Permaculture  Text and photographs by Michael Eric Bronner
In Tlaxcala, Mexico, a family's philosophy of sustainable development is the seed of the land

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44 Strings to the Past  by Marc Cramer
A key voice in musical heritage, the vihuela is plucked up after centuries of silence

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48 Painting the Sky  by Deborah Ash Goode Photographs by Richard Lord
Converging on Albuquerque for the annual Fiesta, balloon enthusiasts lift off in a blast of color

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