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City Hall: A tiny Miami tiger beetle marks a big milestone for Lincoln-based photographer

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City Hall: A tiny Miami tiger beetle marks a big milestone for Lincoln-based photographer

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Joel Sartore — the Lincoln-based photographer who set an ambitious goal 17 years ago to photograph every species living in the care of humans — hit another milestone.

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The Photo Ark’s 15,000th species: the endangered Miami tiger beetle (Cicindelidia floridana) found exclusively in the rare and globally imperiled pine rocklands of southern Florida.

Joel Sartore, courtesy photo

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• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. He photographed this peacock at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

One of the April 2016 covers of National Geographic magazine featured an armadillo from the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

The Photo Ark

• © Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark

In a publishing first for National Geographic magazine, the April 2016 issue had 10 different covers featuring the work of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The April covers highlight the National Geographic Photo Ark project, a multiyear effort with Sartore to photograph all captive species and inspire people to save these animals before they disappear. 

Contact the writer at mreist@journalstar.com or 402-473-7226. On Twitter at @LJSReist.

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