What is NGM1994_09p3-4.jpg?

November 4, 2005 6:45 AM

I have a desktop wallpaper from National Geographic with a filename of NGM1994_09p3-4.jpg. What is the subject of the photo?

Clues: I know I got it from their photo of the day page, but it was a year or two ago. The filename looks like a specific page reference to the physical magazine, which would work if I had access to back issues.

posted by smackfu to media & arts (8 comments total)

Have you got any more information on the page reference? I have a stack of old National Geographics.
posted by Alison at 6:50 AM on November 4, 2005

Nevermind. I see the title of the picture...
posted by Alison at 6:52 AM on November 4, 2005

Found it. It is a picture of Ireland. Here is the caption:

"KINDRED HEADLANDS called the Three Sisters look to sea near Smerwick on the Dingle Peninsula. For the ambitious, country lanes lead past sheep paddocks to cities already bursting with job seekers"
posted by Alison at 6:54 AM on November 4, 2005

Here it is. 25 cents please!
posted by rolypolyman at 7:02 AM on November 4, 2005

Thanks so much. Very impressive!

BTW, how did you find it online, rolypolyman?
posted by smackfu at 7:20 AM on November 4, 2005

Simillar beautiful pictures available individually here, or download the whole lot (before 6/11/05) here [380M]
posted by DrtyBlvd at 7:33 AM on November 4, 2005

Google searches were coming up with mostly 3rd party clone/bootleg versions, so I went to Nat Geo and just paged through their wallpapers under the Landscapes section. Took about 2 minutes.
posted by rolypolyman at 11:01 AM on November 4, 2005

Smart! I saw the archives but they didn't seem useful since you can't search through them. I figured I had to click back through the days 1000 times to manually search.
posted by smackfu at 12:13 PM on November 4, 2005