Explore 130 Years ofNational GeographicCovers in Just Two Minutes

One of the last magazines that ’s still worth reading in print form , National Geographic has featured some fascinating stories over the years , but most of us likely pour through each issue to wonder at the photography . First published way back in 1888 , the magazine celebrates its 130th natal day in 2018 and is kicking off the festivity with thisfantastic timelapse of all its past covers .

National Geographic ’s early twelvemonth were limited to just a tabular array of content on the cover that list the stories admit in each return , but as printing technologies advance , the magazine soon used its covers to foreground some of the best photography of the past century . This timelapse is over in about a minute - and - a - one-half , but you should really take the fourth dimension to step through some of these memorable concealment .

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