Wow. I'm assuming that, as it's in Nat. Geographic, it's unlikely to be photoshoppery.

The caption for that photo, in the magazine itself, was a humdinger, too--something fanciful. That issue was in the bathroom reading rack for months, so I'd leafed by that picture quite a few times while on the can. Thanks for posting it!

yup, dear essexjan, it's a real photo.