Photo of the Day 78

High Tide Jump, Barry Island, Wales, 2001

Photograph by Vincent Musi

The boys of Barry Island, Wales, spend summer days seaside, anticipating exhilarating plunges into cold coastal waters. Bordering England for more than 150 miles (241 kilometers), Wales shares a long history with its neighbor. Despite its shared past, the country still embraces a unique culture of its own.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wales: Finding its Voice," June 2001, National Geographic magazine)