The best slideshow I've found so far is "New Images of Iapetus", in terms of the relationship between text and photos. Both elements are essential, and unlike most slideshows which are just photo galleries, this one teaches you a lot too (about Saturn's third moon, Iapetus--now you can go impress your friends in Trivial Pursuit.)
This slideshow on Impressionist art was a close second, but was short on information and in length (6 slides). However, this is not surprising since its purpose was to accompany an article and explore the question: "Did visual limitations affect the style of some Impressionist painters?"
Finally, National Geographic had a bunch of nice photo gallery slideshows, but it was not easy to access them all at once. New York Times' site conveniently lets you see all the available slideshows in one area. Here's a neat National Geographic photo slideshow on climate. Unfortunately, it doesn't take you to a new screen, so it's a bit distracting to click through with all the other images on the site.
-- Hana
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Looks like the Times wins for best slideshows. It's a shame about Nat Geo. They've got all these exquisite photos and then that annoying slide bar down the right side of each of them. Yuck!
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