South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
"Homo sapiens flood the beach on New Year's Day at Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, where, thanks to the Natal Parks Board's good neighbor policy, admission is free for local residents. South Africa's torrid zone, northern KwaZulu-Natal teems with tropical life. Along its normally empty beaches sea turtles are making a comeback."
(Text and photograph from "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-12-31 at 17:49 ]作者: 天雨 时间: 2007-1-2 18:42 我先来支持一下！呵呵！作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-3 17:25 标题: 20070102
North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds that cover North Rustico beach on Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province. Sheltered from the sometimes harsh North Atlantic storms, Prince Edward Island stretches 140 miles (225 kilometers) into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and enjoys a warm climate and sandy soil—good for both farming and tourism.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
北卢斯提克,加拿大爱德华王子岛, 1986年
摄影：乔治 F 莫布里
从加拿大最小的省爱德华王子岛北卢斯提克海滩上透过云层看到的一次日偏食。由于不受有时来自北大西洋的狂风暴浪影响，绵延140英里(225公里)进入圣劳伦斯海湾的爱德华王子岛沐浴着温暖的气候和沙质土壤，非常适合农业和旅游业。
(文章改编自美国国家地理1987出版的《横贯加拿大，从纽芬兰到英属哥伦比亚》一书，照片未刊登)
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-1-18 at 16:20 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-3 17:26 标题: 20070103
Minab, Iran, 1998
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
A Baluchi woman wears a traditional red mask to conceal her features from public view. Iranian women are, in fact, among the most educated and accomplished in the Muslim world. Before the 1979 revolution 35 percent of women were literate; now the rate stands at 74 percent. In 1999, one in three Iranian physicians was a woman.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
North Florida Springs, 1998
Photograph by Wes Skiles
A flexible and graceful swimmer, the West Indian manatee migrates annually to Florida's coastal waters. This balmy winter retreat unfortunately holds a palpable danger for these gentle creatures. In 2005, collisions with watercraft and other human-related accidents accounted for nearly 25 percent of all manatee deaths in Florida according to the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Boating speed limits and the creation of sanctuaries are just some of the protections put into place by state and federal lawmakers to help save the endangered manatee.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-5 17:01 标题: 20070105
Greenwich, England, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
"One hop bridges east and west at Greenwich, England, where a brass strip marks zero longitude. First used by sailors to fix their position, Greenwich mean time was adopted by railroads and, after 1884, worldwide as the standard for time of day. Time is now set not by earth's rotation, but by satellite and atomic clock."
(Text and photograph from "The Enigma of Time," March 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-9 17:28 标题: 20070106
Pamukkale, Turkey, Date Unknown
Photograph by Gordon Gahan
Bathers enjoy terraced pools filled with the hot, mineral-rich waters of Pamukkale, Turkey's "Cotton Castle." The trickling water from the mountain's hot springs is heavy with calcium-carbonate. Over the centuries these waters have carved out large flat basins whose surface is coated with pure white calcium deposits.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Turkey: Cross Fire at an Ancient Crossroads," July 1977, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-9 17:29 标题: 20070107
Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
The ruins of Spiš Castle loom high above the Slovak village of Spišské Podhradie. Stronghold for generations of Hungarian princes, the largest fortress in central Europe was destroyed by fire in 1780.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-9 17:30 标题: 20070108
Mars, 2000
Photograph by NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
"An artful view from space reveals a bracelet-like chain of shallow pits lining a trough created by faulting. The collapse zone appears on a flank of the Pavonis Mons volcano. Some 530 yards (475 meters) wide, the depression could have resulted from the underground movement of molten rock."
(Text and photograph from "A Mars Never Dreamed Of," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-9 17:32 标题: 20070109
Petra, Jordan, 1998
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Wildflowers bloom in front of the rose-colored sandstone that makes up Petra. An ancient city that welcomed caravans from Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans, who ruled this part of the Middle East for more than four centuries.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Petra: An Ancient City of Stone," December 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-10 17:19 标题: 20070110
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A mother and her calf hippopotamus cool off in the "Land of the Surfing Hippos." Loango National Park got that nickname from the resident hippopotamuses' habit of swimming in the ocean and body-surfing to and from feeding grounds.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-11 17:57 标题: 20070111
Suhar, Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Thundering across a berm racetrack, camels hurtle their 8 year-old jockeys toward the finish line while Omanis in pick-up trucks follow alongside. Though gambling is forbidden in this Muslim country, prize money goes to the owner of the winning camel whose value could be as much as 50,000 rials, or US$130,000.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oman," May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-12 17:18 标题: 20070112
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A flock of African skimmer birds glides over the fish-rich waters of Gabon's coastal region. With its uniquely shaped bill, the lower mandible is much longer than the upper one, skimmer birds feed on small fish by flying open-mouthed over the surface of estuaries and rivers.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-5-15 at 17:18 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-13 14:07 标题: 20070113
Seoul, South Korea, 1979
Photograph by H. Edward Kim
Snow dusts the buildings of Toksu Palace in the shadow of Seoul’s towering hotels and office complexes. Originally occupied by the 16th century Yi Dynasty leader King Sonjo, the palace was rebuilt in the early 1900s and now houses a branch gallery of South Korea’s National Museum of Contemporary Art.
(Text adapted from and photograph from, "Seoul: Korean Showcase," December 1979, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-14 13:32 标题: 20070114
Lake Hoare, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Antarctica’s perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare bears the scars of sand and dirt that have worked their way from the surface down into the ice. Soil blows onto the lake from the nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Helsinki, Finland, 1981
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The imposing Lutheran Cathedral rises over the somber city of Helsinki as a man bundled against the cold makes his way across one of the city’s many frozen harbors. Built in 1852, the stark-white cathedral, called the Tuomiokorkko in Finnish, sits in Senate Square in the city center.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Helsinki," August 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: fff000 时间: 2007-1-16 16:07 标题: 20070116
Loganville, Pennsylvania, 1993
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
An Amish farmer in Loganville, Pennsylvania uses a horse-drawn wagon to spread manure over a shimmering, snow-covered field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chesapeake Bay—Hanging in the Balance,” June 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Jaipur, India, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
An arched doorway leads to a staircase in the astronomical observatory called Jantar Mantar. The complex, located in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, was built by astronomer Jai Singh around 1730 and is still in use today. It includes large, abstract-looking structures designed to track the motion of the sun and tell time, among other uses.
Jantar Mantar is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “magical device.”
(Text and photograph from, "In the Land of the Maharajas: Rajasthan by Rail," Spring 1986, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Nanning, China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
A footbridge spans the Yu River in Nanning in southeastern China. Nanning is the political, economic, and financial center of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book China, 1981)
中国南宁,1981年
摄影：詹姆斯 P 布莱尔
横跨南宁郁江（邕江）的一座人行桥。南宁位于中国大陆东南，是广西壮族自治区的政治、经济、金融中心。
（国家地理为1981出版《中国》一书拍摄的照片 未随书刊出）
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-1-18 at 16:07 ]作者: fff000 时间: 2007-1-18 16:13 顺便贴了张官方预览图附中文注解，是否有人喜欢，了解一下，我那里用的这个作者: txfzq 时间: 2007-1-18 17:15
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Originally posted by fff000 at 2007-1-18 04:13 PM:
顺便贴了张官方预览图附中文注解，是否有人喜欢，了解一下，我那里用的这个
反正我是喜欢,哈哈,与官方同步嘛作者: fff000 时间: 2007-1-19 15:03
Colebrook, New Hampshire, 1972
Photograph by David L. Arnold
Snow blankets a farm in Colebrook, New Hampshire, along the slopes of the Connecticut River Valley. The Connecticut River forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and flows some 410 miles (610 kilometers), from just shy of the Canadian border to the Long Island Sound.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yesterday Lingers Along the Connecticut,” September 1972, National Geographic magazine)
大卫 L 阿诺1972年摄于新罕布什尔州科尔布鲁克
在新罕布什尔州科尔布鲁克，沿着康涅狄格河谷，依山而建的农场上覆盖着一层象毯子般的积雪。康涅狄格河作为新罕布什尔州和佛蒙特州之间的界河，发源于加拿大边境附近，流经约410英里(610公里)，在长岛汇入大海。
(文章改编自国家地理杂志1972年9月刊"往日萦绕着康涅狄格"一文 此特约照片未发表)
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-1-19 at 15:05 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-20 16:39 标题: 20070120
Ely, Minnesota, 1997
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Two gray wolves relax in the snow at Minnesota’s International Wolf Center. Opened in June 1993, the center is at the forefront of efforts to educate people about the value of wolves in the ecosystem and to encourage the reintroduction and wide distribution of wolves in the wild.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf,” May 1998, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-1-21 at 22:29 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-21 14:46 标题: 20070121
St. John's, Newfoundland, 1974
Photograph by Sam Abell
A bush in St. John’s wears an icy glaze during what Newfoundlanders call the “silver thaw.” The freezing rain that causes this condition can damage trees and power lines, but is a harbinger of the coming spring.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Newfoundland Trusts in the Sea,” January 1974, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-1-21 at 22:27 ]作者: fff000 时间: 2007-1-22 15:50 Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland, 1997
Photograph by Steve Winter
A traditional Icelandic sod house built into a hillside faces the wide expanse of Vatnajökull glacier. Vatnajökull was the site of a volcanic eruption in November 1996 that melted billions of a gallons of glacial ice and triggered a cataclysmic flood that lasted two days. No one was injured in the flood, but it destroyed a bridge and littered a floodplain with huge blocks of ice, some weighing more than 1,000 tons (1,016 metric tons).
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iceland’s Trial by Fire,” May 1997, National Geographic magazine)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
A female American bison and her calf move along a snow bank near a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. About 16,000 bison roam the park, the only population of wild bison left in North America.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Grows Up,” April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-24 17:56 标题: 20070124
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1985
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
The Atlantic Ocean stretches beyond a row of weathered thatch-roof houses, replicas of those built by the pilgrims on Plimoth Plantation in the 1620s. The houses are part of a recreated 17th century settlement that greets visitors to the living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, The Adventure of Archaeology, 1985)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-26 16:38 标题: 20070125
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A lone arbutus tree perches atop a hill on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Home to about 10,000 people, Salt Spring is the largest of Canada’s Gulf Islands. The Gulf Islands comprise about a dozen large islands and hundreds of smaller islets which dot the inland Strait of Georgia south of Vancouver. The island’s sheltered location, relatively dry climate, and strong tides give rise to a number of species unique to this region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada: From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-26 16:39 标题: 20070126
Moscow, Russia, 1997
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
Pedestrians bundled against the Moscow chill push through plazas dotted with storefronts touting luxury goods. In spite of recent high oil prices and an expanding middle class, Russia still suffers from inflation, corruption, and an unstable banking system, making high-end goods unreachable to all but Russia’s elite.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Moscow: The New Revolution," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-27 14:08 标题: 20070127
Near Haines, Alaska, 1976
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A bald eagle perches, wings stretched, in a snow-covered tree by the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska. The area is home to a bald eagle preserve that is a prime wintering ground for the birds, attracting some 3,000 eagles annually.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Alaska Highway, 1976)
作者: fff000 时间: 2007-1-28 14:07 标题: 20070128
Harlington, Texas, 1978
Photograph by George F. Mobley
“In Harlington, Texas, rows on rows of trailers, each with its palm tree, house some of the thousands of 'Winter Texans' who flock to the lower Rio Grande Valley to escape the northern cold. Average temperature of 75˚F (25˚C), humidity of 60 percent, and rainfall of 25 inches (64 centimeters) mean an almost ideal climate for tourism.“
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for the National Geographic book The Great Southwest, 1980)
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, 1997
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
The jagged peaks of Antarctica’s Filchner Mountains rise in the distance as an intrepid mountaineering team makes camp on an ice field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "On the Edge of Antarctica: Queen Maud Land,” February 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-30 16:11 标题: 20070130
Dubois, Wyoming, 1987
Photograph by Raymond Gehman
Neon lights at a Dubois, Wyoming motel give an array of icicles an eerie red tinge. Dubois is auspiciously located for national park visitors—roughly an hour’s drive from Grand Teton National Park and about two hours from Yellowstone.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Yellowstone Country: A Wilderness Celebration, 1989)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-1-31 16:14 标题: 20070131
Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1997
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
A large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean bears an icicle-trimmed cave. This cave served as a hideout for a bearded seal seeking shelter from the harsh Arctic climate.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bearded Seals—Going With the Floe,” March 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-1 15:40 标题: 20070201
French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A naked boy stands at the turquoise blue edge of the South Pacific in French Polynesia. This island paradise is a haven for European tourists, but its natives have long been troubled with feelings of antipathy over 150 years of French rule.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-2 15:27 标题: 20070202
Yellowstone National Park, 1990
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A mountain lion peers out from a rocky nook in Yellowstone National Park. Demonized by farmers and ranchers, mountain lions were almost hunted out of existence until substantial research in the 1960s helped dispel fears about these mysterious big cats which are in fact more likely to run up a tree than attack a human.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live with Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-3 17:13 标题: 20070203
Yarmouth, Maine, 1968
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
Twilight illuminates the snow-covered grounds of a Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Character Marks the Coast of Maine,” June 1968, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-2-3 at 17:14 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-4 14:17 标题: 20070204
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1979
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
A lone evergreen in a snowy expanse of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park waits to see whether the sun will emerge from the thick morning fog.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grand Teton—A Winter’s Tale,” July 1979, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-5 17:34 标题: 20070205
St. Anne, Martinique, 1980
Photograph by Michael Yada
A boy’s silhouetted figure walks along a pier as volcanic mountains rise against a mauve-colored sky in St. Anne, Martinique. A French overseas department, this 425-square-mile (1,100-square-kilometer) Caribbean island boasts ruggedly beautiful landscapes and a legacy of Carib indigenous warriors so fierce that 16th-century Spanish conquistadores decided against trying to colonize it.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Caribbean: Sun, Sea, and Seething,” February 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-6 17:01 标题: 20070206
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Niedzica Castle rises behind a hydroelectric dam, still under construction in this photograph, on Poland’s Dunajec River. The castle, originally built in the 14th century, once overlooked the Dunajec Breach, a five-mile-long (two-kilometer-long) gorge flanked by towering rock walls. Now, it oversees tranquil Czorsztyn Lake, formed when the controversial dam was completed in 1994.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January, 1988, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-7 18:13 标题: 20070207
Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Canada, 1981
Photograph by Sam Abell
A belt of snow-spotted lava beds stretches across 568,342 acres (230,000 hectares) of Mount Edziza Provincial Park in northwest British Columbia. The park is a spectacular volcanic wilderness of lava flows, basalt plateaus, cinder fields and cones formed from eruptions and basalt flows that occurred between 10,000 and 4 million years ago.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Canada’s Wilderness Land, 1982)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-8 15:19 标题: 20070208
Manobier, Wales, 1985
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
A bird soars over the lichen-draped remains of Manorbier Castle in Wales. At its height in the 12th century, the castle consisted of a gatehouse, a keep, two towers, and a vaulted chapel enclosed within two high stone curtain walls. Originally built as a fortified manor house, this medieval castle never encountered attack, which is why it remains remarkably well-preserved today.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Discovering Britain and Ireland, 1985)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-9 16:24 标题: 20070209
Kistache National Forest, Louisiana, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
A leaf sits pinned between a rock and the flowing waters of a Kisatchie National Forest stream. The 600,000-acre (242,812-hectare) forest boasts seemingly endless stands of longleaf pines and is home to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, whose designated nest trees are identifiable by the white band painted around their trunks.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-10 14:28 标题: 20070210
Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Telephone poles and oil rigs stand silhouetted against an orange-tinted evening sky in Oman. Oman was once considered an Arabian Peninsula backwater, with only about six miles (3 kilometers) of paved roads as recently as 1970. Oil production, however, which began around 1967, quickly catapulted this sultanate of 3 million inhabitants to unimaginable prosperity.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Oman,” May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: fff000 时间: 2007-2-11 16:10 标题: 20070211
Near Hakuba, Japan, 1984
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Sculpted by heavy snow drifts, the Shinto shrine Togakushi, sits high in the Japan Alps near the town of Hakuba. The shrine is located in Nagano Prefecture, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, "The Japan Alps" August, 1984, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by fff000 on 2007-2-11 at 16:12 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-12 18:37 标题: 20070212
Primis, Egypt, 1976
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie
Hidden in the dry Red Sea Mountains, St. Anthony Monastery was founded in 356 AD and has operated as a multi-faith Christian monastery for much of that time, though today it is exclusively Coptic. Relying on spring water for survival, the monastery operates as a self-sustained village complete with irrigated gardens, a bakery, and several churches.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Egypt: Change Comes to a Changeless Land," March 1977, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-2-13 17:35 标题: 20070213
Bartolome Island, Ecuador, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell
Ripples of lava frozen in time wrinkle the surface of Pinnacle Rock off the Galápagos’ Bartolome Island. The formation is the eroded remains of a volcanic tower known as a tuff cone. Tuff cones are formed when magma from an inland volcano reaches the sea, sputtering layer upon layer of basalt ash that eventually rises into this monument of nature.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)
作者: fff000 时间: 2007-2-15 22:56 标题: 20070214
Dubendorf, Zurich, Switzerland, 1984
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Rows of truffles are coated in chocolate at Switzerland's Teuscher Chocolate Company. Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree, which explorer Hernán Cortés brought back to Europe in 1528. Cortés was introduced to the intriguing plant after witnessing Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, drinking cup after cup of a spicy brown liquid from golden goblets that were thrown away after just one use.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chocolate: Food of the Gods," November 1984, National Geographic magazine)
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A small gang of forest buffalo congregate on the beach in Loango National Park. While the humans nestle into their camp tucked between a grove of manilkara trees and hyphaene palms, buffalo and elephants emerge from the forest to feed in the clearing.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Kosice, Slovakia, 1993
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A steel mill sends plumes of smoke into the air of Kosice, Slovakia's second largest city. At the time of Czechoslovakia's split in 1993, a quarter million people inhabited the steel town including Hungarians, Ruthenians, Gypsies, and Poles梐 cosmopolitan minority which made up 14% of the new country's population.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:47 标题: 20070217
Talladega National Forest, Alabama, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
Sunlight filters through fall foliage in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest. The forest is home to Cheaha Mountain, part of the southern Appalachian Mountains and, at 2,407 feet (900 meters), Alabama’s highest peak.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:47 标题: 20070218
Rongqi, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
Celebrants of the lunar New Year participate in the Lion Dance, a raucous pantomime that dates back to the seventh century. A masked performer teases a vibrantly painted papier-mâché lion which rears its head, roars, snaps its jaws, and charges in rage.
Originally intended to help expel demons, the ceremony is now celebrated annually on the first day of the year’s first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:48 标题: 20070219
Near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Thousands of years of wind, water, and glacial erosion have carved out these eerie badlands 400 feet (122 meters) below prairie level in Alberta, Canada’s Horsethief Canyon. Legend has it that during the region’s ranching heyday, horses would sometimes disappear into the canyons and emerge later marked with different brands, hence the canyon’s curious name.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Trans-Canada Highway, 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:49 标题: 20070220
Custer State Park, South Dakota, 1995
Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren
Ancient granite outcrops reflect in the still water of Sylvan Lake in South Dakota’s Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble. Geologists calculate that the park’s granite, into which the sculptures at nearby Mount Rushmore were carved, are about 1.7 billion years old, making it some of the oldest rock in North America.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Big, Bad, and Beautiful,” May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:50 标题: 20070221
Namche Bazar, Nepal, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Surrounded by the majestic Himalaya, Sherpas walk along a stone wall in the verdant hillside village of Namche Bazar, Nepal, a last stop on the way to Mount Everest. In recent years, walls and fir saplings have been positioned around the valley to prevent erosion caused by excessive tree cutting in the past.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:50 标题: 20070222
Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, 1995
Photograph by Sam Abell
Surf froths around the wind-and-water-eroded coastal tunnels in southwestern Australia抯 Port Campbell National Park. Retreating tides have left jagged limestone formations around the park抯 coastline, giving the area its historical notoriety as a ships?graveyard.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Australian Coast, 1995)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:51 标题: 20070223
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Members of a Polish family load hay onto a horse-drawn wagon in a village near the towering Tatra Mountains, seen in the background. Nearly one-third of Poland’s residents work in the agricultural sector, and there are some 2 million privately owned farms that occupy 90 percent of the country’s farmland.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:52 标题: 20070224
Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1992
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A lone rock outcropping juts through frozen Pasagshak Bay off Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The Kodiak archipelago is home to the Kodiak bear, the largest subspecies of brown bear, which feasts on the region’s prolific salmon runs.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Wrangell-St. Elias National Park: Alaska’s Sky-High Wilderness,” May 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:53 标题: 20070225
Vijayanagar, India, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Silvery waters wend around a tumble of boulders as dhobis (low-caste washermen) wash and beat village laundry on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in Vijayanagar, India. The city, in southern India’s Karnataka state, was once the seat of the Vijayanagar Empire, which dominated the south of India from A.D. 1300 to 1500.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:53 标题: 20070226
Arkansas, United States, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
Sunlight glints off a tranquil lake in central Arkansas. The site is near historic Arkansas Route 7, which goes through Hot Springs, boyhood home of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and continues deep into the Ozark National Forest, where signs warn that the road is “crooked and steep,” and weary drivers can stop at a hillbilly trading post called “Booger Hollow.”
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:54 标题: 20070227
Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Ecuador, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell
Pinnacle Rock looms under a brooding sky off the Galápagos’ Bartolome Island. The island’s most famous feature (it even got airtime in the movie, Master and Commander ) is actually an eroded lava formation called a tuff cone. When hot lava from a now-extinct volcano on land reached the sea, the temperature difference caused explosions, producing thousands of thin layers of basalt ash that eventually formed into this towering monument.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:55 标题: 20070228
Black Hills, South Dakota, 1995
Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren
A boat and water skier cruise by on one of several lakes located in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The Black Hills get their name from the dark cloak of ponderosa pine trees that cover the landscape.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Big, Bad, and Beautiful,” May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-1 16:56 标题: 20070301
Phool Mal, Madhya Pradesh, India, 1988
Photograph by James P. Blair
In the days leading up to the colorful festival of Holi, the Bhil tribes take to the streets to dance and find their future mates. Taking place after the wheat harvest in March, single men and women gather to dance and woo each other during Bhagoria Haat, which means "eloper's fair."
(Text adapted from the National Geographic book Harvest Festivals, 2002)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-2 16:32 标题: 20070302
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, U.S.A., 1975
Photograph by James L. Amos
Two ivory cattle egrets flex their wings in an age-old ritual of courtship in which potential mates mirror each other’s movements. These birds are so named because they are often found near cattle or horses, feeding on the insects these animals attract.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Watermen’s Island Home,” June 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-3 23:33 标题: 20070303
Cape Neddick, Maine, 1973
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
Algae-covered rocks line the entrance to the York River near Maine’s Cape Neddick Lighthouse. The historic lighthouse, also called Nubble Light after a small rocky island off the cape’s eastern point, was first illuminated in 1879.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Friendless Squatters of the Sea," November 1973, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-4 20:47 标题: 20070304
Tahiti, 1979
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A male goat rests on the exposed root ball of a palm tree on Tahiti Island. Tahiti and her 13 sister islands make up the Society Islands, tiny protrusions of volcanic and coral paradise that dot the South Pacific about halfway between Australia and South America.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Society Islands, Sisters of the Wind," June 1979, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-5 20:05 标题: 20070305
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, 1983
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A breeze sends gentle ripples over Lake Ohrid in Macedonia as two fishermen wait patiently for a bite.
Lake Ohrid is known as a "museum of living fossils;" containing 146 endemic species, including 17 types of fish.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Eternal Easter in a Greek Village,” December 1983, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-6 16:54 标题: 20070306
U.S. West, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
A lone cow saunters across an open road in the western United States. Many western states have open range laws that allow cattle to graze and wander on public lands, occasionally creating perilous conditions for motorists.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-7 23:03 标题: 20070307
Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1975
Photograph by James L. Amos
A lone man perches on an outcrop on Gunnison Island amid the shimmering expanse of Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere.
Though the lake’s waters are too salty for all but a few hearty species, including brine shrimp and brine flies, its wetlands support millions of migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. The mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) island, situated on the northwest side of the lake, is home to tens of thousands of pelicans and seagulls.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Utah’s Shining Oasis,” April 1975, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-9 00:46 标题: 20070308
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Sheep graze amid rolling farmlands in southern Poland’s Beskid Mountains. During communist rule, farms in Poland remained privately run. Today, despite further efforts to restructure the country’s agriculture sector, these family-based subsistence farms remain the norm.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-9 18:05 标题: 20070309
The Philippines, 1992
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A blue-spotted rock codfish and a school of smaller fish swim over the sunken hull of the ill-fated Spanish merchant galleon San Diego. The vessel was sunk by a Dutch ship in 1600 in the South China Sea near Fortune Island. Among the wreckage, which settled 170 feet (52 meters) below the sea, were priceless treasures, including Ming dynasty porcelain. A team from the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology discovered the ship in 1991 and recovered much of its cargo.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “San Diego: An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue,” July 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-13 15:49 标题: 20070310
Champaign, Illinois, 1980
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
A magnified shot shows the head of a tiger swallowtail butterfly larva. These insects are masters of disguise, acquiring false eyespots in their larva stage to give them a snakelike look. In their pupa stage, they resemble broken twigs.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Deception: Formula for Survival,” March 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-13 15:50 标题: 20070311
Alaska, 1969
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Caribou graze on tundra, tinted orange by the sun, somewhere between Nome and Teller on western Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. Caribou share this remote, sub-Arctic expanse with musk oxen, moose, and grizzly bears, among other hearty creatures.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Alaska, 1969)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-13 15:50 标题: 20070312
Tasmania, Australia, 1996
Photograph by Sam Abell
A bare tree stands on a rocky shoreline in Tasmania, a heart-shaped island 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of the Australian mainland. The forbidding landscape of Tasmania, or “Tassie,” as locals call it, was the site of numerous British penal colonies, beginning in the early 1800s.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Australia’s Best Kept Secret,” Sept./Oct. 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-13 15:51 标题: 20070313
Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1983
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A smear of red in a desert of pale ice, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Labrador trudges through the frozen landscape of the Arctic Ocean in Canada抯 Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Coast Guard was part of a mission to explore the sunken wreckage of the H.M.S. Breadalbane, a British ship that went down in the 1850s while on a mission to find survivors of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to map the Northwest Passage.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揈xploring a 140-Year-Old Ship Under Arctic Ice,?July 1983, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-3-13 at 15:52 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-13 15:51 标题: 20070314
Panama, 1977
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A young margay cat peeks over a step at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute station on Barro Colorado, a forested island in the Panama Canal waterway. The island rises from Lake Gatun, which formed in 1907 when the Chagres River was dammed during construction of the canal.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Panama Canal Today," February 1978, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-3-14 at 16:31 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-15 17:37 标题: 20060315
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
In a true play of might makes right, a mature ghost crab threatens a juvenile on the sands of Loango National Park. The park, too, is waging its own battles against poachers, oil companies, and piles of litter. In one day, trash collectors gathered 535 plastic bottles, 560 intact flip-flops, 4 refrigerators, and 2,240 other bits of debris from 1,640 feet (500 meters) of beach.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-16 17:13 标题: 20070316
Mono Lake, California, 1982
Photograph by James P. Blair
Spires of limestone tufa rise from the shores of California痴 Mono Lake. Tufa form when underwater springs rich in calcium meet lake water rich in carbonates, forming calcium carbonate, or limestone. The limestone precipitates in layers over time and can grow more than 30 feet (9 meters) high. Mono Lake痴 tufa are particularly dramatic because water diversions have significantly lowered the lake痴 level, exposing more of the columns.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic special publication, Our Threatened Inheritance, 1982.)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-17 14:37 标题: 20070317
Inishbofin Island, Ireland, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
An emerald pasture dotted with daisies and flanked by distant sand dunes rolls to the foot of a rustic gate and a stone wall on the Irish island of Inishbofin. Picturesque scenes like this are plentiful on the windy Aran Islands, but tourism driven by the many bed-and-breakfasts, golf courses, and ferries, is taking a toll on these once-rural landscapes.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ireland on Fast-Forward," September 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-18 16:19 标题: 20070318
Canberra, Australia, 1974
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
Pincers poised and eyes gleaming, a bulldog ant surveys its surroundings. These aggressive ants, named for their propensity to latch onto objects, are well known in Australia for their large size and painful sting.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揂t Home with the Bulldog Ant,?July 1974, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-19 17:43 标题: 20070319
Kathmandu, Nepal, 1979
Photograph by John Scofield
A spotted deer buck attends to a doe in the Central Zoo of Kathmandu, Nepal. Opened in 1932 as a place to house the private animal collection of the current prime minister, the zoo is now run by a non-profit nature conservation trust. It maintains exhibits of some of Nepal抯 most well known and endangered fauna, including one-horned Indian rhinos, Bengal tigers, and the clouded leopard.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kathmandu抯 Remarkable Newars," February 1979, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-21 17:07 标题: 20070320
Rocks Provincial Park, New Brunswick, Canada, 1990
Photograph by James P. Blair
The sculpted silhouettes of Hopewell Rocks rise from the muddy waters of the Bay of Fundy in Canada’s New Brunswick province. These sandstone-and-conglomerate sea stacks were spared during the glacial sweep of the last ice age, but bear the effects of centuries of tidal erosion. The Bay of Fundy sees some of the world’s greatest tidal variability, and the constant flow continues to shape these rocks.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic special publication Canada’s Incredible Coast, 1990)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-21 23:58 标题: 20070321
Marsabit National Reserve, Kenya, 1969
Photograph by Bruce Dale
Long ears and an almost giraffe-like neck identify this gerenuk, or Waller's gazelle, standing in a clearing in Marsabit National Reserve in northern Kenya. The 579-square-mile (1,500-square-kilometer) park opened in 1967 and provides protection to some of Africa's most iconic animals, including elephants, kudu, leopards, and ostriches.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kenya Says Harambee," February 1969, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-22 18:07 标题: 20070322
Warwick, England, 1966
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A peacock, perhaps competing with the surrounding flora, struts in full regalia amid the roses and manicured hedges of an English garden.
A peacock抯 brilliant tail feathers, or coverts, make up more than 60 percent of the bird抯 total body length and are usually deployed during courtship displays.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, ?00 Years Ago: The Norman Conquest,?August 1966, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-23 17:33 标题: 20070323
Mahabalipuram, India, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Lacy tree branches cast their shadows on the Five Raths, seventh century Dravidian shrines to Hindu gods each carved from a single, massive granite boulder. The temples, located in Mahabalipuram in southern India, are, from left to right: The Ganesha Rath, the Durga cell, the Arjana Rath, the Bhima Rath, and the Dharmaraja Rath. The monuments were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World抯 Heritage , 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-24 15:14 标题: 20070324
Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, USA, 1998
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski
A sea otter shares the waters of Alaska’s foggy Prince William Sound with a spill-containment vessel nearly a decade after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and fouled these pristine waters with 11 million gallons (40 million liters) of crude oil. Intense clean-up efforts after the disaster lasted more than four years.
Now, evidence of the spill is hard to detect. But some beaches still have Valdez oil buried just below the surface. And scientists say some animal species, including sea otters, harbor seals, harlequin ducks, and herring, have yet to recover from the spill’s negative effects.
(Photograph from "In the Wake of the Spill: Ten Years After Exxon Valdez," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-25 14:55 标题: 20070325
Lake Hoare, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Antarctica’s perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare bears the scars of sand and dirt that have worked their way from the surface down into the ice. Soil blows onto the lake from a nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-26 17:33 标题: 20070326
Triesenberg, Liechenstein, 1973
Photograph by Walter Meayers Edwards
Cows graze amid a blanket of flowers in a pasture in the mountainous central European principality of Liechtenstein. The small huts that dot the landscape store hay and provide shelter for cattle during the winter. The Rhine River is visible in the distant valley.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
Grasse, France, 1973
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A honeybee forages for pollen among cineraria flowers in Alpes-Maritimes in southeastern France. Alpes-Maritimes is home to Grasse, a flower-strewn medieval town known for the past two centuries as the perfume capital of France.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
London, England, 1985
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
English cavalry soldiers in ceremonial capes and white-cockaded helmets sit their mounts before the Horse Guards building in central London. Until 1841, when Trafalgar Square was opened, the only way to access St. James and Buckingham Palace, home of the British royals, was through the Horse Guards building.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Discovering Britain and Ireland, 1985)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-29 22:58 标题: 20070329
Beijing, China, 1982
Photograph by Dean Conger
Rental rowboats crowd a shoreline of Beijing抯 Kunming Lake. The Temple of Buddhist Incense, with its multi-tiered roof, rises from the famed Summer Palace on Longevity Hill in the background. The opulent Summer Palace complex, located on the western edge of Beijing, was built in the mid-1700s as a retreat for Qing Dynasty imperial rulers.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-30 18:32 标题: 20070330
Panama, 1977
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A margay cat balances on a seemingly undersized tree branch on Barro Colorado Island. Though only 3,865 acres (1,564 hectares), the island, located in the Panama Canal waterway, is home to an amazing array of flora and fauna, including 1,369 plant species, 93 mammal species, and 366 bird species.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Panama Canal Today," February 1978, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-3-31 16:22 标题: 20070331
Mahabalipuram, India, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Waves from the Bay of Bengal lap at the 40-foot-wide (12-meter-wide) stone embankment surrounding the Shore Temples in Mahabalipuram, a seaside town in Tamil Nadu, India. These seventh and eighth century Dravidian relics with Buddhist elements are temples to the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva. The monuments in Mahabalipuram were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:51 标题: 20070401
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A spring blizzard blankets Calgary with snow. Born as a cow town, Calgary boomed with later discoveries of rich oil and gas fields in Alberta.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:52 标题: 20070402
Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A days-old Nile crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus) takes his first swim through the tannin-stained Louri Creek, deep in the heart of the 380,000-acre (153,781-hectare) Loango National Park.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:53 标题: 20070403
Inishmore Island, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1993
Photograph by Sam Abell
A cow and two calves amble toward a village on the island of Inishmore. Forbearers of the islanders appeared in the 1934 documentary film Man of Aran, which is also the name of a cologne made of aromas redolent of the islands' traditional boat—leather, tar, wood, and the sea.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ireland on Fast-Forward," September 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:53 标题: 20070404
Long Island, Bahama Islands, 1986
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A flock of black-necked stilts glides over the waters surrounding Long Island in the Bahamas. Considered to be the third island that Columbus charted during his first voyage to the New World in 1492, he named it La Fernandina, perhaps after his illegitimate 4-year-old son or after the Spanish monarch who helped finance his voyage.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Where Columbus Found the New World," November 1986, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:54 标题: 20070405
Yosemite National Park, California, 1978
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
A ladybug walks along a wild lupine leaf in California's Yosemite National Park. These colorful plants were brought to North America from the Mediterranean as ornamental flora and quickly spread into the wild. The Yosemite varieties usually flower blue and white and grow abundantly in the park's sandy soil.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book America's Majestic Canyons, 1979)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:55 标题: 20070406
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee, 1975
Photograph by Bates Littlehales
Tennessee's Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge. Duckweed, the world's smallest flowering plant, grows on the surface of still or slow-moving water. It grows rapidly—sometimes too rapidly, occasionally covering whole lakes or drought-slowed rivers—and provides protection for water creatures, control of excess minerals, and a barrier against evaporation.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Wildlands for Wildlife, 1976)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:56 标题: 20070407
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, 1970
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Hawthorne bushes ascend upon the remains of a split-rail fence on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. The tiny island, a horseshoe-shaped chip of land located 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Cape Cod, is home to about 10,000 permanent residents. That number blooms to about 50,000 in the warmer months when tourists and summer residents descend.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life's Tempo on Nantucket," June 1970, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:57 标题: 20070408
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, U.S.A., 1989
Photograph by James P. Blair
Charred wood litters a partially cleared area in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest along Washington state's Cascade Range. The fires are set deliberately to clear the land of debris after logging and to facilitate new growth. Gifford Pinchot is home to Mount St. Helens, and was ground zero of the battle between logging interests and those seeking to protect the northern spotted owl.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Old Growth Forests," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:58 标题: 20070409
Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1983
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Celestial skies stream light onto a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker as it cuts a trail through a frozen expanse of Arctic Ocean in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Coast Guard was part of a mission to explore the sunken wreckage of the H.M.S. Breadalbane, a British ship that went down in the 1850s while on a mission to find survivors of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to map the Northwest Passage.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Exploring a 140-Year-Old Ship Under Arctic Ice,” July 1983, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-10 18:59 标题: 20070410
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1984
Photograph by James L. Amos
A shimmering travertine deposit forms a limestone terrace around a mineral spring at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.
This formation, called Minerva Terrace, formed as mineral-laden water bubbled over and evaporated, leaving a sparkling white calcium-carbonate crust. These deposits, which can accumulate at up to a foot (30 centimeters) per year, create a spectacular and constantly changing landscape.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Planets: Between Fire and Ice,” January 1985, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-11 16:34 标题: 20070411
Pakistan, 1985
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Mountain polo players take part in a practice match at Chitral Polo Field in northwestern Pakistan. This game, arguably Pakistan's favorite sport, differs dramatically from the European version. In mountain polo, six players instead of four compete on a longer, narrower field. And the near absence of rules encourages a rowdy, fast-paced, frequently violent clash.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Mountain Worlds, 1988)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-12 17:58 标题: 20070412
Europe, 1995
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The Orient Express stretches elegantly along a length of track somewhere in Europe. This famously luxurious train line had its first run in 1883 traveling from Paris to Giurgiu, Romania. The line was extended to Constantinople (later Istanbul) in 1889. The route ran until 1977, and several short-run trains have since used parts of the original route under the name Orient Express. The last of these is the Paris-Vienna route, which will shut down for good when a high-speed line opens in June of 2007.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Great Journeys of the World, 1996)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-13 17:08 标题: 20070413
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 1991
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A free-standing arch and crescent-shaped gate frame a mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This Southeast Asian country, the largest archipelago in the world, is the most populous Muslim nation on Earth, with more than 245 million people, 88 percent of whom follow Islam.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ibn Battuta, Prince of Travelers," December 1991, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-14 15:22 标题: 20070414
Galápagos Islands, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell
Great frigatebirds, silhouetted against a gray-blue sky, feed in the waters around Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos. Frigatebirds use their long, hooked bills to scoop their favorite food, flying fish, from above or just below the water's surface.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1987)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-15 17:56 标题: 20070415
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
An aerial photograph of a Gabonese delta highlights the rich wilderness of the Loango coastal area. Just a century ago, this land was the northern outpost of the Loango Kingdom, whose throne was near the Congo River some 250 miles (402 kilometers) to the south.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-16 16:53 标题: 20070416
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1999
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A cluster of ornate umbrellas enlivens a dreary day in Addis Ababa as a crowd of people lines up outside a church.
At 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) above sea level, Ethiopia’s capital city is the highest in Africa. The population is almost evenly split between Christians, living in the highlands, and Muslims inhabiting the lowlands.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Enigma of Beauty,” January 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-17 21:34 标题: 20070417
Honduras, 1993
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
The lush rain forests of northern Honduras are home to over 700 species of birds. Between 800 and 1,200 years ago, the great Mesoamerican Olmec civilization claimed this stretch of rain forest. At its height, the "mother culture" of the New World spanned as far north as Mexico City and as far south as Honduras.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Light on the Olmec," November 1993, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-18 22:39 标题: 20070418
Olympic National Park, Washington, 1984
Photograph by Sam Abell
A mist-strewn landscape and a lone rustic cabin give this scene in Washington’s Olympic National Park a storybook appearance. The park covers 1,442 square miles (3,735 square kilometers) and includes glaciers, mountains, lakes, meadows, and the lush Hoh Rain Forest, known for its gargantuan conifers, dense mosses, and mythical-size fungi.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Olympic Peninsula,” May 1984, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-19 17:19 标题: 20070419
Beijing, China, 1982
Photograph by Dean Conger
A setting sun silhouettes two pedestrians as they descend Kunming Lake’s Seventeen Arch Bridge. The footbridge leads from the Pavilion of Broad View, visible at left, to South Lake Isle. All are part of the opulent Summer Palace in western Beijing, a summer retreat built in the mid-1700s for Qing Dynasty imperial rulers.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-20 18:11 标题: 20070420
Tutayev, Russia, 1994
Photograph by James P. Blair
Onion-shaped domes gleam atop Voskresenskiy Cathedral in Tutayev, Russia. Built in 1652, this Russian Orthodox Church is said to have been in continuous use, even during the premiership of Joseph Stalin.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage," June 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-21 15:47 标题: 20070421
Ilan, Taiwan, 1993
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A stretch of open road in Taiwan lies empty due to heavy rains that canceled that year’s Dragon Boat Festival. This festival, held in the small northeast village of Ilan, features dragon boat races, firecrackers, and throngs of cheering spectators. Even as it forges forward with booming industries and soaring skyscrapers, Taiwan struggles to preserve fleeting tokens of its ancient heritage.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Taiwan," November 1993, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-22 12:10 标题: 20070422
Alaska, 1987
Photograph by George F. Mobley
The Porcupine caribou herd grazes near Beaufort Lagoon in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Every spring, this 165,000-member herd, named for the Porcupine River which runs through its winter grounds, migrates 400 miles (644 kilometers) over the Brooks Range to calving grounds on the coastal plain.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book America’s Hidden Wilderness; Lands of Seclusion, 1988)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-23 18:02 标题: 20070423
Arizona, 1997
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi
Framed by overgrowth, a fractured mirror clinging to an abandoned car reflects the Arizona countryside along historic Route 66. Now mostly abandoned, Route 66 was the primary route between Chicago and Los Angeles in the mid-twentieth century, a route especially popular with Dust Bowl migrants.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Route 66: Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-24 17:18 标题: 20070424
Sebrov, Czechoslovakia, 1968
Photograph by James P. Blair
Chimney sweeps rest against a house in Sebrov, Czechoslovakia, while maintenance workers take their 10:00 a.m. beer break. The chimney sweepers work for the State Ministry of Public Services and must clean 15 chimneys each hour.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Czechoslovakia: The Dream and the Reality,” February 1968, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-25 18:20 标题: 20070425
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1967
Photograph by Winfield Parks
People frolic in the shining waters of the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Rio de la Plata is an estuary of the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers that forms the border between Argentina and Uruguay.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Buenos Aires, Argentina’s Melting Pot Metropolis,” November 1967, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-26 18:03 标题: 20070426
London, England, 1985
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A merchant displays wares for sale—including old paintings, a guitar, a mirror, and appliances—at London’s Camden Lock Market. The Market operates from a former timber wharf near Regent’s Canal, where entrepreneurs and artists have been selling books, crafts, jewelry, and food since 1973.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Discovering Britain and Ireland, 1985)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-28 17:23 标题: 20070427
Afghanistan, 1968
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie
Camels cast shadows across the Qala-e-Bost arch in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The 11th century arch, which appears on the 100 Afghani note, marks the principal approach to the ancient fortress citadel of Bost, later renamed Lashkar Gah.
Over the centuries, the city bore multiple assaults by the Ghorids, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane. Today it is the capital of the Helmand province.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Afghanistan: Crossroad of Conquerors,” September 1968, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-28 17:23 标题: 20070428
Queensland, Australia, 1996
Photograph by Sam Abell
Despite the region's inhospitable climate—five months of torrential rains followed by seven months of drought, plus infertile soil and frequent lightning-sparked bush blazes—Cape York Peninsula is home to 379 rare or endangered plant species. The region is one of Australia's most complex ecosystems, with rain forest, grassland, wetland, and scrub coexisting in close quarters.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Uneasy Magic of Australia's Cape York Peninsula," June, 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-29 19:04 标题: 20070429
Alaska, 1994
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The spectacular landscape of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve is the result of a 1980 congressional act that set the 13.2 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of land aside to remain undisturbed. One of the United States' biggest national parks, Wrangell-Saint Elias is home to grizzly bears, wolves, caribou, moose, mountain goats, and Dall sheep.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wrangell-St. Elias: Alaska's Sky-High Wilderness," May, 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-4-30 17:38 标题: 20070430
Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1997
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
A bearded seal relaxes near the edge of an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean near Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago. These seals, which are rarely found in groups, spend most of their time in the water. Even at one week old, bearded seal pups can dive for five full minutes to depths of 250 feet (76 meters).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Bearded Seals: Going with the Floe,” March 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:12 标题: 20070501
Czechoslovakia, 1967
Photograph by James P. Blair
Children dance around a maypole in a centuries-old tradition that is still thriving in eastern Europe. Maypoles are erected in villages across the region on the first of May in celebration of youth and the arrival of spring.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Dream and the Reality," February 1968, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:14 标题: 20070502
Boom Island Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1997
Photograph by Gail Mooney
Twin Cities citizens take to their lakes as soon as warm weather permits, and a daily sight-seeing cruise departing from the shores of Minneapolis's Boom Island Park is one way visitors can join the fun.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "America's Hometown," July/August 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:15 标题: 20070503
Venice, Italy, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
Spectators in motorboats wait for the racing gondolas to pass during Il Palio Delle Quattro Antiche Repubbliche Marinare, a regatta which pits rowers from each of Italy's maritime republics—Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi—against each other. With streets no bigger than sidewalks, rowing is serious business in Venice, which has 42 boating associations and no cars.
The next Palio will be held in Venice in May 2007.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Venice: More Than a Dream," February 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:16 标题: 20070504
Near Kairouan, Tunisia, 1979
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
"A farm boy in no particular hurry allows his donkey to browse on wild poppies as they shamble along toward field work near Kairouan, a city holy to Muslims."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Tunisia: Sea, Sand, Success," February 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:17 标题: 20070505
Sydney, Australia, 1978
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
A duck leaves a clear trail as it swims through algae-covered waters in Sydney—but the duck isn’t the only "green" lover in this bustling city. Laborers working on Sydney's famed opera house refused to build an underground parking garage next door for fear of killing three historic fig trees in the Botanic Gardens.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sydney," February 1979, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-7 09:18 标题: 20070506
Gabon, 2000
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Viewed from a mountain summit, the canopy of Minkebe Forest in Northern Gabon lies shrouded in mist.
Photographer Mike Nichols took this shot while accompanying explorer Michael Fay on his grueling 15-month, 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) trek across Africa to catalog the region’s pristine forests and promote their protection. As a result of Fay’s efforts, President El Hadj Omar Bongo of Gabon set aside more than 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) of land to form a national park system protecting 13 separate parks.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Megatransect,” October 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-8 17:32 标题: 20070507
Broome, Australia, 1997
Photograph by R. Ian Lloyd
Famous for its pearl-filled waters, Broome anchors the Dampier Peninsula, part of the famous Kimberley region in northwest Australian. This region was one of the earliest settled areas of the continent, receiving settlers from Indonesian islands some tens of thousands of years ago.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Australia by Bike," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-8 17:33 标题: 20070508
Thailand, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Members of a refugee Burmese tribe in Thailand, a Padaung family bathes in a stream. Padaung women are often fitted with brass neck rings. These rings help elongate their necks—a look prized among this group—albeit at the expense of crushed collarbones and rib cages.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-9 18:41 标题: 20070509
Qingdao, China, 1981
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Three sparse oriental pines give some early morning shade to people looking out at the Yellow Sea in Qingdao, China. The city in northeast China is home to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology, a respected research center where scientists have worked to develop strains of kelp used for food and as stabilizers in medications and cosmetics.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “New World of the Ocean,” December 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-10 17:35 标题: 20070510
Afghanistan, 1968
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie
A man passes one of the lakes of central Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir, a series of five mineral-enriched, sapphire lakes that punctuate the dusty, travertine peaks near central Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush.
Legend has it the lakes were formed by Caliph Ali who miraculously raised the retaining walls to dam a dangerous river, thereby impressing a local pagan king who converted to Islam.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Afghanistan: Crossroad of Conquerors,” September 1968, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-11 18:04 标题: 20070511
Route 66, Arizona, 1997
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi
Vestiges of Americana linger in an ice cream shop's sign along Arizona's historic Route 66. Memorialized in many ways—in writing (Grapes of Wrath, On the Road), in song ("Get Your Kicks on Route 66"), and on screen (Route Sixty-Six)—the road still echoes mid-twentieth-century American culture.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Route 66: Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Route 66: Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-12 18:47 标题: 20070512
Velada, Spain, 1982
Photograph by James P. Blair
A farmer in Velada, Spain, displays a traditional toboggan-like device that is used to crush straw and open garbanzo bean pods during harvest. This area, near Toledo, was made famous by the works of El Greco, who journeyed to the region in 1577.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Genius of El Greco,” June 1982, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-13 17:42 标题: 20070513
Galápagos Islands, 2000
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Foraging crabs and hungry fish feed on bacteria from giant tube worms near a deep sea vent in the Pacific Ocean.
The vents are actually springs of super-heated water about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) below the ocean’s surface. They are one of the last frontiers biologists and photographers are working to record.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Sea Vents: Science at the Extreme," October 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-14 17:43 标题: 20070514
Norton Sound, Alaska, 1998
Photograph by Jay Dickman
A rainbow over the horizon transfixes an Alaskan fisherman hunting in Norton Sound, Alaska, part of the mouth of the Yukon River. The 2,000-mile-long (3,200-kilometer-long) river empties into a delta bigger than Texas that teems with wildlife including crab, seal, and salmon.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Untamed Yukon River," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-15 17:17 标题: 20070515
South Georgia Island, Falkland Islands, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Crowned by snowy fog, a nunatuk, or mountain peak rising from a plane of ice, looms over South Georgia Island in the Falklands. This icy crest was first crossed in 1916 by Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic crew—and was soon crossed again by a team sent to rescue them.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Shackleton: Epic of Survival" November 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-16 17:32 标题: 20070516
Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, 1998
Photograph by Bob Krist
A wooden bridge leads the way to a Danish castle surrounded by water. It was common for Danish lords to build their castles on small islands surrounded by lakes as a security measure. If no lake existed, an artificial body of water might have been created in its place.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Danish Light,” July 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-17 18:02 标题: 20070517
Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal, 1999
Photograph by Steve McCurry
A Nepalese woman sits in the doorway of a traditional building in a Himalayan hill town found along the Annapurna Circuit. The mountainous trail casts a 200-mile (320-kilometer) loop through a mosaic of scenic landscapes—including farmland, forest, desert, and tundra—around Nepal’s 26,000-foot (8,000-meter) Annapurna Range.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “On Foot Across the Roof of the World,” May/June 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-18 18:50 标题: 20070518
Red Rock Beach, Dominica, 1996
Photograph by Michael Melford
Vacationers barely catch a glimpse of the sea through rocks on Red Rock Beach on Pointe Baptiste in Dominica. Mountainous, densely forested, and populated by waterfalls and exotic birds, much of Dominica is protected as national wilderness.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Dominica: The Caribbean’s Nature Island,” November/December 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-19 15:25 标题: 20070519
Big Sur Coast, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting
Wildflowers thrive amid twisted tree limbs along California's Big Sur Coast. Stretching 42 miles (67.6 kilometers) along the Pacific from Carmel to San Simeon, the Big Sur Coast dazzles visitors with its craggy cliffs and dramatic ocean drop-offs.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-20 17:35 标题: 20070520
Route 66, Arizona, 1997
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi
A mountain range provides dramatic backdrop for a cluster of mailboxes along a stretch of Arizona’s Route 66. Once known as "America's Main Street," it was the primary road from Chicago to Los Angeles before the Interstate Highway System was developed.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Route 66: Romancing the Road," September 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-21 17:50 标题: 20070521
Great Skellig Island, Ireland, 1977
Photograph by James P. Blair
A thousand-year-old headstone stands next to the ruins of an ancient church on Great Skellig Island, off the southwest coast of Ireland. Between the sixth and ninth centuries, the Celtic Christian church spread through Ireland, and the remains of the original monasteries have been preserved on islands like these of Kerry County.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Celts,” May 1977, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-22 17:37 标题: 20070522
Border Village, Australia, 1997
Photograph by R. Ian Lloyd
The Rooey II statue welcomes visitors to Border Village, a town between Western and Southern Australia. This cheerful marsupial is the gateway to the nearby Great Australian Bight, the famous 328-foot-high (100-meter-high) cliffs soaring over the Indian Ocean.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Australia by Bike," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-23 18:14 标题: 20070523
Antsirabe, Madagascar, 1967
Photograph by Albert Moldvay
Drivers stand ready amid a fleet of rickshaws in Antsirabe, Madagascar. Rickshaws are known here by the French pousse-pousse, which translates to "push-push," though "pull-pull" would seem to be more appropriate.
Antsirabe's streets teem with these colorfully painted buggies, and even somewhat long trips earn pullers only pennies. So competition for patrons is fierce, and visitors here are frequently swarmed by solicitous drivers.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Madagascar: Island at the End of the Earth, " October 1967, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-24 17:03 标题: 20070524
Novyy Urengoy, Russia, 1988
Photograph by Steve Raymer
Stolid apartment buildings rise from the snow-covered permafrost in Novyy Urengoy, Russia. The buildings house workers at what was once the world's highest-producing natural gas field. After more than 30 years of operation, it's still one of the largest.
Novyy Urengoy is one of hundreds of industrial towns built, seemingly overnight, during the Soviet era to support workers who tap Siberia's many natural resources. Such development on the tundra has presented challenges for Russia, including buildings that crack or collapse under sagging permafrost and the displacement of indigenous cultures.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Siberia: In from the Cold," April 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-25 17:47 标题: 20070525
Seoul, South Korea, 1995
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Hungry tigers stand on display atop an SUV in Seoul, South Korea's Everland Resort amusement park. The park's tigers are fed chunks of meat dangled from a tour bus so sightseers can view the staged carnage up close.
Of the eight known tiger subspecies only five remain. Three—the Caspian, Bali, and Javan—became extinct during the 20th century. The extant species—Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran, and Siberian—number only about 5,000 to 7,000 individuals combined, and all are endangered.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-26 16:20 标题: 20070526
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, 1995
Photograph by Chris Johns
The seemingly empty landscape of the Kalahari Desert is full of clues to the whereabouts of potential prey for these San Bushmen hunters. Bushmen can read the desert like a book, studying droppings, tree markings, and hoof prints to determine an animal's species, gender, and age. They can estimate when an animal has passed through a certain area by the time it takes termites to rebuild a nest that’s been trampled, or a blade of grass to spring back upright, or a spider to repair its cobweb.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-27 15:45 标题: 20070527
Rimini, Italy, 1999
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
This park of scaled down replicas of Italy’s famous monuments represents a compromise between tourism and conservation. The Italy in Miniature Park allows visitors to experience historic churches and famous art without harming the real thing.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Italy's Endangered Art," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-28 18:19 标题: 20070528
San Diego, California, 1997
Photograph by Phil Schermeister
Nighttime is the right time to dine at the San Diego Pier Café, where first-rate seafood complements a breathtaking view of San Diego Bay and the illuminated San Diego-Coronado Bridge.
San Diego, a sprawling city that spreads across 320 square miles (829 square kilometers) of hill, canyons, and shoreline, has a venerable history. Europeans first set foot here around 1542, 78 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "San Diego Serenade," January/February 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-29 17:08 标题: 20070529
Near Yap Islands, Micronesia, 1995
Photograph by David Doubilet
A multi-colored scallop sits open-mouthed on a reef off the Yap Islands in Micronesia. Unlike most mollusks, which tend to anchor themselves in colonies and stay put, scallops have the gift of locomotion. They move in short spurts by closing their mantle quickly, ejecting water and jet-propelling themselves backwards.
Scallops also have the distinction of eyesight. Their eyes, sometimes numbering more than a hundred, are quite sophisticated, each with a lens, retina, and optic nerve. These tiny peepers line the upper part of the mantle (seen as orange dots on this specimen) and work together to detect shadows and movements.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Manta!," December 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-30 18:14 标题: 20070530
Jerusalem, Israel, 1984
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A view from Mount Scopus shows whitewashed above-ground tombs of the Muslim Cemetery outside the walls around Jerusalem's Old City. The Dome of the Rock Mosque (right) and the silver-domed Al-Aqsa Mosque (left) rise from inside the city walls.
Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish state of Israel, is home to religious sites that are profoundly important in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, a source of constant tension in the ancient city.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Searching for the Center: Israel," July 1985, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-5-31 18:25 标题: 20070531
Maderas del Carmen, Mexico, 1993
Photograph by Bruce Dale
Wiry bloom stalks from two sotol plants lean toward sunlight that streams through a break in the clouds in the Maderas del Carmen Protected Area. The mountainous park in Mexico's Coahuila State joins with Big Bend National Park on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande.
Sotol is a favorite snack of black bears, and its blooms attract swarms of flying insects including flies, bees, and butterflies. Juice from the stem is somewhat sweet and can be pressed and fermented to make the fiery liquor mescal de sotol.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "TexMex," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-1 18:08 标题: 20070601
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, 1976
Photograph by Bianca Lavies
A baby snapping turtle and baby bullfrog take advantage of unusual circumstances to get a good look at each other at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Once full-grown snapping turtles are at the top of the pond food chain, but until then they are lunch to adult bullfrogs and other predators.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Around a Lily Pad," January 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-2 18:34 标题: 20070602
Hawaii Island, Hawaii, 1983
Photograph by Steve Raymer
Roads on Hawaii’s Big Island are often flanked with miles of "Island graffiti," like this love note. Instead of spray paint though, bits of white coral harvested from local beaches are arranged into messages, which seem to glow against the island's black lava expanses.
But tourists beware: Removing the coral from beaches is illegal. And disturbing an already-posted message is considered rude and supposedly brings bad luck.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Kamehameha: Hawaii's Warrior King" November 1983, National Geographic magazine
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-3 18:06 标题: 20070603
Honshu Island, Japan , 1982
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Skiers dot the slopes in this night view of the Happo-One Ski Resort in the Japan Alps' Hida Range near Tokyo, Japan.
Skiing was brought to Japan in 1911 when the imperial general staff asked the Austrian Army for help training ski troops. The officer dispatched by Vienna brought his own skis, equipped with modern bindings. Within four weeks, Japan's imperial armory in Tokyo had produced 30 perfect replicas of the bindings and delivered them to the country's first ski-infantry division.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Japan Alps," August 1984, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-4 17:55 标题: 20070604
Death Valley National Monument, California, 1998
Photograph by Len Jenshel
Abandoned charcoal kilns sit in Wildrose Canyon in Death Valley National Monument. The 25-feet-tall (7.6-meter-tall) beehive-shaped kilns were built in 1877 by the Modock Consolidated Mining Company to produce charcoal for a nearby silver-lead smelting plant. The furnaces were closed after only about a year when deteriorating ore quality forced the silver mines to shut down.
According to the National Park Service, the kilns, which still smell of smoke, held up to 42 cords of pinyon pine logs and could produce 2,000 bushels of charcoal per week. Due to their short usage time and quality construction, they are considered among the best surviving examples of such kilns in the western United States.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dual Track in a Dry Place," September/October 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-5 17:38 标题: 20070605
New Delhi, India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A woman applies a delicate grid of henna paste to a celebrant’s hand already painted with lacy paisleys. Henna comes from the leaves of a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, that have been dried, ground to a powder, and mixed with water. The dye, which fades from the skin after a few days or weeks, is as popular today with Western trend-setters as it was centuries ago in ancient Egypt.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Quest for Color,” July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-6 17:25 标题: 20070606
Crystal Lake, Vermont, 1997
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita
A row of red lawn chairs lines the shore of Crystal Lake, a 778-acre (315-hectare) glacial lake in northeastern Vermont popular for swimming, boating, and fishing.
The lake area is known as the place where Robert Rogers retreated with his legendary Rogers' Rangers regiment in 1759 following an infamous raid on an Indian enclave in St. Francis, Quebec, during the French and Indian War.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Vermont: Suite of Seasons,” September 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-7 17:15 标题: 20070607
Fabregas, France, 1973
Photograph by George F. Mobley
"Bound for mountain pastures, sheep branded with red dye graze in the foothills of the French Alps on a misty June day."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-8 16:30 标题: 20070608
Reykjahlid, Iceland, 2000
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
Overcast skies portend a rough day for boats on Iceland’s Lake Myvatn.
The lake, named after the swarms of gnats that breed around it, is surrounded by wetlands and volcanic landforms, including lava fields, lava pillars, volcanic cones, and boiling mud flats. Iceland lies on the convergence of two tectonic plates and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “In Search of Vikings,” May 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-9 15:40 标题: 20070609
Hong Kong, China, 1999
Photograph by Steve McCurry
A plate-glass-wrapped Hong Kong high-rise glimmers in the afternoon light.
Hong Kong’s tall buildings are linked through a system of escalators and moving sidewalks, including the Central Mid-Levels Escalator, the longest outdoor, covered escalator system in the world. The 2,600-foot (800-meter) structure, consisting of 20 escalators and 3 moving sidewalks, allows commuters and tourists to high-rise-hop without ever descending to the ground.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Hong Kong: The World’s Greatest Chinatown,” January/February 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-10 13:20 标题: 20070610
India, 2003
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city.
Although India’s constitution forbids caste discrimination, Hinduism’s rigid social codes continue to govern daily life for 80 percent of the population. One out of six Indians is born to the achuta, or Untouchable caste, which governs where they live, what work they perform, and with whom they may socialize.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable, " June 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-11 19:43 标题: 20070611
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
Photograph by Bob Sacha
An infrared view of a New Orleans street gives this cemetery scene a psychedelic air.
Burials in New Orleans demand creative solutions due to the city’s high water table. In the past, New Orleanians weighed coffins with stones or even bored holes in them to keep them from floating to the surface. Today, caskets are usually placed in above-ground-vaults, like the ones pictured here.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Spirits of New Orleans,” October 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-12 16:45 标题: 20070612
Sydney, Australia, 2000
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Storm clouds paint the sky over Circular Quay, the heart of Sydney Harbor and the gateway for many of the city’s waterside attractions, including the Sydney Opera House, at right. A sequence of nested concrete shells forms the roof of this iconic structure, which opened in 1973 after almost three decades of planning and construction.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Sydney,” August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-13 17:12 标题: 20070613
Armenia, 2004
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
An Armenian tightrope walker steadies himself with his balance pole as he prepared to perform a trick.
Throughout its history Armenia has walked a sort of geopolitical tightrope of its own, situated as it is on one of the region's most venerable trade routes—the land bridge between Europe and Asia. Centuries of invasion and foreign rule have shaped and reshaped this tiny republic's borders and hammered an ethic of resilience into its people.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rebirth of Armenia, " March 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-14 18:58 标题: 20070614
Vallejo, California, 1995
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Water flies as a young white tiger shakes itself dry in a pool at California’s Marine World Africa USA. (Now called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.)
White tigers are extremely rare in nature, and many seen in zoos today are produced through controversial inbreeding. White tigers can be born to normal-colored tigers if both parents carry the recessive gene for white coloring.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Making Room for Tigers,” December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-15 17:49 标题: 20070615
Chiyoda, Japan, 1977
Photograph by H. Edward Kim
During a rice planting festival in Japan, the women of Chiyoda stoop and plant in unison while drummers and bamboo-clacking musicians set the tempo for the accompanying pipers. As the dance master leads the troupe, he calls out, "What flower blooms in the front field? Rice flowers, money flowers, flowers of perfect virtue."
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Day of the Rice God," January 1982, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-16 15:01 标题: 20070616
Siberia, Russia, 2002
Photograph by Mark Thiessen
A Russian smokejumper leaps from an Antonov An-2 biplane to battle wildfires in a Siberian forest.
Every summer 4,000 smokejumpers from Avialesookhrana, Russia’s aerial forest protection service, patrol two billion acres (809 million hectares) of the largest coniferous forest in the world extinguishing thousands of the region’s 20,000 to 35,000 annual wildfires.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Russian Smokejumpers, " August 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-17 14:45 标题: 20070617
Madagascar, 2000
Photograph by Lynn Johnson
Like the pillars at the entrance of an ancient Roman ruin, a stand of baobab trees frames a dirt road in Madagascar.
Found in the savannas of Africa and India, the baobab is a godsend to locals who use nearly every part of the tree for food, medicine, and even shelter.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Nature’s RX,” April 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-18 16:18 标题: 20070618
Denmark, 1998
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
Graffiti covers the side of a ship in one of Denmark's many harbors. Vandalism is rare in this exceptionally peaceful, orderly society where a mere 2 percent of the national budget is spent on police, prisons, and courts. A common saying in the patriotic nation holds that "Denmark is a land where few have too much and even fewer have too little," a fact that they attribute to keeping the crime levels low.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Civilized Denmark," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-6-19 12:51 标题: 20070619
Paris, France, 1989
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A man sits in Paris's Tuileries Garden flanked by colorful model sailboats, which are rented out and sailed in the park's picturesque fountains.
Located in downtown Paris along the banks of the Seine, the gardens are built on the site of an old quarry where clay for tiles, or tuileries in French, was once mined.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Great Revolution,” July 1989, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:40 标题: 20070620
Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002
Photograph by Steve McCurry
A watch vendor works within the confines of his hand-painted pushcart on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Afghan capital, which had been calm in the years following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban government, has been rocked lately by resurgent Taliban forces. Authorities have passed laws aimed at ridding the city of handcarts and donkey carts, which are often used by insurgents to hide explosive devices.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A New Day in Kabul," December 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:41 标题: 20070621
Death Valley National Monument, California, 1998
Photograph by Len Jenshel
Band members unload equipment before a show in the somewhat unlikely venue of Death Valley National Monument. The 5,210-square-mile (13,494-square-kilometer) park is the lowest, hottest, driest spot in the United States, and daytime temperatures there frequently reach 120°F (48.9°C) in the summer.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dual Track in a Dry Place," September/October 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:42 标题: 20070622
St. Clair River, Michigan or Ontario, 2002
Photograph by Jay Dickman
Falling water levels expose a sandbar in the Great Lakes’ St. Clair River.
The five Great Lakes, and the rivers, channels, and lesser lakes that connect to them, hold a fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. But below-average precipitation, increased evaporation due to above-average temperatures, and mounting water consumption is driving water levels here to record lows.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Drain: The Incredible Shrinking Great Lakes, " September 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:43 标题: 20070623
Alvord Desert, Oregon, 1997
Photograph by Sarah Leen
A buck mule deer contrasts against the rye grasses of the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. Few inhabit this bleak expanse; in fact, early settlers found it so inhospitable they called it "Malheur," or misfortune.
Today's residents enjoy the desert's challenges. Few and far apart, they appreciate how its environment denies most features, such as congestion, of modern life.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Special Place: Oregon's Outback," August 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:43 标题: 20070624
High Springs, Florida, 1999
Photograph by Wes C. Skiles
Brown and blue blend as water from Ginnie Spring mixes with river water tinted by plant tannins. While this natural dye is harmless, man-made pollution clouds the future of these fountains—a fact Floridians must now confront.
Florida's 320 natural springs gush out over eight billion gallons of drinkable water every day. How these springs work, where the water comes from, and the ways in which they are all connected remain mysterious, but scientists and underwater explorers are working to change that.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:44 标题: 20070625
Jaipur, India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A pair of gaily painted domesticated elephants regard one another in a Jaipur park in India.
Asian elephants have been domesticated for thousands of years. Used primarily for ornament and entertainment today, domesticated elephants have been used for moving cargo, felling trees, transporting caravans, and even waging war in centuries past.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Quest for Color,” July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:45 标题: 20070626
Big Sur, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting
Firemen with lighted helmets use controlled fires to clear brush during a wildfire in California’s Santa Lucia Range. Forest fires—man-made and natural—are so common here that Big Sur naturalist John Smiley calls them “another type of weather.”
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California’s Elemental Coast, " August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:46 标题: 20070627
Kostroma, Russia, 1992
Photograph by James P. Blair
A young woman in Kostroma, Russia, reclines in a car while listening to music.
This city, located on the Volga River about 211 miles (340 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, is the center of Russia's textile industry. As such, residents here were quick to adopt Western styles, like the tight blue jeans and fashionable high heels worn by this woman, during the years following the breakup of the Soviet Union.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage: From the White to the Black Sea," June 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:47 标题: 20070628
Khara Khoto, China, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz
Miles of shifting sands surround the 30-foot-high (10-meter-high) ramparts of the fortress of Khara Khoto, or Black City, in northern China’s Alashan Plateau.
In the 14th century, China’s Ming armies laid siege to the Mongol city and diverted the Black River, which flowed just outside the fortress.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “China’s Unknown Gobi: Alashan,” January 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:48 标题: 20070629
Kish Island, Iran, 1999
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
Young people enjoy an evening show on Iran's Kish Island. This small island resort in the Persian Gulf is an official "Free Zone," attracting many foreign and domestic tourists as well as business investors with its socially and economically relaxed environment. Free Zones like this are one way that Iran is trying to harmonize its traditional Islamic value system with the contemporary desires of its people and the nation's potential as a part of the global marketplace.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:48 标题: 20070630
Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1996
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
Researchers motor through glassy Arctic waters off Norway's Svalbard Archipelago. This team is in search of elusive bearded seals, an affectionate and playful seal species that spends nearly all its life either in the water or drifting on Artic ice floes.
At the time of this photo, little was known about bearded seals, due to their forbiddingly frigid habitat and aquatic lifestyle. This and subsequent research missions shed light on this wide-ranging seal's life, include birthing sites, growth rates, diving behavior, and diet.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bearded Seals: Going With the Floe," March 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-1 15:49 标题: 20070701
Australia, 2002
Photograph by Medford Taylor
Two fishermen navigate the fog-fringed Clarence River near the town of Grafton in New South Wales, Australia. Settlement along the 245-mile-long (394-kilometer-long) Clarence, began near Grafton in 1832 after a convict who had escaped into the area won his freedom by leading timber barons to copious cedar stands along the river's banks.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Australia by Bike,” December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-2 17:52 标题: 20070702
Tucson, Arizona, 1997
Photograph by William Albert Allard
A horse and rider complete an introductory lap before a rodeo show in a muddy Tucson, Arizona, arena.
Rodeo evolved from the often dangerous tactics cowboys used to break horses and to catch and brand cattle. In most professional rodeo shows, riders compete in seven events: saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer roping, team roping, and steer wresting.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Rodeo: Behind the Chutes,” September 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-3 16:37 标题: 20070703
Venice, Italy, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
Members of the Querini boat club row alla veneta, or gondola-style, through the waters of Venice Lagoon during the city’s 20th annual Vogalonga, a spirited rowing marathon that covers an 18-mile (30-kilometer) loop from Venice to Burano and back.
A group of oarsmen started the race in 1974 to revive traditional Venetian lagoon rowing. Today, the competition attracts some 5,200 rowers in more than 1,400 boats.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Venice: More Than a Dream,” February 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-4 18:08 标题: 20070704
Minnesota, 2000
Photograph by Richard Olsenius
Firemen bring relief to spectators at Bowlus Fun Days, a central Minnesota Fourth of July celebration that pits teams of firefighters against each other in a series of “water wars.”
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “In Search of Lake Wobegon,” December 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-5 17:31 标题: 20070705
Myanmar, 2005
Photograph by Nicolas Reynard
The space between the rumpled sail and the boom on a hand-built kabang boat reveals a slice of sea and sky—and other members of the flotilla—in Myanmar's Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea.
Some of the archipelago’s 800 islands are home to the Moken, a nomadic Austronesian people that live aboard their boats nine months of the year, surviving off the waters surrounding Myanmar and Thailand.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sea Gypsies of Myanmar," April 2005, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-6 17:26 标题: 20070706
Rodanthe, North Carolina, 1985
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
A man watches as hurricane-roiled surf pounds Rodanthe Pier in North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Tropical storms, nor'easters, and hurricanes frequently pound the Outer Banks, driving the Atlantic Ocean inland and constantly eroding and reshaping this fragile strip of barrier islands.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Awash in Change: North Carolina's Outer Banks," October 1987, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-7 16:37 标题: 20070707
Chachawuate, Honduras, 2001
Photograph by Susie Post Rust
A Garífuna woman scrubs clothes on a washboard in the Honduran coastal village of Chachawuate.
The Garífuna culture was born when a slave ship wrecked off St. Vincent in 1635, throwing together West Africans aboard the vessel with St. Vincent’s Carib Indians, originally immigrants from South America. Today some 60 Garífuna fishing villages dot the Central American coast.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Garífuna: Weaving a Future From a Tangled Past,” September 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-8 23:47 标题: 20070708
Madagascar, 1967
Photograph by Luis Marden
Two men gaze into the azure waters of Lake Tritiva near Antisirabe, Madagascar. The volcanic lake's waters are said to mysteriously rise during the dry season and fall during rainy season.
According to legend, two intertwined trees on a ridge above the lake contain the spirits of a young couple who leapt from a cliff to their deaths when they were refused permission to marry.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Madagascar: Island at the End of the Earth, " October 1967, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-9 17:43 标题: 20070709
Laeso, Denmark, 2003
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski
A mounded seaweed roof creeps down the walls of the main building in Laeso, Denmark's Museumsgården.
Parts of this building date to the 1600s. Like many older structures on Laeso, it is constructed in part using timber salvaged from ships stranded in the island's shallow waters. Laeso residents turned to seaweed to thatch their roofs after most of the island's trees and reeds were harvested and burned by the salt industry.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Killer Caterpillars," June 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-10 17:44 标题: 20070710
Bhubaneswar, India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A woman in Bhubaneswar, India, grinds brilliant red mineral pigments to powder on a stone pestle for Holi, the Indian festival of color.
During Holi celebrants toss clouds of powdered pigments in shades of indigo, magenta, and saffron to celebrate the passion of Hindu god Krishna for his lover, Radha.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揟he Quest for Color,?July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-11 18:07 标题: 20070711
Craftsbury, Vermont, 1997
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita
A horse paws trampled snow in a paddock amid a criss-cross of split-rail fences on a Craftsbury, Vermont, farm.
Part of the Appalachian Mountain system, the Green Mountains (background) stretch for 250 miles (402 kilometers) through central Vermont. The name Vermont comes from the French verts monts, or "green mountains."
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Vermont: Suite of Seasons,” September 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-12 17:18 标题: 20070712
Australia, 1997
Photograph by R. Ian Lloyd
Roff Smith wanders along sand dunes in South Australia. A well-known writer on Australian topics, Smith embarked on a nine-month, 10,000-mile (16,000-kilometer) bicycle trek around the rugged continent in 1996.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Australia by Bike," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-13 18:22 标题: 20070713
Batopilas, Mexico, 1999
Photograph by Jonathan Tourtellot
An old-style Mexican hotel (right) pales beneath the gleaming blue-tiled domes of the upscale Riverside Lodge in Batopilas, Mexico. This century-old hacienda, formerly a local merchant's home, was meticulously restored by an American businessman in the early 1990s, just as the Mexican government was beginning a push to make the country's Copper Canyons region a major tourist destination.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Faces of Tourism," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-14 17:27 标题: 20070714
Paris, France, 1988
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Parisians celebrate the Great Revolution of 1789 in the Place de la Bastille on July 14th. In the center of the plaza stands the Colonne de Juillet, a monument to those who died during the 1830 and 1848 revolts.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The New, the Enduring Paris," July 1989, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-15 16:28 标题: 20070715
Memphis, Tennessee, 1999
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Throngs of people fill Memphis' Beale Street, famed for its many bars and clubs frequented by some of the greatest names in blues music. As African Americans migrated north from the fields to the cities after the abolition of slavery, their route came to be known as the "blues highway." The port city of Memphis was the first major stop along the way, becoming a spawning ground for blues, jazz, and rock-and-roll.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Traveling the Blues Highway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-16 18:46 标题: 20070716
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2004
Photograph by Penny De Los Santos
Students at the Indian Community School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brandish drum beaters at a dedication ceremony.
Students at the school, most of whom belong to one of Wisconsin’s five main tribes, are instructed in traditional Native American values, history, and culture. A Potawatomi casino funds tuition, transportation, and meals at the school.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A School of Their Own, " September 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-17 23:43 标题: 20070717
China, 1974
Photograph by Luis Marden
Jagged tower karst formations rise in the distance as the Li River flows past a quiet landscape near Guilin, China.
These karst mountains are what remain of an ancient seabed that was lifted and subsequently eroded away. The formations line much of the Li River and have inspired Chinese poets and artists for centuries. They're also a source of national pride, earning an appearance on the back of China's 20 yuan note.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bamboo, The Giant Grass, " October 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-18 18:20 标题: 20070718
Miami, Florida, 1998
Photograph by Gail Mooney
As twilight descends, nightlife heats up at the CocoWalk, an open-air shopping mall in Miami’s chic Coconut Grove neighborhood. A stone’s throw from Biscayne Bay, Coconut Grove is one of Miami’s oldest and most eclectic communities.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “48 Hours in Miami,” April 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-19 22:31 标题: 20070719
Michigan, 1997
Photograph by Jay Dickman
Decades later, a tree-stump forest still looks as Ernest Hemingway described it in his short story "Big Two-Hearted River." The trees were felled for lumber in the late 1800s, then the stumps charred black by brush fires. The numerous lichens, however, mirror the area's resilience: Trout-rich rivers and stands of birch, aspen, and maple continue to thrive.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hemingway's Many Hearted Fox River," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-21 15:37 标题: 20070720
Blackpool, England, 1998
Photograph by Tomasz Tomaszewski
Nestling in a quiet corner, a couple enjoys a private moment at Pleasure Beach, an amusement park in Blackpool. Millions of tourists arrive annually at this seaside Victorian resort town in northwestern England. Blackpool's attractions include vintage roller coasters, an Eiffel Tower replica, and the world's largest dance hall mirror ball, but like many resorts today, it struggles with changing tourist interests.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Jolly Good Time in Blackpool, England," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)
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Italy, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
Italy's antiquities, the remains of thousands of years of history, are literally strewn throughout the country. But perils like earthquakes, car fumes, vandals, and thieves have taken a heavy toll on these treasures, like this ancient wall outside Rome, stripped by looters of much of its decorative marble.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Italy's Endangered Art," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-22 22:34 标题: 20070722
Bangladesh, 1991
Photograph by James P. Blair
Fishing boats with colorful handcrafted sails stop along the banks of Bangladesh's Meghna River.
Water is a way of life throughout Bangladesh, a country that essentially comprises a vast floodplain for some of the world's most powerful rivers.
According to one resident: "To understand Bangladesh, you must understand our rivers."
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bangladesh: When the Water Comes," June 1993, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-22 22:35 标题: 20070723
Madagascar, 2000
Photograph by Lynn Johnson
Light permeates the sheer petals of a Madagascar periwinkle.
Catharanthus roseus’s delicate appearance belies its powerful pharmaceutical prowess. The flower yields a compound that has been used effectively to treat leukemia.
Scientists are racing to study the thousands of potentially beneficial plant species found in the world's tropical forests before they are destroyed by deforestation.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Nature’s RX,” April 2000, National Geographic magazine)
[ Last edited by ccs on 2007-7-23 at 17:44 ]作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-24 17:23 标题: 20070724
Nebraska, 1974
Photograph by James L. Amos
A narrow trail hugs the sides of a mesa and descends into a valley etched by deep ravines and bordered by other large mesas. This scene in Bayard, Nebraska, would have been a common one for pioneers heading west on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s in search of land and fortunes in gold.
One such pioneer wrote of the prairie: "Imagine the ocean, when the waves are rolling mountain high, becoming solid and covered with beautiful green grass, and you have some faint idea of it."
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Itch to Move West: Life and Death on the Oregon Trail," August 1986, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-25 17:35 标题: 20070725
Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain
Frost-flecked and sun-chapped, a hunter braves the cold in Kangerlussuaq, an inlet in western Greenland抯 Davis Strait.
Besides hampering the living of hunters there, thinning sea ice along Greenland抯 fringes is threatening to capsize an entire ecosystem dependent on the ice梚ncluding seals, walruses, and polar bears.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揕ast Days of the Ice Hunter,?January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-26 16:16 标题: 20070726
Arizona, 2007
Photograph by Michael K. Nichols
A ribbon of water spills down a cliff in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
The canyon’s rock strata, laid bare over the past six million years by the rushing Colorado River, details nearly two billion years of North America’s geologic history. At 277 miles (446 kilometers) long, 18 miles (29 kilometers) across at its widest, and 6,000 feet (1,829 meters) down at its deepest, it is one of Earth’s largest canyon systems.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Unexpected Canyon,” January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-27 17:55 标题: 20070727
Bahama Islands, 1986
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Crabbers hunt for their quarry by torchlight on the Bahamas' Samana Cay. Many historians think that the island's Lucayan Indians using the same hunting technique may have been the lights "like a small wax candle" that Christopher Columbus wrote about in his diary before his fleet found land here in October of 1492.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Where Columbus Found the New World," November 1986, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-28 16:26 标题: 20070728
Mexico, 1999
Photograph by Jonathan Tourtellot
Ornate metal balusters color the view from a hotel balcony in Batopilas, Mexico. This history-rich town, located in the depths of Batopilas Canyon, arose in the 1800s with the region's silver boom. By 1900, the mines were closed, but some residents stayed on. It's now a tourist stop for visitors to Mexico's picturesque Copper Canyons region.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Faces of Tourism," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-29 12:19 标题: 20070729
Marshall Islands, 1996
Photograph by Emory Kristof
An orange crab taken from the waters near the Marshall Islands?Rongelap Atoll bears no outward evidence of the radioactive compounds that pollute its habitat.
In the 1940s and ?0s, the United States conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll, a ring of Pacific islands. Radioactive fallout still pollutes Rongelap Atoll, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the east, but recent studies have found no long-term impact on marine life there.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揟esting the Waters of Rongelap,?April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-30 17:31 标题: 20070730
Niland, California, 2005
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
An irrigation canal reflects dawn-stained skies over Imperial Valley, a fertile farming region just north of Baja California.
The canal brings Colorado River water to the dry Salton Sea watershed, which, with an average of three inches (seven centimeters) of rainfall a year, would otherwise revert to desert. The Imperial Valley’s half million acres (202,343 hectares) of croplands soak up more water than Los Angeles and Las Vegas combined.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Salton Sea,” February 2005, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-7-31 16:50 标题: 20070730
Tuscany, Italy, 2002
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Sunflowers bloom under a brilliant blue sky between the towns of Siena and San Gimignano in Italy's Tuscany region. In the Tuscan countryside people start their day quite early, just before dawn, but wind down in the early afternoon for siesta. Shops reopen in late afternoon and dinner usually isn't served until 9 p.m.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Siena: Italy's Very Own Magic Kingdom," September 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-2 17:15 标题: 20070801
Nara, Japan, 1976
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A harvester walks amid undulating waves of tea plants in the mountainous Nara Prefecture in central Japan.
Located 23 miles (37 kilometers) south of Kyoto, Nara was Japan’s first real capital city, where artists, scholars, and statesmen began to develop an artistically and religiously rich civilization.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Kyoto and Nara: Keepers of Japan’s Past,” June 1976, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-2 17:16 标题: 20070802
India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
Clad in shades of pink and white, celebrants of the Indian festival of Holi gather to watch a play in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The play, performed throughout India during Holi, recounts the love story of Hindu god Krishna and the common cowherd Radha. For Hindus, the fable represents human longing for the divine.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Quest for Color,” July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-3 18:49 标题: 20070803
Venice, Italy, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
An ornate stage prop makes a dramatic exit through the window of Venice’s La Fenice Opera House.
Built on wooden pilings sunk in the ooze of a backwater lagoon, Venice rose over a millennium to become a city-state of dazzling power. By the 15th century, it was the envy of Europe.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Venice: More Than a Dream,” February 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-4 16:44 标题: 20070804
Angola, Louisiana, 1999
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Picking cotton at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola (one of the few places in the U.S. where cotton is still picked by hand), these convicts evoke blues music's ancestry. The roots of the blues are in the cotton fields of the South where slaves would sing to keep the blue devils at bay. The cadence of those field songs later came to shape the musical structure of today's blues.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Traveling the Blues Highway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-5 17:01 标题: 20070805
Mexico, 1999
Photograph by Jonathan Tourtellot
Colorful shawls worn by Tarahumara Indian women dry on a line in Mexico's Copper Canyons.
Until recently, the remoteness of the Tarahumara's homeland—the canyons' deep, rock-lined gorges—has allowed these intensely shy people to preserve much of their native culture. But a decade of government-promoted tourism in the region is bringing the outside world to their doorstep.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Faces of Tourism," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-6 17:22 标题: 20070806
Hiroshima, Japan, 1997
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Young fans cheer for their home team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, in a 32,000-seat stadium built within striking distance of the Aioi Bridge—the target of the world's first atomic bomb. The bomb was detonated by the United States of America on August 6, 1945.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiroshima: Up From Ground Zero," August 1995, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-7 18:50 标题: 20070807
United Kingdom, 1981
Photograph by Steve Raymer
An adult cheetah rests in the grass at a Jersey zoo. Founded on this English Channel island in 1959 by zoologist Gerald Durrell, the Jersey Trust Zoo (now called Durrell Wildlife) protects and breeds more than 100 endangered species, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Despite its somewhat remote location, some 750,000 tourists visit the facility every year.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wild Cargo: the Business of Smuggling Animals," March 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-8 19:16 标题: 20070808
Razgrad, Bulgaria, 1962
Photograph by James P. Blair
On his journey through the lands traversed by 11th-century Crusaders in pursuit of control of the Holy Land, photographer James P. Blair encountered a patchwork of fire-cleared fields south of Razgrad, Bulgaria.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In the Crusaders' Footsteps," June 1962, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-9 18:32 标题: 20070809
Portugal, 1957
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
A column of black ash and steam rises over the village of Capelo on the Azores island of Faial. The source of this 1957 eruption, an undersea volcano just off Faial's southern shore called Ilha Nova, sent car-sized boulders into the air, covered Capelo in ash, and created a new island that eventually connected with Faial and lengthened the island by more than half a mile (0.8 kilometers).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A New Volcano Bursts From the Atlantic," June 1958, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-10 18:38 标题: 20070810
Alberobello, Italy, 1979
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
An aerial view shows the famous cone-shaped, limestone-slab roofs of Alberobello, Italy.
The peculiar rooflines of these cottages, called trulli, help move rainwater to aquifers, and their extremely thick, stuccoed walls help keep the homes cool. Earlier trulli were built without stucco, supposedly to allow residents to dismantle them easily when tax collectors approached and avoid property taxes.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Ancient Appian Way," June 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-11 18:36 标题: 20070811
Yangon, Myanmar, 2003
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Worshippers' candles illuminate the Shwedagon Paya, a gilded Buddhist pagoda that rises almost 330 feet (100 meters) in central Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma).
The temple, with its glittering spires and stupas, was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Letters from the East.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blood, Sweat, and Toil Along the Burma Road, " November 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-12 17:30 标题: 20070812
Hawaii, 2005
Photograph by Susan Seubert
Suntanned patrons at the patio bar of Halekulani Hotel’s House Without a Key restaurant enjoy stunning sunset views and a hula show on Oahu Island’s Waikiki Beach.
The swaying hips and undulating arm movements of a hula dancer imitate the waves that wash over Hawaii’s shores. Hula went underground for about 60 years in the early 19th century after Christian missionaries persuaded rulers to ban the provocative dance. It is enjoying a resurgence today.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Aloha Again, " January/February 2005, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-13 19:56 标题: 20070813
Peru, 1981
Photograph by Steve Raymer
Three vicuñas graze in tall grass in Peru's Pampa Galeras Reserve.
Prized for their soft, fine wool, vicuñas had been hunted to near-extinction by the late 1960s. Government protections in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, and international trade restrictions on vicuña wool have helped the species rebound. Despite a continued threat from poachers, they are now considered at low risk for extinction.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wild Cargo: the Business of Smuggling Animals," March 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-14 16:23 标题: 20070814
Mexico, 1999
Photograph by Jonathan Tourtellot
A large stone cross welcomes visitors to the San Ignacio Mission church near Creel, Mexico.
The church, built by Jesuits in the 1700s, is often used by the region's Tarahumara Indians as a gathering place and a market to sell their handicrafts to tourists.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Faces of Tourism," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-15 18:38 标题: 20070815
Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, 1999
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
Campers await the start of a raucous national day festival in the town of Vestmannaeyjar on Iceland's Heimaey Island.
Held every year on the first weekend in August, this three-day outdoor festival began in 1874, when bad weather kept residents from traveling to the mainland to celebrate Iceland's new status as a republic. They held a celebration of their own, and the rest is history.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-16 23:21 标题: 20070816
Yemen, 2005
Photograph by George Steinmetz
Clad in black abayas and sun-shielding straw hats called nakhls, women work the fields in central Yemen’s Wadi Hadramawt, an oasis on the southern periphery of Arabia’s Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. Occupying a fifth of the Arabian Peninsula, the Rub al Khali is the world’s largest sand sea.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Empty Quarter: Exploring Arabia’s Legendary Sea of Sand, " February 2005, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-17 23:56 标题: 20070817
India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A washerwoman hangs diaphanous saris to dry on the mortared walls of a house in India. India's enormous labor pool allows even middle-class households there to employ home help, including servants, cooks, and washerwomen.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-19 11:01 标题: 2007081 8
Arizona, 2007
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A time-lapse photo reveals a smattering of stars dotting the sky above Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
The landscape that today attracts more than four million tourists was once home to many indigenous peoples, including the Hisatsinom, or Anasazi. They and others survived by growing cotton, corn, beans, and squash along the sandy banks and terraces of the Colorado River some 1,300 years ago.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-19 18:34 标题: 20070819
Missouri, 1988
Photograph by James P. Blair
A tree gleams yellow in the sunlight in the Seiwa-en Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. At 14 acres (5.6 hectares), it is the largest traditional Japanese garden in the United States. Its creator, Koichi Kawana, describes it as a place of "pure, clear harmony and peace."
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Plant Hunters: Portrait of the Missouri Botanical Garden," August 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-20 18:57 标题: 20070820
New Hampshire, 1981
Photograph by Sandy Felsenthal
Steam and sulfides billow from the James River Corporation pulp and paper mill on the Androscoggin River in Berlin, New Hampshire. The plant opened in 1853 as a sawmill and quickly grew into one of the foremost chemical pulp mills in the world.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Contrary New Hampshire," December 1982, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-21 22:52 标题: 20070821
Chennai, India, 1999
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita
Women interrupt a shopping trip to stop and feed a cow in Chennai, India.
Because they give sustenance and ask for nothing in return, cows are sacred to Hindus, who view them as symbols of God and Earth. Their revered status allow cows free reign throughout India’s busy streets, where they often stop traffic. "Women interrupt a shopping trip to stop and feed a cow in Chennai, India.
Because they give sustenance and ask for nothing in return, cows are sacred to Hindus, who view them as symbols of God and Earth. Their revered status allow cows free reign throughout India’s busy streets, where they often stop traffic.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Marco Polo: Journey Home," July 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-23 18:14 标题: 20070822
Botswana, 1999
Photograph by Chris Johns
A cheetah surveys the savanna from atop a termite mound in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
As recently as 1900, cheetahs thrived throughout Africa and Asia, as far east as Myanmar (Burma). But a host of perils, including predation by lions and the encroachment of farms on their territory, has hurt their numbers and their range. Today, only about 12,000 cheetahs remain in some 30 African countries.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-23 18:14 标题: 20070823
Ethiopia, 1999
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A woman from the Hamar tribe in southern Ethiopia's Omo Valley poses to show her armfuls of ornamental bracelets as a curious toddler looks on.
Omo Valley is home to several tribes known for their striking body adornments, including colorful clothing, braided hair, and painted skin, as well as piercings, tattoos, scarification, and lip plates.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-24 19:52 标题: 20070824
Thailand, 1981
Photograph by Steve Raymer
An adult Macaca fascicularis, or long-tailed macaque, ensconces an infant in her arms in a roadside clearing between coastal Pattaya and Bangkok, Thailand. These primates get their common name from their extraordinarily long tails, which, at 1.3 to 2 feet (40 to 60 centimeters), are usually longer than the macaques are tall.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Thailand: Luck of a Land in the Middle," October 1982, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-25 15:42 标题: 20070825
Alaska, 1993
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Two mountain bikers cross the Kennicott River via a hand-drawn tram in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. The primitive cable car replaced a bridge washed out by the raging Kennicott, and at the time of this photo, it was the only way (save flying) into the historical mining village of McCarthy.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wrangell-St. Elias National Park: Alaska's Sky-High Wilderness," May 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-26 17:24 标题: 20070826
Outer Banks, North Carolina, 1985
Photograph by David Alan Harvey
An old boathouse perches well above Currituck Sound at low tide in North Carolina's Outer Banks.
The Outer Banks, a thread of barrier islands on North Carolina's east coast, are extremely susceptible to erosion from heavy storms, strong tides, and rising ocean levels.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Awash in Change: North Carolina's Outer Banks," October 1987, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-28 23:38 标题: 20070827
Quebec, Canada, 1978
Photograph by Bruce Dale
In a dramatic freefall, the 275-foot (84-meter) Montmorency Falls plunges into the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. In winter, frozen spray from the falls accumulates into an enormous icy mound known as the Sugarloaf, popular with sledders and climbers.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The St. Lawrence River," May 1980, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-28 23:39 标题: 20070828
Mysore, India, 1969
Photograph by James P. Blair
Rounded up in Mysore, India's famous wild elephant drive, a pint-size pachyderm splashes through a stream between two adults, all destined for domestication.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wild Elephant Roundup in India," March 1969, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-29 17:52 标题: 20070829
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1998
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Broken ceiling pieces dangle over deserted pews in a church on Rongelap Atoll, which was contaminated by fallout from the U.S. nuclear test on the Bikini Atoll, 100 miles (161 kilometers) away. Humans left Rongelap in 1985, but its marine life, including sharks, remoras, and coral encrusting anti-ship mines, thrives today.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Testing the Waters of Rongelap," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-31 22:47 标题: 20070830
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1998
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Broken ceiling pieces dangle over deserted pews in a church on Rongelap Atoll, which was contaminated by fallout from the U.S. nuclear test on the Bikini Atoll, 100 miles (161 kilometers) away. Humans left Rongelap in 1985, but its marine life, including sharks, remoras, and coral encrusting anti-ship mines, thrives today.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Testing the Waters of Rongelap," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-8-31 22:48 标题: 20070831
Hat Yai, Thailand, 1981
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A soggy street in Hat Yai, Thailand, dissolves into streaks in this motion-blurred photo of an umbrella-shrouded couple on a motorbike.
The Sukhothai kingdom, considered the forerunner of the modern Thai nation, was founded in the 13th century when Thai-speaking peoples migrated from southeast China to the River Yom, 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of Bangkok.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Thailand: Luck of a Land in the Middle," October 1982, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-2 01:01 标题: 20070901
Russia, 1992
Photograph by James P. Blair
The Makarevski Sheltovodskii monastery stands silhouetted against a pearly sky as the waters of Russia's Volga River drift by.
The original monastery was built in the early 14th century, but was sacked by Tatar forces in 1439. It was rebuilt in 1624 and became an important commercial center for Russia, hosting the bustling Makaryev Fair outside its walls annually from the mid-16th century until the early 19th century.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage: From the White to the Black Sea," June 1994, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-2 21:31 标题: 20070902
Albany, California, Date Unknown
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
"Prized for farmers for their war on pests and by children for their delicate beauty, the beetles were known to Englishmen in the Middle Ages as ladybirds, creatures of Our Lady. The French called them bêtes de la Vierge, 'animals of the Virgin.'"
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Following the Ladybug Home," April 1970, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-4 00:07 标题: 20070903
Belgium, 1986
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
Bicycles line a street along the Markt, the vibrant main square in Bruges, Belgium.
Much of this historic city has changed little since the Middle Ages, when Bruges was northern Europe's richest port. The stately buildings seen across the street in this photo were once the homes of wealthy burghers, but now lend their medieval flavor to hotels, restaurants, and sidewalk cafes.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Belgium's Surprising Bruges," November/December 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-4 17:54 标题: 20070904
Canada, 2004
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
An arctic fox pup awakens from a nap on the summer-greened Canadian tundra.
Most arctic foxes turn white in winter to blend with their snowy surroundings, though some, called blue foxes, wear a brownish-blue coat. These delicate-looking mammals have adapted a host of physical attributes—short ears; a short muzzle; thick fur—to help them bear up under some of Earth's harshest living conditions.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Seasons of the Snow Fox," October 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-5 17:17 标题: 20070905
Japan, 2005
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
The skeletal remains of a building in Hiroshima, Japan, stand as a reminder of the enduring injury from the U.S. atomic bomb attack there in 1945.
More than half of the city's buildings were destroyed by the bomb, which packed the equivalent of 15,000 tons (13,600 metric tons) of TNT. About 70,000 to 80,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000 residents were killed by the blast, and many suffered long-term illnesses from the radiation.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "12 Toxic Tales," May 2005, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-6 17:12 标题: 20070906
Aswan, Egypt, 1998
Photograph by Richard Nowitz
A lateen-rigged sailboat called a felucca plies the Nile River in fading light near Aswan, Egypt.
Aswan was an important city in ancient times, linking the pharaonic centers in Egypt's north with the empire's southern territories.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Into an Antique Land," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-7 22:15 标题: 20070907
Pakistan, 1988
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Dancers engage in what looks like hand-to-hand combat in Karimabad in Pakistani Kashmir. The dance, performed to hypnotic music played by local musicians, begins slowly and builds to a dramatic, saber-waving crescendo.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Mountain Worlds , 1988)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-8 15:33 标题: 20070908
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1990
Photograph by James P. Blair
A shed stands in a field of lupine in Halifax. After the American Revolution, Nova Scotia was deluged by New Englanders still loyal to the crown and England. Settling farms vacated by Acadians, the recent immigrants doubled the province's population by the 1780s.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Canada's Incredible Coasts, 1991)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-9 16:12 标题: 20070909
Florida Keys, 1999
Photograph by Jim Richardson
The bright Florida sun throws tropical patterns on a splayed saw palmetto frond in the Florida Keys. Found on sand ridges and coastal dunes in every Florida county, Serenoa repens is frequently used as an herbal remedy for incontinence, impotence, and enlarged prostate, among other maladies.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "South to the Keys," January/February 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-10 17:45 标题: 20070910
Atacama Desert, Chile, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
A vizcacha, close relative of the chinchilla, rests on an outcropping in Chile's Atacama Desert. These sleepy-eyed herbivores are among few species who thrive in the higher, drier regions of the Atacama. They make their living off the sparse vegetation and grasses that manage to grow in this forbidding desert.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Driest Place on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-11 19:14 标题: 20070911
New York City, 2001
Photograph by Ira Block
The lesser known of New York's canine heroes, comfort dogs, such as this golden retriever, help soothe those affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Similar to search-and-rescue dogs, comfort dogs travel to disaster scenes to aid relief efforts. Studies show that people experience physiological changes—such as a drop in heart rate and blood pressure—when they pet animals.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Zip USA: 10013—After the Fall," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-12 17:25 标题: 20070912
Belize, 2000
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez
No longer slithering, a snake skeleton lies silent in Belize's Chiquibul Cave system. A labyrinthine series of limestone caves carved by rainwater and the subterranean Chiquibul River, the cave system in western Belize is home to thousands of intact skeletons dating back 10,000 years or more.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Inside Chiquibul," April 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-13 18:09 标题: 20070913
Monterey, California, 2007
Photograph by Peter Essick
In the midst of an underwater ballet, a school of sea nettles drifts through California's Monterey Bay Aquarium. Chrysaora fuscescens is a type of jellyfish found in coastal waters from Alaska to California. The invertebrate hunts by trailing its long sting-cell-covered tentacles and ruffled mouth-arms through the water, combing for zooplankton and larval fishes.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Swarm Theory," July 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-15 15:17 标题: 20070914
Gulf of Finland, 1981
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Probably formed on the side of the Finnish icebreaker Tarmo, a feather-edged loaf of ice floats in the Gulf of Finland.
Locked in deep ice from February to April, the Gulf of Finland is alternately daunting and delightful. Passing ships are frequently trapped in the waters' notorious ice, but outdoor-loving Finns fish and swim under the gulf's icy crust.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Helsinki," August 1981, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-15 15:19 标题: 20070915
Falkland Islands, 1988
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A relic from the 19th century, a beached ship anchor lies near the ruins of a whaling station on New Island in the Falkland Islands. Savage seas and harsh weather often thwarted sailing ships attempting to round the tip of Chile at Cape Horn. Shoved by 20-foot (6-meter) breakers and 50-knot winds, battered ships sometimes drifted to rest on the rocky shores of the Falkland Islands.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Falkland Islands: Life After the War," March 1988, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-16 15:52 标题: 20070916
Sims Sink, Florida, 1999
Photograph by Wes C. Skiles
A blind, albino crayfish swims through the inky depths of Sims Sink in northern Florida. These colorless crustaceans are among the few creatures that have adapted to the lightless world at the bottom of the region's aquifers, springs, and sinkholes. Many species who make their homes in these freshwater labyrinths are endemic to only a handful of aquifers and are found nowhere else in the world.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-17 19:06 标题: 20070917
Madhya Pradesh, India, 1997
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Caught in the act by a remote camera trap, a sambar deer drinks from a water source in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. One of the most widely distributed deer species in the world, sambars live in forests throughout Southeast Asia and are favorite prey of tigers, for which this park is known.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-18 17:15 标题: 20070918
Australia, 1997
Photograph by Medford Taylor
Stained rose by the setting sun, a skein of clouds meets twilight over the Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia. Richard Craig—one of a slew of escaping convicts who crossed the "Big River" in the 19th century—is credited with its discovery in 1831. Surrounded by thousands of acres of gorge-carved wilderness, the river is a popular sporting area today.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Traveling the Australian Dog Fence," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-19 17:47 标题: 20070919
Micronesia, 2007
Photograph by Tim Laman
Red mangrove roots arch across thousands of Sonneratia alba mangrove root spikes snorkeling up through a mudflat in Kosrae Island, Micronesia.
Intricate both above and below ground, mangrove roots hold the plants upright in sodden soil, supply them with air when the tide rises, and, in some species, even remove salt from seawater.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Forests of the Tide," February 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-20 17:48 标题: 20070920
India, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
Workers collect colorful laundry from a rooftop clothesline in India.
European languages did not have a word for the color orange until the fruit of the same name arrived from Asia. The word "orange" comes form the Sanskrit naranga, which means orange tree.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-21 22:14 标题: 20070921
Bolivia, 2000
Photograph by Joel Sartore
A gecko sheds its perfectly camouflaged skin on a tree branch in Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Covering 4.7 million acres (1.9 million hectares) in northwestern Bolivia, Madidi encompasses 19,000-foot (5,791-meter) glaciers in the west, rain forests in the east, pampas in the north, and cloud forest and dry forest in between. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in South America.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Madidi National Park," March 2000, National Geographic magazine)
Malgas Island, South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
Dressed in snow-white plumage and golden crowns, a colony of cape gannets nests on the rocky coast of Malgas Island in South Africa's West Coast National Park. The World Conservation Union lists these graceful shorebirds, found almost exclusively in coastal Africa, as vulnerable. The 70,000 cape gannets of Malgas Island share their waters with scores of oil tankers.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
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Hawaii, 1996
Photograph by Jim Richardson
A time-exposed photograph turns car headlights into luminous trails winding through the Garden of the Gods on Hawaii's Lanai Island.
In the foreground sits a cairn of red-brown volcanic stones, likely built by tourists. Locals usually dismantle the visitors' handiwork though.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiding Away in Lanai," January/February 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-24 16:38 标题: 20070924
Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
A leopard seal swims in turquoise waters just below the surface as a jagged Antarctic ice floe looms in the background.
The leopard seal, dubbed a "fierce, handsome brute" by a member of the famed 1914 Shackleton expedition, is a top Antarctic predator: fast, agile, voracious, and large, reaching some 12 feet (4 meters) in length and weighing more than a thousand pounds (450 kilograms).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-25 23:10 标题: 20070925
Chile, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Tourists career down a mountainous sand dune in the aptly named Valley of the Moon region of Chile's Atacama Desert.
This stark landscape between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains is considered the driest place on Earth, and some areas here have not received a drop of rain in hundreds of years. The terrain is so arid and forbidding, scientists came here to test the prototype for a rover destined for Mars.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Driest Place on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-26 18:34 标题: 20070926
New York, 1990
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A street artist arranges a blanket of pennies on a Broadway sidewalk, an appropriate commentary for a street described by one talent agent as "propelled by one thing: money."
Originally an Indian path, Broadway runs about 17 miles (26 kilometers), from the tip of Manhattan Island to the Bronx, intersecting some of New York City's most famed avenues.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Broadway: Street of Dreams," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-27 18:40 标题: 20070927
Canada, 1985
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Frost-flecked tundra pools dot the landscape of Canada's North Yukon National Park. Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundras are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes. Permafrost, cold, wind, and scant rainfall make it difficult for most plants and animals to survive here.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kluane: Canada's Icy Wilderness Park," November 1985, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-9-28 17:32 标题: 20070928
Location Unknown, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A close-up of a mounted blue morpho butterfly shows its unique iridescent sheen. These mesmerizing insects, indigenous to the rain forests of Central and South America, get their cobalt hue not from pigment but from the thousands of semitransparent scales that filter blue from the visible spectrum and radiate it out from the wings.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:34 标题: 20070929
Hawaii, 1982
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A replica of a Polynesian outrigger canoe sits on a beach in Hawaii's Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park.
These handcrafted vessels, hewn from a single log and often in excess of 50 feet (15 meters) in length, likely carried the first Polynesians to the Hawaiian Islands more than 1,200 years ago.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kamehameha: Hawaii's Warrior King," November 1983, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:35 标题: 20070930
South Africa, 2002
Photograph by Mattias Klum
A close-up of meerkat in the Kalahari Desert shows its sturdy, rakelike claws, an important adaptation for their tunneling lifestyle. Meerkats are master excavators, frequently digging themselves entirely out of sight in pursuit of potential meals, which include beetles, scorpions, insect larvae, and small reptiles.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Meerkats Stand Tall," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:35 标题: 20071001
Grand Staircase-Escalante Outpost, Utah, 1999
Photograph by Len Jenshel
Striated red-rock mountains capped by a piercingly blue sky overlook a weather-beaten outpost in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Part of southern Utah's "red rock country," Grand Staircase-Escalante was named a national monument in 1996, adding a 1.9-million-acre (768,903-hectare) slice of parched, mineral-rich wilderness to U.S. protected lands.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celebrating Canyon Country," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:36 标题: 20071002
Breaking Surf, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia, 1997
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Lacy breakers lap the coral reef that rings Bora-Bora, an ancient sunken volcano 165 miles (266 kilometers) northwest of Tahiti in French Polynesia's Society Islands. Surrounded by sugar-white beaches, an electric-blue lagoon, and some of the clearest water on the planet, Bora-Bora is home to hundreds of species of tropical fish. Not surprisingly, it's one of the world's top spots for divers.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:37 标题: 20071003
Flooded Alley, India, 2007
Photograph by John Stanmeyer
A man sloshes through a Kolkata (Calcutta) alley full of water turned purple from dying clothes. Standing water like this gives malarial mosquitoes the perfect place to breed. Pushed out of northern temperate zones by DDT spraying and the draining of wetlands half a century ago, malaria remains entrenched in the humid tropics of Asia. Monsoon rains and poor drainage enable the disease to thrive in many Indian cities.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Malaria: Bedlam in the Blood," July 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:38 标题: 20071004
Lioness at Borehole, South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
A lioness drinks from a rock-ringed borehole in Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park, a 3,700-square-mile (9,600-square-kilometer) slice of desert in South Africa's Northern Cape Province. Lions had all but disappeared from South Africa by the turn of the 20th century due to unbridled hunting, but the seeds of a remarkable comeback were planted in the 1890s with the country's first game reserves.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:40 标题: 20071005
Ténéré Paraglider, Niger, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz
A paraglider casts a shadow over the dunes of Niger's Ténéré desert. A south-central tract of the Sahara, the 150,000-square-mile (400,000-square-kilometer) Ténéré is one of Africa's most forbidding regions. Hot, dusty harmattan winds blow across the bone-dry desert, which receives an annual rainfall of about 1 inch (25 millimeters).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-7 10:40 标题: 20071006
Ilha Nova, Faial Island, Azores
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
Sea water instantly turns to super-heated steam as it seeps into the active submarine volcano known as Ilha Nova, or "new island." Months after the volcano first erupted on September 27, 1957, torrential rains from the condensing steam continued to torment the villagers living near the new volcano.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A New Volcano Bursts from the Atlantic," June 1958, National Geographic magazine)
Milford Mariner, New Zealand, 2001
Photograph by David McLain
The Milford Mariner, a replica of a traditional New Zealand coastal trading scow, sails through a blue-gray fog in Milford Sound.
The sound, part of Fiordland National Park on the southwest coast of New Zealand's South Island, is surrounded by towering, jagged peaks strewn with waterfalls. The Mariner takes tours right up to (and sometimes underneath) the frigid cascades.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Action New Zealand: 12 Days & 12 Adventures on the South Island," May/June 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-8 17:06 标题: 20071008
Aurora Borealis, Arctic Circle, 2002
Photograph by Peter Essick
A leggy evergreen looms over a stretch of Arctic boreal forest as light from the aurora borealis paints the night sky emerald green.
These natural fireworks shows, also called the northern lights, occur when solar wind—electrically charged particles blasted from the sun—collides with atoms in the upper atmosphere over the Earth's magnetic poles.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Boreal: The Great Northern Forest," June 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-9 18:33 标题: 20071009
White Pond Lilies and Canoe, Maine, 2000
Photograph by Lynn Johnson
A tangle of white pond lilies sits in the front of a canoe in a Maine pond. Pond lily roots are used in traditional medicines to treat a range of disorders, including skin wounds and inflammation, both internal and external.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nature's Rx," April 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-10 22:25 标题: 20071010
Frog on Fern, São Paulo, Brazil, 2001
Photograph by George Grall
A white-handed tree frog stares at the camera from its perch on a fern in São Paulo, Brazil. There are more than 730 amphibian species in Brazil, 467 of which are endemic to the region.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Fragile World of Frogs," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-11 17:36 标题: 20071011
City Charter and Wax Seal, Krakow, Poland, 2002
Photograph by Les Stone
Poland's capital since 1038, Krakow, the bustling trade center of Slavonic Europe, entered its golden age in the 15th century, when this historic charter was sealed. Under the 45-year reign of King Casimir IV, Poland emerged as one of Europe's greatest powers and a thriving cultural center. Scholars (including Copernicus), architects, and artists contributed to Krakow's magnificent renaissance.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bohemian Rhapsody," July/August 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-12 17:43 标题: 20071012
Attwater's Prairie Chickens, Texas, 2002
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Young Attwater's prairie-chickens bask under a heating lamp at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. The center, located in Glen Rose, Texas, runs a captive-breeding program for these unique, endangered birds.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down to a Handful," March 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-13 23:23 标题: 20071013
Tracks Crossing Snowfield, Minnesota, 2000
Photograph by Richard Olsenius
Snowshoe tracks (left) and footprints diverge in the middle of a wintry central Minnesota field. Wrote Garrison Keillor of this region, on which he modeled his famous fictional Lake Wobegon: "The eastern approach ... is a four-mile [6.4-kilometer] strip of free enterprise in full riot. ... And then the cosmos peters out and you emerge from hell and come into paradise, rural Minnesota."
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Lake Wobegon," December 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-14 23:52 标题: 20071014
Minke Whale Breaching, 2001
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
The minke whale's missile-sleek shape helps it speed through the water at up to 20 miles (32 kilometers) an hour. It also gives it a variety of common names, including little piked whale, pikehead, and sharp-headed finner.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pursuing the Minke," April 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-16 16:46 标题: 20071015
Jeweled Hands, London, England, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Painted with henna and strewn with traditional gold jewelry, London-born Sonia Behl's hands reveal her Indian heritage. Demographers estimate that almost 30 percent of London's population will be ethnic minorities by 2010—the majority of whom will be born in the U.K.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "London on a Roll," June 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-17 23:00 标题: 20071016
Australian Sea Lion off Adelaide, 2000
Photograph by David Doubilet
An Australian sea lion mugs for the camera off Adelaide, Australia. These highly endangered sea mammals
have been hurt by decades of overhunting.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Great White: Deep Trouble," April 2000, National
Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-17 23:03 标题: 20071017
Palm Trees with Starry Sky, New Zealand, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick
Palm trees cast lacy contours against a star-speckled sky in Coromandel Forest Park, New Zealand.
Sprawled across 180,387 acres (73,000 hectares) in northeastern New Zealand, Coromandel Forest Park is
home to stunning vistas: luxuriant forests, velvety fields, gnarled volcanoes, and rushing rivers.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Case of the Missing Carbon," February 2004,
National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-22 22:02 标题: 20071018
Goby and Bubble Coral, Indonesia, 2005
Photograph by Tim Laman
A goby fish with brilliant orange streaks stands out on a bit of gray bubble coral in Maumere Bay off Indonesia's Flores Island. In most of the ocean, turbid or murky waters force creatures to use nonvisual means of communication—smell, taste, touch, and sound. But in the clear, sunlit waters of coral reefs, light abounds, vision predominates, and animals drape themselves in blazing color.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," May 2005, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-22 22:05 标题: 20071019
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001
Photograph by Tino Soriano
The Lady of the Hill stands in her illuminated belvedere as the sun descends on Lisbon, Portugal, below. This vantage, called Miradouro da Nossa Senhora do Monte, is the highest of the seven peaks that nestle Lisbon. Built by seafarers where the Tagus River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon was once Europe's wealthiest capital and the center of world exploration.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Soul of Lisbon," January/February 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-22 22:06 标题: 20071020
Shorn Sheep, Hopland, California, 1990
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A handful of recently shorn sheep grazes on a hill at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. The center, one of the University of California's principal field research facilities for agriculture and natural resources, maintains a sheep flock of 600 to 1,000 breeding ewes. Shearing time comes every April.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live With Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-22 22:07 标题: 20071021
Children at Play, Yerevan, Armenia, 2003
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
Young girls in Yerevan, Armenia, play in the mist created by the city's Republic Square fountain. This grandiose water feature is an apt fixture in a city whose landscape is dominated by the ghostly Mount Ararat, thought to be the resting place of Noah's Ark.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rebirth of Armenia," March 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-22 22:09 标题: 20071022
Giant Quiver Trees, South Africa, 1995
Photograph by Chris Johns
Giant quiver trees rise from a rocky hill on the boundary of South Africa's Richtersveld National Park. These towering aloe plants, which can reach 33 feet (10 meters) in height, have suffered from heavy overharvesting and habitat loss and are considered critically endangered, with only a handful of specimens remaining.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-23 17:22 标题: 20071023
Caterpillar on Fern, Hawaii, 2003
Photograph by Darlyne A. Murawski
A carnivorous Eupithecia caterpillar prowls a fern leaf in Oahu, Hawaii, in search of prey. Such predatory caterpillars are rare and possess extraordinary adaptations, such as armor shields, seductive smells, or artful camouflage, to enhance their lethality.
(Text adapted from an photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Killer Caterpillars: Built to Eat Flesh," June 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-24 17:40 标题: 20071024
Llama in Pickup Truck, Chile, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
A nervous llama lies in the back of a pickup truck amid the moonscape of Chile's Atacama Desert. Atacama's barren high plateaus are home to the Aymara people, who raise llamas for their meat and wool.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Driest Place on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-25 17:39 标题: 20071025
Silhouette of Westminster Abbey, London, England, 2000
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The spires of Westminster Abbey cut dramatic shapes into a blushing twilight sky. The famous London church began as a Benedictine monastery enlarged by King Edward in the 1040s. It was designated the "west minster" to distinguish it from St. Paul's Cathedral, the "east minster." For centuries, Westminster Abbey has hosted royal coronations and burials.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "London on a Roll," June 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-26 17:38 标题: 20071026
Yawning Tiger, India, 1997
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Tigers, like this female in India's Bandhavgarh National Park, spend hot days in a languorous laze, storing energy for nights of hunting. Over the last hundred years, hunting and forest destruction have reduced tiger populations from hundreds of thousands of animals to perhaps fewer than 2,500. Today Bandhavgarh claims to maintain the highest density of tigers in the country.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-27 18:28 标题: 20071027
Bats in Cueva de Villa Luz, Mexico, 2001
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez
Bats emerge from the inky depths of Cueva de Villa Luz in southern Mexico. Hydrogen sulfide, which is poisonous to humans, permeates the cave's walls, streams, and air, sustaining a rich variety of bizarre organisms. In addition to bats, spiders, mites, amblypygids, and small, hemoglobin-rich fish thrive in the sulfur-saturated environment.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Haven," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-28 18:13 标题: 20071028
Celtic Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003
Photograph by Jim Richardson
Red-painted, torch-wielding revelers parade and dance in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the raucous Beltane festival, an ancient Celtic rite that heralds the May 1 start of summer. The popularity of this festival is part of an ongoing push by modern Celts to uncover the lost cultures of their ancestors—music, sacred sites, languages, and art styles that date back more than 2,000 years, when Celtic tribes dominated most of Europe.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Celt Appeal," March 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-29 22:07 标题: 20071029
Aerial View of African Elephants, Kenya, 1999
Photograph by George Steinmetz
A herd of elephants makes its way through swamp grass in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Established as a national park in 1974, the 151-square-mile (392-square-kilometer) park at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in southwest Kenya is home to more than 450 animal species, including elephants, wildebeests, cranes, and egrets.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Riding the Wind: Photographing the Sahara from Aloft," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-30 22:44 标题: 20071030
Slug Caterpillar, Manu River, Peru, 2001
Photograph by George Grall
Brushlike suckers radiate from the body of a slug caterpillar resting on a leaf near Peru's Manu River. The stinging hairs, or suckers, of these brightly colored, fleshy caterpillars contain mildly venomous toxins used for defense purposes. However, simply touching a slug caterpillar triggers toxin transfer, which causes rashes, swelling, and in some cases, fever and nausea.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Fragile World of Frogs," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-10-31 16:58 标题: 20071031
Girl with Pumpkin, Louisiana, 2004
Photograph by Ken Kochey
In New Orleans, a young girl in a Halloween dress struggles to lift a large pumpkin. The tradition of carving pumpkins during Halloween began in the United Kingdom, where for centuries people cut scary faces into potatoes, turnips, and even large beets to dissuade evil spirits from entering their homes. Early European immigrants to America made these so-called jack-o'-lanterns from pumpkins, which are indigenous to North America and make an ideal canvas for such carved art.
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-1 17:19 标题: 20071101
Great White Shark, Gansbaai, South Africa
Photograph by David Doubilet
On the prowl in Gansbaai, South Africa, a great white shark flashes rows of teeth sharper than daggers. With its numbers declining around the world, scientists warn that this species, the most feared of all sharks, may be in danger.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Great White: Deep Trouble," April 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-2 18:28 标题: 20071102
Trekking the Namib Desert, Namibia, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
Alone in a vast expanse of sand, a man treks across giant dunes in Namibia's Namib Desert. One of the driest places on Earth, the Namib necessitates resourceful adaptations. Snakes, spiders, beetles, and lizards can survive here only because fog delivers a wisp of vital moisture as it rolls in from the ocean most nights.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Grows Up," April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-3 20:53 标题: 20071103
Crocodile, Cape York Peninsula, Australia, 1995
Photograph by Sam Abell
Seventeen feet (five meters) of brute reptilian force, a saltwater crocodile snaps at the camera in Shelburne Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Earth's largest living crocodilians, "salties," as they're affectionately known in Australia, are among the area's most dangerous predators. Without warning, they explode from the water with a thrash of their powerful tails and drag their victim—water buffalo, monkey, shark—under water.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Uneasy Magic of Australia's Cape York Peninsula," June 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-5 16:37 标题: 20071104
Smiling Couple, Blackpool, England, 1998
Photo: English hipster couple
Pressed and polished, a suited commuter seems to shield his eyes from an embracing couple below. Government jobs, nightclubs, golf courses, and beaches draw an eccentric mix of pierced hipsters and buttoned-up conservatives to the seaside town of Blackpool in England's Lancashire county. Blackpool emerged as a major tourist destination in the 20th century, though it still retains its retro charm.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Jolly Good Time in Blackpool, England," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-5 16:38 标题: 20071105
Royal Ascot Racecourse, England, 2007
Photograph by Peter Essick
In high spirits, a well-dressed crowd at Ascot Racecourse near London celebrates a day of horse races with singing and patriotic flag-waving. Scientists study the behavior of animal swarms, such as schools of fish, to predict the way humans might behave in such densely packed groups.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for "Swarm Theory," July 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-6 23:07 标题: 20071106
Midges in Cueva de Villa Luz, Mexico, 2001
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez
Millions of iridescent-winged midges like these throng the inky depths of Cueva de Villa Luz cave in southern Mexico. Hydrogen sulfide, which is poisonous to humans, permeates the cave's walls, streams, and air, sustaining a rich variety of bizarre organisms. Midges, bats, spiders, mites, amblypygids, and small, hemoglobin-rich fish thrive in the sulfur-saturated environment.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Haven," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-7 21:30 标题: 20071107
Surf on Beach, Canary Islands, 2006
Photograph by Justin Guariglia
Surf spreads a foamy swath over a black beach in Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands. Gomera's tortuous geography—desert lowlands twist upwards into a soaring cloud forest—initiated the evolution of silbo, an indigenous six-note whistling language that allows the island's residents to efficiently communicate over hill and vale.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quietest Place on Earth," September 2006, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-9 23:08 标题: 20071108
Pair of Huskie Pups, Herbert Island, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain
These young pups on Herbert Island, Greenland, will grow up to be powerful, thick-furred sled dogs conditioned to survive long periods of exertion in subzero temperatures. A hardy breed descended from canines that accompanied immigrants who traveled from Siberia to Greenland some 5,000 years ago, Greenland dogs pull sleds that weigh upwards of a thousand pounds (450 kilograms) in temperatures near minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 57 degrees Celsius).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-9 23:08 标题: 20071109
Gull Island, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1998
Photograph by Michael Melford
Gull Island, off of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, is a refuge for hundreds of seagulls. One of Alaska's most heavily trafficked areas, the Kenai Peninsula abounds with postcard views—snowcapped mountains, rivers that roil with spawning salmon, an abundant supply of moose, bears, eagles, and puffins, four active volcanoes, and a gigantic, otherworldly icescape, Harding Icefield.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Taking on the Kenai," May/June 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-10 19:54 标题: 20071110
Devil's Marbles, Australia, 2000
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
Colossal orbs of rosy granite serve as props for visitors' snapshots in Australia's Northern Territory. Known as the Devils Marbles, these naturally rounded boulders formed over a billion years ago when cooling magma in the Earth's crust forced up mounds of sandstone-covered granite. Wind, water, chemical, and mechanical erosion shaped the granite into their distinctive shapes, revered by Aborigines as the eggs of the Rainbow Serpent.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Australia: A Harsh Awakening," July 2000, National Geographic magazine)
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Grazing Giraffe, South Africa, 1977
Photograph by James Blair
A giraffe samples foliage in South Africa's Mala Mala Game Reserve. Biologist and explorer Mike Fay calls Mala Mala the "Ferrari of game reserves" for its posh, safari-retro accommodations, lush grounds, top-notch management, and abundant wildlife, including lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, impalas, and giraffes.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "South Africa's Lonely Ordeal," June 1977, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-12 23:20 标题: 20071112
Spider Guarding Eggs, Maui, Hawaii, 2001
Photograph by Darlyne Murawski
Found only on the islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii, the happy face spider, such as this one guarding its eggs on a leaf in Maui, is known for the unique patterns that decorate its pale abdomen. Scientists believe Theridion grallatormay have developed its distinctive markings to discourage birds from eating it.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Silk: Spiderwebs," August 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-13 21:48 标题: 20071113
Aerial View, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002
Photograph by Tino Soriano
The church of Santo Estêvão, at right, watches over clusters of red-roofed homes along the Lisbon shore. Built by seafarers where the Tagus River empties into the Atlantic, Lisbon was once Europe's wealthiest capital and a center of world exploration. In 1775, a horrific earthquake in the Portuguese capital led to centuries of decline.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Soul of Lisbon," January/February 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-14 17:05 标题: 20071114
Attwater's Prairie Chick, Texas, 2002
Photograph by Joel Sartore
A weeks-old Attwater's prairie-chicken perches in a delicate nest in Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas. A century ago, as many as a million Attwater's prairie-chickens roamed coastal grasslands here. Today fewer than 50 of these chickens are left in the wild, due to overhunting and habitat loss.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down to a Handful," March 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-15 18:06 标题: 20071115
Horse on Waterfront, Thessaloníki, Greece, 2004
Photograph by Massimo Bassano
A carriage horse pauses by the waterfront in Thessaloníki, Greece. This northern port city plays second fiddle to glorious Athens, but some say it offers a more authentic Greek experience: milder temperatures, picturesque views of mountains and sea, hidden gardens, ancient ruins, and by some accounts, the country's most flavorful cuisine.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Going Greek," July/August 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-16 18:13 标题: 20071116
Monster Truck Jump, Pennsylvania, 2004
Photograph by Sarah Leen
A monster truck displays its brute power at a stunt rally in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. America's love affair with automobiles spans far and wide, from monster truck rallies and race car shows to supersize SUVs. That love affair translates to big consumption: The U.S. slurps up to a quarter of the world's oil—about three gallons (11 liters) a person every day—even though it has just 5 percent of the world's population.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The End of Cheap Oil," June 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-17 18:12 标题: 20071117
Fur Seal, Falkland Islands, 1987
Photograph by Steven Raymer
A Falkland Islands fur seal perches on a rock outcrop off New Island, where seafood-rich waters nourish a wildlife population diverse in nature and often astonishing in number. Fur seal populations here have rebounded to merely modest levels after a hunting bloodbath in the early 19th century brought the subspecies to the brink of extinction.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Falkland Islands: Life After the War," March 1988, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-18 18:29 标题: 20071118
Baby in a Bicycle Basket, Cambodia, 2000
Photograph by Steve McCurry
A baby in a makeshift bike basket stares into the camera in Angkor, Cambodia. It's common in some Buddhist cultures to shave children's heads, often leaving a small unshaved tuft above the forehead.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Temples of Angkor: Still Under Attack," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-19 17:12 标题: 20071119
Swans, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999
Photograph by Jim Richardson
Brooding skies cast a lavender glow on a flock of mute swans gliding across a crag-ringed loch in Edinburgh, Scotland. As their name suggests, mute swans are usually silent, limited by a straight trachea. However, they occasionally snort, hiss, or bark. The graceful Cygnus olor communicates mostly through visual displays and postures.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Once and Future City," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-20 23:05 标题: 20071120
Desert Landscape, Jordan, 1999
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Wind-combed dunes meet parched mud flats in Wadi Rum, a stark desertscape in southwestern Jordan. Revered for its dramatic sandstone and granite rock faces cut into a breathtaking span of sunbaked desert, Wadi Rum was made famous by Lawrence of Arabia, who based his operations there during the Arab Revolt.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-21 16:51 标题: 20071121
African Wild Dog Pups, Botswana, 1999
Photograph by Chris Johns
A trio of young African wild dog pups plays near a den in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Thought to be domesticated dogs gone feral, wild dogs have borne the brunt of extensive extermination programs. Today there are fewer than 5,000 wild dogs alive, which make them Africa's most endangered large carnivore.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Africa's Wild Dogs," May 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-23 18:09 标题: 20071122
Trampoline Jumper, Tennessee, 2001
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi
A jumper vaults out of frame on a backyard trampoline in Dayton, Tennessee. Now a quiet community of about 6,500, this Bible Belt town was the site of the famous 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, in which Dayton teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a Tennessee law against teaching evolution in public schools.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Dayton, Tennessee," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-23 18:10 标题: 20071123
West Indian Manatee, Florida, 1998
Photograph by Wes Skiles
A West Indian manatee drifts through crystal-clear water in a North Florida spring. Hundreds of these gentle giants migrate from coastal habitats to the springs each winter to bask in their constant and comparatively balmy 72-degree Fahrenheit (22-degree Celsius) waters.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Spring," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-25 12:14 标题: 20071124
Sky Disk at Twilight, Germany, 2004
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett
Found buried in a hill in the town of Nebra in 1600 B.C., this 3,600-year-old sky disk reflects cloud-strewn skies in central Germany. The disk, which tracks the sun's movements along the horizon, contains the oldest known depiction of the night sky and may have served as an agricultural and spiritual calendar.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Star Search," January 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-25 22:58 标题: 20071125
Swakopmund Dune Fields, Namibia, 2000
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
Wind-sculpted dunes sprawl across the Sesriem and Sossusvlei dune area in Namibia's Namib Desert. The Namib is a cool, coastal desert that roughly translates to "an area where there is nothing" in the Nama language. It is known for its dramatic dunes, including the crescent-shaped barchan dunes shown here, some of which can reach 100 feet (30 meters) high and 1,200 feet (370 meters) wide.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "New Eyes on the Oceans," October 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-26 17:36 标题: 20071126
Butterfly on Leaf, Borneo, Malaysia, 2001
Photograph by Timothy Laman
Under the cover of darkness, a butterfly with folded wings rests gracefully on a leaf in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Borneo. The 170-square-mile (438-square-kilometer) conservation area is the largest undisturbed lowland rain forest in Malaysia, home to one of the world's most complex ecosystems.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Night Shift in the Rain Forest," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-27 17:02 标题: 20071127
Aerial View, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, 2002
Photograph by Frans Lanting
The jagged University Range in Alaska's snow-draped St. Elias Mountains blushes red in the Arctic twilight. Many peaks in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park remain unnamed—and unclimbed—more than 20 years after the park was established.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska's Giant of Ice and Stone," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-28 23:06 标题: 20071128
Orchid, 2004
Photograph by Robert Clark
For legendary 19th-century scientist Charles Darwin, orchids, like the dew-beaded beauty shown here, epitomized the theory of natural selection, the belief that plants and animals evolve with traits favoring survival and reproductive success. By this measure orchids are a sensational success, with 24,000 species and 60,000 registered hybrids, far more than any other flowering plant on Earth.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Was Darwin Wrong?" November 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-29 22:51 标题: 20071129
Dinosaur Fossils, Niger, 1997
Photograph by George Steinmetz
In Niger's Ténéré desert, a ridge of protruding bones suggests a dramatically different past. Millions of years ago, the parched plains of the Ténéré were spread with thick forests and broad rivers home to crocodiles, turtles, fish, and dinosaurs, including Suchomimus tenerensis, a recently discovered crocodile-like creature.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Journey to the Heart of the Sahara," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-11-30 17:13 标题: 20071130
Monkeys at Watering Hole, India, 1997
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A troop of Hanuman langur monkeys drinks from a watering hole used by tigers in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. Named after the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, these lanky, long-tailed monkeys are found in the humid forests, swamps, and even urban areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar (Burma).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-1 16:55 标题: 20071201
Honeybees, Maine, 2007
Photograph by Peter Essick
Swarming honeybees, like these on Maine's Appledore Island, frequently differ about where to establish a new nest. But the group usually chooses the best site. Bees reach this decision by gathering information, conducting independent evaluations, and holding a kind of vote. Scientists are studying such swarm intelligence—note the yellow and blue identifier dots on the bees in this photo—for clues about how humans might manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for "Swarm Theory," July 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-3 17:45 标题: 20071202
Monaco Cathedral, Monaco, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Built in 1875 from white stone from La Turbie, a French alpine village, the neo-Romanesque Monaco Cathedral houses the tombs of former princes and Princess Grace. Monaco occupies a rocky strip of land on France's Mediterranean coast, but its size belies its reputation as one of the world's most upscale resort destinations known for glitz, glamour, and the good life.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Monaco," May 1996, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-3 17:47 标题: 20071203
Courtyard, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2003
Photograph by Brooks Walker
Switzerland's capital of dirndls and schnitzel, Lucerne is known for the Alpine charm of its snowcapped mountains, green vistas, and slice-of-life vignettes like this cobblestone courtyard.
The city of 60,000 sits in the center of Switzerland at the northwest end of Lake Lucerne. Encircled by a photogenic range of mountains and bisected by the River Reuss, Lucerne is beloved for its storybook charm.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Living Lucerne," January/February 2003, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-4 17:17 标题: 20071204
Coiled Jararaca Snake, Brazil, 2001
Photograph by George Grall
A young jararaca snake lies coiled on a mossy piece of ground in the Brazilian rain forest. These venomous pit vipers, members of the lancehead, or fer-de-lance, family, are common throughout their range and are responsible for a large number of snakebites in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Fragile World of Frogs," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-5 18:11 标题: 20071205
Car in Motion, Big Sur, California, 2000
Photograph by Frans Lanting
A car speeds past a rock formation on the roadside in Big Sur, California. Each year more than three million visitors navigate the treacherous turns of Highway 1 near Big Sur, drawn by the plunging gorges, fog-strewn coves, exploding surf, and tortuous geography—5,000-foot (1,524-meter) summits plummet abruptly to the ocean—of California's dramatic 90-mile (145-kilometer) coast.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California's Elemental Coast," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-6 18:32 标题: 20071206
Humpback Whale, South Africa, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet
Forty tons of gleaming muscle, a humpback whale blasts out of the water near South Africa. Found in coastal waters worldwide, humpbacks are known for their magical songs, haunting sequences of moans, howls, cries, and other noises that often continue for hours on end. Scientists believe they communicate and attract mates through song.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oceans of Plenty," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-7 18:18 标题: 20071207
Insect Eaten Leaf, Puerto Rico, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick
Light permeates an insect-eaten leaf in Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico. The only tropical rain forest in the United States' national forest system, Caribbean National Forest is a 28,000-acre (11,330-hectare) preserve to the east of the capital, San Juan. It receives, on average, a whopping 15 feet (4.5 meters) of rain each year.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Case of the Missing Carbon," February 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-8 18:09 标题: 20071208
Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 2000
Photograph by James Stanfield
Built as the hilltop home of Athens's patron goddess, Athena, the Acropolis—and its most famous
structure, the Parthenon, at right—recall the classical area of the ancient city-state that witnessed a
brilliant flowering of art, architecture, philosophy, and democracy in the fifth century B.C. Today,
government, tourism, and shipping dominate the economy in Greece's modern-day capital.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alexander the Conqueror," March 2000, National
Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-9 22:32 标题: 20071209
Striped Cricket on Leaf, Southeast Asia, 2001
Photograph by Timothy Laman
Stripes meet stars in this night shot of a cricket in a Southeast Asian forest. In jungles throughout the world, the sinking sun summons a menagerie of rarely seen creatures that slither, leap, and buzz while the forest's more familiar creatures sleep.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Night Shift in the Rain Forest," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-10 23:15 标题: 20071210
Fruit Bats at Dusk, Zambia, 2007
Photograph by Frans Lanting
Epauletted fruit bats speckle a saffron-colored sky at sunset in Zambia's Luangwa Valley. Millions of these bats come to roost in the valley's trees and feed off the explosion of fruits during the rainy season, when the Luangwa River overflows its banks and transforms the dry, dusty landscape into an emerald wildlife paradise.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Waiting for Thunder," May 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-11 23:19 标题: 20071211
Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet
Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Belize City, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and some 400 feet (123 meters) deep.
The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers. Today the Blue Hole is famed for its sponges, barracuda, corals, angelfish—and a school of sharks often seen patrolling the hole’s edge.
(Photograph published in "A Celebration of Reefs," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-12 20:04 标题: 20071212
Red Fox, Denali National Park, Alaska, 2001
Photograph by Joel Sartore
In Alaska's Denali National Park, a red fox opens wide for a yawn. Foxes are masters of adaptation, allowing them to thrive despite environmental pressures. They live in forests, grasslands, mountains, deserts, and even human environments such as farms and suburban areas. They are solitary hunters that feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, small game—even fish, frogs, worms, and garbage.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grizzly Survival: Their Fate is in Our Hands," July 2001, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-14 17:30 标题: 20071213
Silhouette of African Cheetahs, Africa, 1999
Photograph by Chris Johns
A striking silhouette shows off the lithe form of a cheetah approaching a tree for a late afternoon slumber. The fastest land animal in the world, cheetahs once thrived in Africa and Asia, but lion predation haunts their young, and farms and ranching have reduced their habitat. Today an estimated 12,000 cheetahs live in 30 countries, helped by conservationists.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-14 17:31 标题: 20071214
Cullman County Fair, Alabama, 1996
Photograph by Randy Olson
A glittering swing ride gives county fairgoers an exhilarating aerial view of Cullman, Alabama, at twilight. Elkanah Watson organized America's first county fair in 1811 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to teach people about farming and animal husbandry. Today, fewer than 3 percent of Americans are directly engaged in farming, but county fairs endure as an opportunity to celebrate agricultural traditions.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "County Fairs," October 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-16 09:32 标题: 20071215
Humboldt County, California, 1999
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
A car navigates a scenic stretch of California's Lost Coast. Bordered by dozens of peaks rising more than 2,000 feet (610 meters), the Lost Coast in Humboldt County hugs an 80-mile (130-kilometer) stretch of rugged coastline in northern California. The area also hosts the largest stretch of wilderness beach in the lower 48.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Let's Get Lost," November/December 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-16 19:56 标题: 20071216
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)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-17 22:56 标题: 20071217
West Indian Manatee, Florida, 1999
Photograph by Wes Skiles
Like many creatures, the manatee's bulk—they can be as much as 13 feet (4 meters) long and 1,300 pounds (600 kilograms)—belies its aquatic grace. Also called sea cows, manatees are graceful swimmers that typically glide along coastal waters at 5 to 15 miles an hour (8 to 24 kilometers an hour). This West Indian manatee is wintering in a North Florida spring, attracted by the region's constant 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22 degrees Celsius) waters.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-18 17:53 标题: 20071218
Herodes Atticus Theater, Athens, Greece, 2000
Photograph by Borchi Massimo
In a ritual that has taken place for centuries, an expectant assemblage awaits a dramatic entrance by performers under darkening skies in the Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece. This steep-sloped amphitheater was built around A.D. 160 by Greek philosopher and rhetorician Herodes Atticus as a tribute to his wife. The theater still hosts music, dance, and theatrical events today.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Night in Athens," April 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-19 18:17 标题: 20071219
Twilight on Vancouver Island, Canada, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
On Vancouver Island a soaked beach reflects a contemplative evening ride. At 12,079 square miles (31,285 square kilometers), Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific Coast. Separated from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pacific Suite," February 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-21 22:21 标题: 20071220
Twilight on Vancouver Island, Canada, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
On Vancouver Island a soaked beach reflects a contemplative evening ride. At 12,079 square miles (31,285
square kilometers), Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific Coast. Separated
from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pacific Suite," February 2003, National Geographic
magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-21 22:22 标题: 20071221
Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, 2003
Photograph by Frans Lanting
Streams of ice flow together like rivers, forming glacier complexes that cover hundreds—sometimes thousands—of square miles in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Covering more than 13 million acres (5.2 million hectares), Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest national park in the U.S. Nearly six Yellowstones could fit within its borders.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska's Giant of Ice and Stone," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-22 17:26 标题: 20071222
Bengal Tiger, India, 1995
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A perfectly posed young Bengal tiger rests in a clearing in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. This individual is likely the offspring of Sita, a tigress famed in the park for her hunting prowess and prized for her prolific breeding.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Sita: Life of a Wild Tigress," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-23 22:21 标题: 20071223
Arctic Fox, Hudson Bay, Canada, 2004
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
A stealthy arctic fox steals across a snow-patched ridge in Canada's Hudson Bay. Not much larger than a big housecat, these seemingly delicate northern mammals are as hearty as they come, thriving in the privation and bitter cold of the Arctic north.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Seasons of the Snow Fox," October 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-24 21:52 标题: 20071224
Diving in Devil's Ear, Florida, 1998
Photograph by Wes Skiles
Plant tannins from the Santa Fe River mixed with diamond-clear aquifer waters make this cave entrance in Florida's Ginnie Spring appear engulfed in flames. The entrance, called Devil's Ear, is just one portal of hundreds in northern Florida leading to a watery underworld that explorers are slowly bringing to light.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Spring," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-25 18:02 标题: 20071225
Child on Swing, Siorapaluk, Greenland, 2006
Photograph by David McLain
A flawless blue Arctic sky frames a child swinging in Siorapaluk, Greenland, the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. During the past few decades, temperatures have risen in Greenland by more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit—twice the global average—and the island's massive ice sheet is melting faster than at any time during the past 50 years, pushing the Arctic ecosystem into collapse.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-26 21:22 标题: 20071226
Stick Mantid, Cameroon, 2006
Photograph by Mark Moffett
Most of the roughly 1,800 species of mantids—often called praying mantises—spend their time sitting and waiting, seemingly at prayer. These highly skilled hunters and masters of disguise have fascinated humans for thousands of years; the ancient Greeks first used the term mantis, meaning "prophet."
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Mantids: Armed and Dangerous," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-27 23:23 标题: 20071227
Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, 2002
Photograph by Frans Lanting
A crumpled ice field forms at the confluence of two massive glaciers in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. These glacial rivers snake together among the park's mountains and form ice complexes that cover hundreds—sometimes thousands—of square miles.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alaska's Giant of Ice and Stone," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-28 21:37 标题: 20071228
Hammerhead Shark, Bahamas, 2007
Photograph by Brian Skerry
Primordial in appearance, great hammerheads, like this one near the Bahamas, are actually among evolution's most advanced sharks. Wide-set eyes and nostrils provide keen peripheral senses, and tiny electroreceptors on its snout help it pinpoint prey. Dozens of serrated teeth do the rest.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blue Waters of the Bahamas: An Eden for Sharks," March 2007, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-29 16:59 标题: 20071229
Molten Lava Flow, Hawaii, 2004
Photograph by Frans Lanting
A flow of glowing lava issues from Mount Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hawaii has some of the youngest land on Earth, remade daily by these rivers of molten rock.
"Kilauea molds the land, belching lava and fumes, hissing, roaring, always transforming," says photographer Frans Lanting. "The view I photographed that day doesn't exist anymore."
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Red Hot Hawaii: Volcanoes National Park," October 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-30 23:08 标题: 20071230
Fiji Islands, 2004
Photograph by Tim Laman
In the waters of the Fiji Islands, an emperor shrimp and a commensal crab nearly vanish in the calico pattern of a large leopard sea cucumber. The sea cucumber provides food for the crustaceans in the form of mucus on its skin and defends itself by ejecting its toxic stomach when danger threatens.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fiji's Rainbow Reefs," November 2004, National Geographic magazine)
作者: ccs 时间: 2007-12-31 17:46 标题: 20071231
Wild Mustangs, South Dakota, 2004
Photograph by Maggie Steber
In the wind-tossed plains of Lantry, South Dakota, two wild mustangs playfully kick and cavort. Descended from Spanish horses brought in by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, mustangs represent a tenuous link to America's frontier past. Researchers estimate the U.S. was once home to more than two million mustangs; today there are fewer than 50,000.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Indian Scenes From a Renaissance," September 2004, National Geographic magazine)
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