 - Trinidad, Cuba, Old Jalopy, 1999
- 2002-06-01作者：：David Alan Harvey 点击：8 评论：0
- "Along streets resonant with the clip-clop of horses' hoofs and the squeak of bicycles, life moves at a pace from decades past. A young man tinkers with a U.S. jalopy by the curb."
—From "Cuba's Colonial Treasure," October
 - Vatican City, Swiss Guards, 1991
- 2002-06-02作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：7 评论：0
- "Swiss Guards stand tall in their swearing-in garb of armor and plume. The annual ceremony recalls the 1527 Sack of Rome, when 147 guards died helping Pope Clement VII escape German invaders."
—From the National Geographic book Insi
 - French Polynesia, Tahiti Fire Dancers, 1996
- 2002-06-03作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：6 评论：0
- "Fueled by a Polynesian passion for dance, torch-twirling Tahitians stage a sizzling show at a beachfront resort. Nearly extinguished during the 19th century by disapproving missionaries, Tahitian dancing has been rekindled by a renaissance of n
 - French Polynesia, Moorea Sunset, 1996
- 2002-06-04作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：9 评论：0
- "Parisians escape to Tahiti. Tahitians escape to neighboring Moorea, whose shark-toothed volcanic skyline and quieter living beckon just across the Sea of the Moon. Yet like other suburbs where serenity forever moves one more exit from town, Moo
 - Roboticist, 1996
- 2002-06-05作者：：George Steinmetz 点击：9 评论：0
- "Like a god, roboticist Mark W. Tilden looks down on his creations, simple robots built from discarded electronics and powered by the sun. Wired to seek light, the photovores compete for 'food,' pushing each other out of the sunshine. His latest
 - Kerala State, India, Trichur Pooram Crowd, 1996
- 2002-06-06作者：：Steve McCurry 点击：9 评论：0
- "Hundreds of thousands of Hindus converge for Trichur Pooram, an annual festival in Kerala State."
—From "India: Fifty Years of Independence," May 1997, National Geographic magazine
 - Montserrat, Gerald's Park Home, 1996
- 2002-06-07作者：：Vincent J. Musi 点击：8 评论：0
- "Some of the uprooted [Montserrat residents] are now reoccupying homes trucked one by one from villages near the volcano to the safety of Gerald's Park."
—From "Under the Volcano: Montserrat," July 1997, National Geographic
 - French Polynesia, Tahiti Churchgoers, 1996
- 2002-06-08作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：5 评论：0
- "Churchgoers in Sunday finery sweat out a sermon with the help of handheld fans in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia's steamy capital. Worshipers sit in same-sex groups, blending their voices in rousing himenes—Tahitian-style hymns. So tra
 - Fox River, Michigan, Fox River Fly Fishing, 1996
- 2002-06-09作者：：Jay Dickman 点击：9 评论：0
- "Knee-deep in the Fox [River], a fly fisherman casts at dawn."
—From "Hemingway's Many Hearted Fox River," June 1997, National Geographic magazine
 - Alaska Range, Black Rapids Glacier, 1996
- 2002-06-10作者：：Bill Hatcher 点击：7 评论：0
- "Payoff for all the planning, all the aches and pains—a revelation of ice, rock, and sky greets the cyclists as they descend a thousand feet [305 meters] to Black Rapids Glacier. As a matter of pride and technique, they sought to avoid 'da
 - Laytown, Ireland, Laytown Strand Races, 1994
- 2002-06-11作者：：Sam Abell 点击：7 评论：0
- "Surf washes the turf at the Laytown Strand Races, where punters, or bettors, crowd close to urge on their picks. An infatuation with fast horses dates from the arrival of Celtic warriors from the Continent about 500 B.C. with their hell-for-lea
 - India, Rainy Day Work, 1996
- 2002-06-12作者：：Steve McCurry 点击：7 评论：0
- "Doing the dirty work like sweeping streets is usually left to those once called untouchables, now known as Dalits, meaning 'oppressed.' The constitution prohibits discrimination by caste; government-set quotas aid the lower castes."
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 - South Dakota, T-Rex Crossing, 1998
- 2002-06-13作者：：Ira Block 点击：6 评论：0
- "We call it 'where the rexs roamed,'" says field paleontologist Sue Hendrickson, describing South Dakota's badlands, an area so rich in Tyrannosaurus rex fossils that friends posted a playful sign."
—From "A Dinosaur Named
 - Patriotic Cowboy, Pecos, Texas, 1999
- 2002-06-14作者：：William Albert Allard 点击：6 评论：0
- Wearing stars and stripes, a cowboy watches rodeo events from the chutes.
—Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, "Rodeos—Behind the Chutes," September 1999, National Geographic magazine
 - Mexican Gray Wolf, Wichita, Kansas, 1996
- 2002-06-15作者：：Joel Sartore 点击：9 评论：0
- "Mexican wolves, the most critically endangered subspecies in the lower 48, may have slipped from existence in the wild. However, a population of more than 175 have been bred in captivity [such as this pup in a Wichita zoo] from seven of the las
 - Baby Feet, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 2000
- 2002-06-16作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：5 评论：0
- "For musician Kurt Kipapa, father of ten, baby love is a number one hit."
(Photographed while on assignment for, but not published in, "ZipUSA: Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)
 - Concordat of 1801, Vatican City, 1991
- 2002-06-17作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：7 评论：0
- "The Concordat of 1801 between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon Bonaparte established a precedent-setting relationship between the church and the modern state, in this case France. It would result in the surrender of most papal lands by 1870."
 - Tahiti Vacation, French Polynesia, 1996
- 2002-06-18作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：5 评论：0
- "With strong arms and obliging souls, Tahitians usher ashore French vacationers after a lagoon cruise on an outrigger canoe. But hospitality has turned to hostility among many islanders for whom the burdens of French rule outweigh the blessings.
 - Shaker Village, Kentucky, 1989
- 2002-06-19作者：：Sam Abell 点击：7 评论：0
- "The boundary between heaven and earth blurs under a veil of mist that rests on the restored Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky."
—From "The Shakers' Brief Eternity," September 1989, National Geographic magazine
 - Cape Town Bathhouses, Australia, 1996
- 2002-06-20作者：：Steve McCurry 点击：8 评论：0
- Colorful bathhouses line St. James beach on the [Cape] Peninsula's east coast.
(Photographed while on assignment for, but not published in, "The Fairest Cape," March/April 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
 - Fox River Pine Canopy, Fox River, Michigan, 1996
- 2002-06-21作者：：Jay Dickman 点击：7 评论：0
- "Writer Ernest Hemingway found his 'good camp' under the Fox River's pine canopy."
—From "Hemingway's Many Hearted Fox River," June 1997, National Geographic magazine
 - Cotton Pickers, Angola, Louisiana, 1997
- 2002-06-22作者：：William Albert Allard 点击：7 评论：0
- "Recalling the seminal years of the blues, convicts pick cotton at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. The cadence of singing field-workers shaped the blues' musical structure."
(Photographed while on assignment for, but not publi
 - El Popo Gas, Puebla State, Mexico, 1997
- 2002-06-23作者：：Sarah Leen 点击：10 评论：0
- One of the world's tallest active volcanoes at 17,802 feet [5,426 meters], El Popo is also among the most dangerous. It now expels occasional clouds of hot gases, rocks, and ash but is capable of much larger eruptions whose suffocating fallout can mi
 - Rangiroa Gray Reef Shark, French Polynesia, 1996
- 2002-06-24作者：：David Doubilet 点击：7 评论：0
- Lured heart-stoppingly close by the scent of bait, gray reef sharksas well as tiger, mako, blacktip, and othersare themselves the lures that draw divers to the sapphire blue lagoon of Rangiroa in the Tuamotus. Sharks by the hundreds gather along a na
 - Everest South Summit, Nepal, 1963
- 2002-06-25作者：：Barry C. Bishop 点击：7 评论：0
- Snow-plumed South Summit of Everest challenges climbers 25,000 feet [7620 meters] high on Lhotse's slanting face. Bracing themselves with ice axes, steel boot spikes, and a rope fixed to the mountain, the men pause for breath in the rarefied air. Ox
 - Great Makalus, Nepal, 1963
- 2002-06-26作者：：Barry C. Bishop 点击：10 评论：0
- Makalu, flanked by its subsidiary, Makalu II, dominates the scene. At left, Tibet's 25,640-foot [7,815-meter] Chomo Lonzo looks across to the Kanchenjunga Massif, which armors the border between Nepal and Sikkim [India]. On the distant right, India's
 - Everest Ascent, Nepal, 1963
- 2002-06-27作者：：Barry C. Bishop 点击：10 评论：0
- Climbers ascend Mount Everest's slopes during the first successful U.S. expedition to reach its summit. (Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, How We Climbed Everest, October 1963, National Geographic magazine)
 - Khumbu Icefall, Nepal, 1999
- 2002-06-28作者：：Bobby Model 点击：12 评论：0
- Heading for camp one, climber Chris Binggeli negotiates a crevasse in Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall. Says the photographer: It's terrifying to shoot on the icefall. The glacier is constantly shifting underneath. You just have to keep moving or you
 - Khumbu Icefield, Nepal, 1999
- 2002-06-29作者：：Bobby Model 点击：16 评论：0
- Sherpa Fura Gyaljen gingerly crosses a crevasse in Everest's Khumbu Icefield. A month before, the same crevasse had measured six inches (15 centimeters) wide. (Photographed on assignment for the Everest/K2 Expedition, sponsored in part by the Nationa
 - Resting Riders, Kashmir region, Asia, 1998
- 2002-06-30作者：：Steve McCurry 点击：11 评论：0
- Two horseback riders stop for a smoke in the Himalaya mountains. (Photographed while on assignment for, but not published in, Kashmir: Trapped in Conflict, September 1999, National Geographic magazine)
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