 - 捷克渔民 Trebon Fishermen, Czech Republic, 1992
- 2006-12-01作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：9 评论：0
- Fishermen begin the round-up during Trebon's autumn carp harvest. Not considered a food fish by many, carp is very popular in the Czech Republic and other parts of Eastern Europe, where it is often served fried with a side of potato salad as a tradit
 - 纳米比亚小憩的猎豹 Cheetah Catnap, Namibia
- 2006-12-02作者：：Chris Johns 点击：7 评论：0
- 一群苍蝇正打扰这这头猎豹的饭后小憩。遇到危险时这种大猫多半会选择逃跑而不是对抗。“人类才是他们的最大的威胁”，保护人员Laurie Marker说，“猎豹在野外能存活与否，最终取决于我们。”"Not even a swarm of flies disturbs a cheetah's after-dinner catnap. Most delicate of the big cats, cheetahs choose to flee rather than fight when confronted with danger. 'People are their biggest problem,' says [conservationist] Laurie Marker.
 - 约旦佩特拉遗址 Petra Monastery, Petra, Jordan, 1998
- 2006-12-03作者：：Annie Griffiths Belt 点击：9 评论：0
- "Etched in a monumental landscape, the Monastery, like Petra itself, is anchored in the cliffs from which it was carved. Though rattled by earthquakes through the centuries, many of Petra's buildings stood fast, even as the city declined and sto
 - 丹麦的节日灯光 Holiday Lights, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997
- 2006-12-04作者：：Sisse Brimberg 点击：10 评论：0
- Holiday lights in a store window struggle to bring cheer to the winter gloom. In Denmark, Christmas is the last outpost on the long, grim trek toward spring. The North Atlantic winter offers not much more than all-day rain and dark gray skies at noon
 - 湄公河畔的村庄 Mekong River Valley, Laos, 1968
- 2006-12-05作者：：Wilbur E. Garrett 点击：8 评论：0
- A young man rides a motorized scooter past geese and donkeys that roam the throughway of a rural village in Laos's Mekong River valley.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Mekong: River of Terror and Hope," Decem
 - 堪萨斯州嬉戏的狼幼崽 Sedgwick Pups, Wichita, Kansas, 1997
- 2006-12-06作者：：Joel Sartore 点击：8 评论：0
- 两只墨西哥灰狼幼仔在塞奇威克县动物园里嬉戏，在低处的48个州中，这是一种濒临灭绝的亚种动物。一个联邦计划被适时制定出来，即把狼关起来繁殖然后把它们再引入到一些以前在美国生活的地区。 Two Mexican gray wolf pups, the most critically endangered subspecies in the lower 48 states, playfully wrestle in Sedgwick County Zoo. A federal program is in place to breed the wolves in captivity and reintroduce them to some areas of their former
 - 复活节岛上的石头雕像 Stony Slopes, Easter Island, 1979
- 2006-12-08作者：：Gordon Gahan 点击：10 评论：0
- 复活节岛，1979 巨石雕像竖立在耶稣复活节岛的石斜坡面，最早的探险家认为石雕像是本土玻利维亚人们崇拜神灵而作，但是库克船长和其他人，在1774年推测是为了尊敬他们的祖先。这一景观持续到今天。
Giant stone moai stand on Easter Island's stony slopes. Earlier explorers believed the stone statues were worshipped as gods by native Polynesians, but Captain James Cook and his men speculated in 1774 that they were constructed to honor ancestors, a
 - 撒哈拉村庄 巴尔达伊 乍得Sahara Village, Bardai, Chad
- 2006-12-09作者：：Thomas J. Abercrombie 点击：10 评论：0
- 这个位于巴尔达伊的村庄是撒哈拉沙漠中心的一座绿洲，它坐落于提贝斯提山脉之中。巴尔达伊曾经是活动于北部乍得与利比亚的非永久性国界地区的反叛军的重要地区。 The village of Bardai is an oasis in the heart of the Sahara Desert. Located in the Tibesti mountain range, Bardai has been a key area for rebel fighters near Chad's volatile northern border with Libya.
(Photograph shot on assignment for National Ge
 - 斯洛伐克的教堂 Spissky Stvrtok Church, Slovakia, 1992
- 2006-12-10作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：9 评论：0
- 在高太脱拉山脚的Spissky Stvrtok 镇中，一座哥特式塔楼矗立而出。横亘于斯洛伐克和波兰边界的高太托拉山是喀尔巴阡山脉西部的最高峰，且已被联合国教科文组织宣布为生物圈保护区。 A gothic church towers over the town of Spissky Stvrtok at the foot of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains. The High Tatras, tallest of the Western Carpathian range, straddle the border of Slovakia and Poland and have been declared a biosphere reserve by
 - 驯鹿，西伯利亚，俄罗斯，Reindeer, Siberia, Russia 1980年
- 2006-12-11作者：：Dean Conger 点击：10 评论：0
- "Memory stakes a trail in a roadless land as a Saami, or Lapp, herder heads for his reindeer herd 30 miles [48 kilometers] from Lovozero. Since the 1930s, reindeer raising, the primary occupation of many Soviet Arctic people, has been managed mo
 - 伊朗扎格罗斯山脉 Zagros Mountains, Shiraz, Iran
- 2006-12-12作者：：Bruce Dale 点击：9 评论：0
- 一条银色的道路穿过陡峭的扎格罗斯山脉，连接着色拉兹和伊斯法汉。这里没有高过膝盖的植物，旋风时常吹过这片干躁的土地。 A silvery road linking Shiraz and Isfahan passes through the steep Zagros Mountains, where no plant stands taller than knee-high and whirlwinds drill into the dry land.
(Text adapted from and photograph from the National Geographic book Gypsies: Wa
 - 加拿大格陵兰鲨 Greenland Sharks, Baffin Island, Canada, 1996
- 2006-12-13作者：：Nick Caloyianis 点击：8 评论：0
- 一个潜水者在北极冰层下拍摄一条格陵兰鲨。
“它在我身边上浮并且旋转，知道几乎身体竖直...我看到它张开嘴，想起来没有格陵兰鲨攻击人的记录，闪光灯的干扰最终让它游走了。
A diver films a Greenland shark beneath the Arctic ice.
"'It rose up and hovered near me in an almost vertical position...When I saw its mouth starting to open, I got concerned.' But there is no record of Greenland sharks ever attacking humans,
 - 福罗里达州卫星发射现场 Satellite Launch, Floida, 1968
- 2006-12-14作者：：Otis Imboden 点击：10 评论：0
- 一颗用于跟踪云层变化的气象卫星在1968年发射升空.尽管这四十年里,气象预报技术不断发展,然而预测地球表面20英里(32公里)内的空气变化依然是很艰难和复杂的任务.
A weather satellite launched in 1968 promised to help track clouds on Earth. Even with the technological advances of the past four decades, predicting what will happen in the 20-mile-deep (32-kilometer-deep) blanket of air that contains all of Earth'
 - 华盛顿灯台 Washington Menorah, Washington, D.C.
- 2006-12-15作者：：Sam Kittner 点击：9 评论：0
- A large menorah stands before the Washington Monument in honor of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The nine-branched Hanukkah menorah commemorates the Miracle of the Oil, when, during the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem, one day's wor
 - 家鸽，以色列 Homing Pigeons, Dabburiya, Israel
- 2006-12-16作者：：B. Anthony Stewart 点击：9 评论：0
- 他们是人们用“岩鸽”驯化而来。人们为了锻炼鸽子的飞行能力，常用绑着红布条的竹竿驱赶他们，不让降落。而科学家们推测，鸽子怕红色，是由于他们的野外祖先曾经历森林大火。 Homing pigeons relax in a loft in Galilee. Part of Israel, Galilee was the cradle of Christianity, and some say the Bible is still the region's best guidebook.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The
 - 泰国清迈花碗 Blossom Bowl, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 2006-12-17作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：14 评论：0
- Blossoms arranged in a shallow basin create a serene still-life in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Not just a pretty pastime, flower arranging is among the skills UNICEF teaches young women from impoverished areas of Thailand to keep them from joining the sex
 - 阿拉斯加北极狐 Arctic Fox, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
- 2006-12-18作者：：Emory Kristof 点击：11 评论：0
- 1977年前，在普拉德霍湾拍摄的一张图像中，一只北极狐从大雪覆盖的地面上跳跃而过。那时，油井开始在阿拉斯加的北部地带不断冒出。现在，尽管自从1987年的产油高峰期以来，普拉德霍湾的产量已经下降了75%，但它仍然被认为是北美最大的油田，位列世界第18位。 An Arctic fox lopes over snowy ground in Prudhoe Bay in an image shot before 1977 when oil wells began to sprout up across Alaska's North Slope. Today, Prudhoe Bay is considered the largest oil field in North America and the 18th largest field in the
 - 爱荷华州李蔓曼思镇收割 Le Mars Field, Iowa
- 2006-12-19作者：：James P. Blair 点击：7 评论：0
- A farmer in Le Mars, Iowa, empties corn from a combine on his family farm. By fertilizing heavily, this farmer was able to raise enough corn on 140 acres (57 hectares) to fatten more than 700 hogs and 100 head of cattle.
(Text adapted from and phot
 - 怀俄明州诺里斯间歇泉盆地Norris Geyser Basin, Wyoming
- 2006-12-20作者：：Sam Abell 点击：10 评论：0
- 一轮圆月照亮了黄石诺里斯间歇泉盆地温泉区升起的雾气。黄石国家公园的面积是罗德岛的三倍，有约10000个间歇泉，温泉池和其他地热景观，是世界上最大的地热活动集中地。 Steam rising from the hot springs of Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin is illuminated by a full moon. Three times the size of Rhode Island, Yellowstone National Park holds some 10,000 geysers, hot pools, and other thermal features, the greatest conce
 - 新墨西哥圣安德斯幼狮 San Andres Lion Cub, New Mexico
- 2006-12-21作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：10 评论：0
- 一只小山狮正试图躲避追捕它的人类。它们有下垂而且带斑点的耳朵。如果一切正常，这只小猫将长到150磅（68公斤）重，可以单独猎杀800磅（363公斤）的麋鹿。 A young mountain lion tries to ward off its human captors just before they tag and tattoo its ears for research. If all goes well, this tiny kitten will grow into a 150-pound (68-kilogram) expert predator capable of single-handedly taking down an 800
 - 伊朗地毯编织 Carpet Weaving, Iran, 1998
- 2006-12-22作者：：Alexandra Avakian 点击：7 评论：0
- Iranian sisters work together to weave a carpet. Many village schools in Iran end at fifth grade, after which, girls often take up weaving while their brothers continue their education elsewhere. A completed carpet can bring $300 to $1000, a handsome
 - 捷克积雪的道路Snowy Street, Most, Czech Republic, 1993
- 2006-12-23作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：10 评论：0
- Snow falls on the city of Most in the northwest of the Czech Republic. The name of the city, most means "bridge" in Czech, harkens back to the swampy landscape of the 10th and 11th centuries that was covered with wooden bridges and used by
 - 纽约地铁上的圣诞老人 Train Santas, New York, 1987
- 2006-12-24作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：8 评论：0
- 纽约市公共交通系统的乘客数量一年内超过了10亿,城市的地铁系统是造成这个反常现象的一大原因.图片里的三位圣诞老人放弃了雪橇,转而选择地铁来接送他们上下班.
With an annual ridership exceeding a billion patrons, the New York City subway system gets it share of oddities throughout the year. Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but
 - 佛蒙特州冬天的月色 Winter Moon, Vermont, 1997
- 2006-12-25作者：：Michael S. Yamashita 点击：11 评论：0
- 一轮圆月从佛蒙特州乡村的雪地升起。这里连绵无尽的雪感觉很纯洁，也有点像僵尸，或者像葬礼，或者充满活力，各种感受因人而异。佛蒙特州人称他们自己是“土拨鼠”，因为他们已经学会了在这种情况下“冬眠”，而不是像初次遇到这种情况的人那样去“抗挣”。 A full moon rises over a snowfield in rural Vermont, where the endless mounds of snow may seem chaste or corpse-like, funereal or energizing, depending on one's point of view. Vermonters call themselves "woodchucks" because they've learned
 - 密西根州卡拉马祖的圣诞节Kalamazoo Christmas, Michigan, 1978
- 2006-12-26作者：：James L. Amos 点击：6 评论：0
- 节日的装饰为卡拉马祖闹市区增添了活力。1959年，它是最早为行人购物中心封锁街道的美国城市之一。在12月26日，这个购物中心将会挤满寻找特价商品的购物人群，因为商人会在圣诞节后大幅度地减价。 Holiday decorations enliven downtown Kalamazoo, one of the first American cities to close streets for a pedestrian shopping mall in 1959. On December 26, this mall will be buzzing with shoppers looking for bargains as retailers slash prices after the
 - 金星上的火山 Venus Volcano, Maat Mons
- 2006-12-27作者：：Jet Propulsion Laboratory 点击：10 评论：0
- Venus's volcano, named Maat Mons, looms above the volatile surface of the Earth's "unruly" twin. This image was captured by the Magellan spacecraft which also mapped 84 percent of the planet's surface in just one day—one Venus day tha
 - 卡斯蒂略，古巴，哈瓦那 Castillo, Havana, Cuba, 1998
- 2006-12-28作者：：David Alan Harvey 点击：13 评论：0
- A dog wanders down a sidewalk near Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Old Havana. Named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982, long before neglected walls and roofs started crashing down, Havana's historic quarter is starting to show the benefits of recent
 - 温泉区的猪，阿肯色州 Hot Springs Pigs, Arkansas
- 2006-12-29作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：16 评论：0
- 在阿肯色州的温泉区，两头猪正在拱土觅食。猪对抗所有人们对猪的旧看法，它们显然是不蠢（他们思考问题并找到解决问题的办法），不胖（与狗和人类不同，猪不吃得过多），也不脏（尽管猪确实喜欢拱土，但是它们比任何小狗更容易被训练在房子里干净地生活）。 Two pigs enjoy rooting around the soil in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Defying all the porcine stereotypes, pigs are decidedly not stupid (they think through problems to arrive at solutions), not fat (unlike dogs and humans, pigs do not overeat), and not d
 - 加蓬海岸 Gabon Coast, Gabon, 2003
- 2006-12-30作者：：Michael Nichols 点击：10 评论：0
- 阳光穿过云层，照亮Loango国家公园里的原始海滩。这片广阔的沙质海滩是很多野生动物的避难所，包括大量革龟。每隔三年的10月和3月期间，它们就会在月光下产卵。 Sunlight radiates through the clouds, illuminating the pristine beaches of Loango National Park. The wide, sandy beaches are a haven for many species of wildlife, including the enormous leatherback turtles, who lay their eggs by moonlight every three
 - New Year's Litter, New York, 1989
- 2006-12-31作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：9 评论：0
- In the symbolic heart of New York City, the remnants of a past New Year's Eve celebration decorate the street. Celebrated in Times Square since 1904, New Year's Eve is marked first with exploding fireworks, then with the famous "dropping of the
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