 - 秋赏叶，考文垂，佛蒙特 Fall Foliage, Coventry, Vermont, 1997
- 2006-11-01作者：：Michael S. Yamashita 点击：11 评论：0
- The beauty of autumnal maple leaves appears through a screen door. Just as the green summer fattens and strengthens the creatures of Vermont, fall cuts crisply into the bounty by sending migrating animals south, silencing chirping birds and insects,
 - 乌克兰玉米收割 Ukraine Harvest, Kharkov, 1986
- 2006-11-02作者：：Steve Raymer 点击：10 评论：0
- Corn is collected by machine on a collective farm in Ukraine, formerly known as the breadbasket of the Soviet Union. Ukraine made up 3 percent of the total area of the USSR while housing nearly one-fifth of its population. Except for the Carpathian M
 - 加利福尼亚金门大桥 Golden Gate Bridge, California
- 2006-11-03作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：14 评论：0
- 大雾像魔法布般笼罩在秋日午后的金门大桥之上。 "Magic curtain of fog envelops the...Golden Gate Bridge on an autumn afternoon. The south tower was sunk 35 feet (11 meters) deep into bedrock, a next-to-impossible feat because of the furious currents in this strait. Cables expand and contract
 - 橄榄丰收，加利福尼亚 Olive Harvest, Glen Ellen, California, 1996
- 2006-11-04作者：：Ira Block 点击：8 评论：0
- Olives are harvested by hand each November at California's B.R. Cohn Winery. The technique for harvesting the bitter fruit may vary from orchard to orchard, but it is usually a strenuous task as workers strip the olives by hand or beat the branches w
 - 纳米比亚满月下的猎豹Full Moon Cheetah, Namibia, 1998
- 2006-11-05作者：：Chris Johns 点击：8 评论：0
- “一只猎豹在满月的映衬下四处寻觅着非洲羚羊和其他猎物。虽然这些猫科动物通常是在白天捕食，但毫无疑问它们同样是一群机会主义者。‘猎豹可是极富创造性的动物’，一名研究人员说道。‘它们所做的任何事情都不会使我感到惊奇。’” "Framed beneath a full moon, a cheetah prowls for impala and small game. Though these cats typically hunt during the day, they're clearly opportunists. 'Cheetahs are very creative,' says one researcher. 'Nothing they do surprises me.'"
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 - 威斯康星雪雁 Snow Geese, Grantsville, Wisconsin
- 2006-11-06作者：：David S. Boyer 点击：9 评论：0
- Snow geese take flight over the 164-mile-long (264-kilometer-long) St. Croix River. Separating Minnesota and Wisconsin before emptying into the Mississippi River, the St. Croix and its tributary the Namekagon were among the first rivers to be protect
 - 乌克兰基辅 Kiev, Ukraine, 1986
- 2006-11-07作者：：Steve Raymer 点击：9 评论：0
- 在苏联解体前拍摄的一幕中，人们等待着11月7日为庆祝1917年共产革命胜利而举行的烟花表演。如今乌克兰人在每年8月24日庆祝他们自己的独立日，1991年的那一天他们宣布脱离苏联而独立 In a scene captured before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a crowd awaits the November 7 fireworks to celebrate the communist revolution of 1917. Now Ukrainians celebrate their own Independence Day on August 24, the day they declared independenc
 - 乍得满载的卡车 Loaded Truck, Faya-Largeau, Chad, 1998
- 2006-11-08作者：：George Steinmetz 点击：8 评论：0
- "The trucks—big green flatbed diesels—are loaded to preposterous heights. Boxy steel shipping containers provide the sturdy foundation for huge burlap sacks containing prayer mats, sandals, blanketsa€|and woven plastic bags labe
 - 阿拉斯加小木屋 Log Cabin, Alaska, 1997
- 2006-11-09作者：：Jay Dickman 点击：9 评论：0
- 一个装有巨大的卫星天线的小木屋，在屋子里可以俯瞰到宽阔的育空河。育空河长1979英里(3184公里)，到了冬季它会彻底冻结，而到了春季河水会重新流淌同时带来汹涌的破碎冰块。这时人们会离开沿岸的村庄，因为可能遭受由冰块阻断河流而导致的洪水 A log cabin, equipped with an enormous satellite, overlooks the mighty Yukon River. Frozen solid over the winter, the 1,979-mile-long (3,184-kilometer-long) river is born again every spring with a roar of breaking ice, leaving the villages along its
 - 爱尔福特的大教堂，德国 Erfurt Cathedral, Germany, 1982
- 2006-11-10作者：：James L. Amos 点击：7 评论：0
- "Sundered faiths rejoin amid the lantern lights of childrena#128|in Erfurt, East Germany, where [Martin] Luther studieda#128|and was ordained a priest in the cathedral, at left. Annually on November 10, his birthday, Protestants and Catholics ga
 - 埃塞俄比亚西蒙山区的狮尾狒狒Simen Mountain Gelada, Ethiopia, 2002
- 2006-11-11作者：：Michael Nichols 点击：10 评论：0
- 落日下，一只雌性狮尾狒狒带着她的狒狒宝贝穿过埃塞俄比亚的高地。狮尾狒狒以家庭为单位生活，每只雄性可以有2到8只雌性伴侣，雌性通过一时兴致地拥护或撵走她们的雄性家庭成员来维系家庭和整个群体。 A female gelada carries her baby through the Ethiopian highlands at sunset. Living in family units—two to eight related females per male—females run the family and the society by supporting or dismissing their "family male" at a
 - 日本大阪的人行天桥 Japanese Footbridge, Osaka, Japan
- 2006-11-12作者：：Thomas J. Abercrombie 点击：6 评论：0
- 1970年，一座在高峰时段拥挤的人行桥体现了当时日本面临的第一大问题：人口密集。从那时起，该问题一直不断恶化。日本政府数据显示该国的人口密度从1970年的720人/平方英里（281人/平方公里），于2000年增长至870人/平方英里（340人/平方公里）。 A crowded footbridge during Osaka's rush hour dramatizes Japan's number one problem in 1970: population density. Since then, the problem has only worsened. Japanese government data show the country's population density increased from 720 people per s
 - 中国的收获玉米景象 China Corn Harvest, Yangling, 1991
- 2006-11-13作者：：O. Louis Mazzatenta 点击：8 评论：0
- 中国秋收时分，当所有不重要的事情都一概做完，且所有能利用的角落都堆放着准备晒干的玉米时，一位老人拎着一筐玉米向镜头走来。农忙时期，当一个2100年前的旧军用陶器在汉景帝墓中被发现时，古墓挖掘工作却停止了下来，农民才得以回家务农。 An old man carries a basket of corn during China's harvest time, when all non-essential work ceases and seemingly every available space is used for corn drying. In fact, when a 2,100-year-old terra cotta army was found at Han emperor Jing Di's tomb,
 - 冰岛 Surtsey Island, Iceland
- 2006-11-14作者：：Emory Kristof 点击：9 评论：0
- Boulders on Iceland's Surtsey Island may look old, but they are actually as young as the island itself, which was born after volcanic eruptions on November 14, 1963. Iceland constitutes the largest above-sea section of the 10,000-mile (16,093-kilomet
 - 垃圾填埋场 Garbage Landfill, 1987
- 2006-11-15作者：：Dennis Finley 点击：8 评论：0
- A garbage truck dumps its load at a U.S. landfill. More than 70 percent of the 180 million tons of refuse Americans throw away each year ends up in landfills, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Compacted repeatedly by bulldozers, the i
 - 内华达州绿头鸭 Mallard Ducks, Pioche, Nevada, 1971
- 2006-11-16作者：：Sam Abell 点击：7 评论：0
- "Snow whitens the banks of a reservoira€|near Pioche, Nevada. Wintering at the pond, mallard ducks swim on a November morning; falling snow powders last summer's weeds, standing brittle in the cold. The reservoir, fed by a permanent spring,
 - 基拉韦厄山，夏威夷 Mount Kilauea, Hawaii, 1983
- 2006-11-17作者：：James L. Amos 点击：8 评论：0
- In Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea erupts sending lava high into the air. This molten rock comes from deep within the Earth, where residual heat from the planet's formation combines with heat from the gradual decay of radioactive elements tr
 - 马斯喀特国庆节，阿曼 Muscat National Day, Oman, 1993
- 2006-11-18作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：6 评论：0
- 穿戴着穆斯林传统长袍和头巾、提着灯笼的男孩们已经成为阿曼国庆节（9月18号）不可或缺的一景。这个穆斯林国家靠乳业和现在的石油业富裕了起来，但是他们不得不考虑寻找新的出路，因为他们很快将面临油井枯竭的困境。 Boys dressed in traditional robes and turbans hold lanterns as part of Oman's National Day (November 18) celebrations. This Muslim country has enjoyed riches from frankincense and now oil, but is struggling to reinvent itself as its oil wells are exp
 - 南极洲阿德利企鹅 Adélie Penguins, Antarctica, 1988
- 2006-11-19作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：5 评论：0
- Two curious Adélie penguins stray from their group to appraise a photographer. Although penguins "really do have a personality," insists scientist Wayne Trivelpiece of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, "you wouldn't want one as
 - 英国皇家邮轮访问香港 Royal Visit, Hong Kong, China, 1989
- 2006-11-20作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：8 评论：0
- The Royal Yacht Britannia flies its colors as it enters Victoria Harbour when Hong Kong was still under British control. "Albert is much amused," wrote Queen Victoria in 1841, "at my having got this island of Hong Kong." Today the
 - 佛吉尼亚州，国家机场 National Airport, Virginia
- 2006-11-21作者：：Steve Raymer 点击：9 评论：0
- 下弦月当空，一艘喷气式飞机从佛吉尼亚州阿林顿罗纳德里根华盛顿国家机场起飞。位于河畔的飞机跑道建造在波拖马可河沙坪之上，高于河面20英尺（6米），由2千万立方码（1530万立方米）沙子和砂砾垒造而成。富兰克林.D.罗斯福总统选址在此，于1938年11月21日开始督建，并帮助奠基了最初的候机大厅。 A jet takes off under a waning moon at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Built on the sand flats of the Potomac River, the riverside runways required 20 million cubic yards (15.3 million cubic meters) of sand and grave
 - 加拿大班芙雪景 Banff Snowfall, Alberta, Canada
- 2006-11-22作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：7 评论：0
- 一辆车正在班芙国家公园内铺满冰的大道上行驶，背景则是壮丽的加拿大洛基山脉。这个２６００平方英里（６７３４平方公里）的公园，拥有美伦美幻的雪山和冰峰，当初的创建是为了保护三名铁路工人于１９８３年在一个洞穴里发现的温泉。 With the majestic Canadian Rocky Mountains in the background, a car heads down Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. The 2,600-square-mile (6,734-square-kilometer) park, with its dramatic snow- and ice-capped peaks, was first created to protect h
 - 加拿大贾斯帕小红莓 Jasper Cranberries, Canada
- 2006-11-23作者：：Dean Conger 点击：10 评论：0
- 生长在加拿大贾斯帕国家公园里的高大茂盛的红莓林，鲜红的果实挂在枝头。尽管这种小红莓和传统的小红莓味道不尽相同，但这种高大的品种在成熟的时候味道还是相当地不错，这也使它成为了感恩节餐桌上传统红莓的替代品。 Bright red fruit clings to the branches of high bush cranberry growing in Canada's Jasper National Park. Though they don't have quite the same taste as traditional cranberries, the high bush variety is quite tasty when the berries are young and would
 - 格鲁吉亚假日花环 Holiday Wreath, Savannah, Georgia
- 2006-11-24作者：：Joseph H. Bailey 点击：7 评论：0
- "Traditional token of welcome, this wreath on the door of a small inn in Savannah, Georgia, derives its snowy color from the seedpods of Chinese tallow trees. In its unbroken circlea€|[the] innkeepera€|sees a symbol of everlasting life
 - 加州棕榈沙漠的土耳其秃鹰Turkey Vulture, Palm Desert, California, 1978
- 2006-11-25作者：：Bruce Dale 点击：8 评论：0
- A turkey vulture spreads its wings in one of California's deserts. Even though desert is the dominant landscape of our solar system—with Mars shivering and Venus baking in aridity—the Earth has managed to keep the oceans that foster life.
 - 比利时布鲁塞尔的巧克力商店Chocolate Shop, Brussels, Belgium, 1984
- 2006-11-26作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：6 评论：0
- 被雨水洗刷过的街道反射出Godiva商店里的霓虹灯标志。成立于二次世界大战后的布鲁塞尔，这个豪华巧克力品牌因传奇夫人Godiva而得名。Godiva夫人为了说服她丈夫降低税收，声称她会裸体骑马穿过繁华的集市 A rain-slicked street reflects the neon signs in Godiva's shop windows. Founded in Brussels after World War II, the luxurious chocolate brand was named after the legendary Lady Godiva who is said to have ridden her horse through a busy marketplace un
 - 火星沙丘 Martian Dune Field, Mars, 2000
- 2006-11-27作者：：NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science S 点击：8 评论：0
- During the first billion years of existence, Mars was an active and violent place with volcanic eruptions, meteor showers, and huge floods cutting channels across its surface. Since then, lava and wind have continued to mold its shape into strange an
 - 收割水稻，中国 Harvesting Rice, China, 1981
- 2006-11-28作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：10 评论：0
- 在距离景洪市不远处几位带着草帽穿着布裙的农妇正在收割水稻，这一地区也被称为西双版纳。这里有一万两千多块水田，主要种植水稻，但也种植烟草。尽管像打谷机﹑小型拖拉机等农业机械在日益增多，但是水牛依然是这里主要的耕作劳动力 Village women, all dressed in straw hats and sarongs, harvest rice near Jinghong. The region is known as Sip Song Panna, meaning twelve thousand irrigated fields. The fields grow mainly wet rice, but also tobacco. Water buffalo still do much of the p
 - 沙丘鹤，新墨西哥 Sandhill Cranes, New Mexico, 1982
- 2006-11-29作者：：Bates Littlehales 点击：9 评论：0
- "Lesser snow geese and greater sandhill cranes mingle in November at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. The sandhills, along with some 30 whooping cranes, migrate from Grays Lake NWR in Idaho. Both whoopers and snow geese have white plumage wi
 - 加蓬躲藏的鬼蟹 Ghost Crab Hiding, Gabon, 2003
- 2006-11-30作者：：Michael Nichols 点击：9 评论：0
- A ghost crab lies in wait under a thin blanket of wet sand at Loango National Park. Established in 2002, the park is designed to allow visitors access to this remarkable stretch of wilderness on Africa's western coast without interfering with the wil
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