魔鬼的弹珠,澳大利亚,2000

中文注释：

在澳大利亚的北领地，巨大的瑰红色花岗岩石球成为了游人们合影留念的道具。这些天然的圆形大石头被称为“魔鬼的弹珠”，大约在十亿年前，地壳中冷却的岩浆从砂石覆盖的花岗岩石堆中涌出，形成了这些圆石。风，水，化学及机械等侵蚀将这些花岗岩塑造成独一无二的形状，当地的土著居民将其当作彩虹蛇的卵进行崇拜。

为”澳大利亚：苛刻的觉醒”拍摄，未刊出 2000.7国家地理杂志
花岗岩   岩石   澳大利亚  

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英文注释：

Devil's Marbles, Australia, 2000

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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