2007-05-21 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. 在位于爱尔兰西南海岸的大斯凯利格岛上，一块千年墓碑耸立在古教堂的遗址旁。在公元第六到第九世纪间，凯尔特基督教传遍了整个爱尔兰，像克里郡的这些一样的原始修道院的残迹仍保留在岛上。
2007-05-22 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)
2007-05-23 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)
2007-05-24 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)
2007-05-25 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)
2007-05-26 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)
2007-05-27 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) 这个公园展示了意大利名胜古迹的微缩模型，对古建筑的观光和保护提供了一个折衷的办法。这座意大利缩影公园可让游客们近距离感受历史上著名的教堂和经典的艺术，而且不会对真迹造成伤害。
2007-05-28 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) 晚间是在圣地亚哥Pier Café用餐的最佳时刻，在这里，上等的海鲜大餐更为窗外非凡的圣地亚哥湾夜景和灯火通明的圣地亚哥-科罗纳多大桥添彩。 圣地亚哥是座幅员辽阔的城市，坐落于320平方英里(829平方公里)的山丘，峡谷和海岸之间，有着古老的历史。1542年左右，欧洲人第一次踏上了这块土地，这要比清教徒登陆普利茅斯海岸巨砾早了78年。
2007-05-29 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) 在密克罗尼西亚的雅浦岛附近，一只色彩斑斓的扇贝正张大了嘴端坐在礁石上面。与其它固定不动并群体生长的软体动物不同，扇贝拥有移动的本领。它们可以快速的闭合外套膜，喷射出水流，推动其向后运动，以此来进行小范围的移动。 扇贝还具备视力的特性。它们的眼睛有时甚至可达一百多个，而且相当精细，每个都具有一个晶状体，视网膜及视神经。这些小眼睛整齐的排列在外套膜的上方(图中橙色的小点),共同探测阴影和动作。
2007-05-30 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) 在斯科普斯山(Mount Scopus)上望去，可以看到耶路撒冷旧城墙外的穆斯林公墓中一座座白色的地上墓穴。岩石圆顶清真寺(右侧)和有着银色圆顶的阿克萨清真寺(左侧)也从墙后显露出来。
2007-05-31 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)
哈哈哈哈 O(∩_∩)O哈哈~ 好久不来了，不小心看了一眼自己主页，发现自动关联了自己以往发过的帖，点进这个看了一眼，笑个半死。。。敢情我当初还发过这么搞笑的东西啊，我自己完全不记得了 
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