National geographic 每日一图： 2月21-28日（中、英文解释）（图） - 珍珠湾ART

February 21, 2007

Namche Bazar, Nepal, 1986

Photograph by James P. Blair

Surrounded by the majestic Himalaya, Sherpas walk along a stone wall in the verdant hillside village of Namche Bazar, Nepal, a last stop on the way to Mount Everest. In recent years, walls and fir saplings have been positioned around the valley to prevent erosion caused by excessive tree cutting in the past.

在尼泊尔Namche Bazar地区的一处葱绿的山边小村，夏尔巴人(西藏的一个种族) 沿着石墙行走，四周环绕着雄伟的喜马拉亚。Namche Bazar是通向珠穆朗玛路途上的最后一站。近年来，城墙和冷杉树苗都安置在这个村落，用来防止过去大量砍伐树木造成的侵蚀。

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)

February 22, 2007

Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, 1995

Photograph by Sam Abell

Surf froths around the wind-and-water-eroded coastal tunnels in southwestern Australia’s Port Campbell National Park. Retreating tides have left jagged limestone formations around the park’s coastline, giving the area its historical notoriety as a ships’ graveyard.

在西南澳大利亚的坎贝尔港国家公园，风和水侵蚀的海岸通道附近的海浪泡沫。退潮后，公园的海岸线上，留下锯齿状石灰石形成物。使这个地区背上了船舶坟地的历史骂名。（容易触礁？）

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Australian Coast, 1995)

February 23, 2007

Poland, 1987

Photograph by James L. Stanfield

Members of a Polish family load hay onto a horse-drawn wagon in a village near the towering Tatra Mountains, seen in the background. Nearly one-third of Poland’s residents work in the agricultural sector, and there are some 2 million privately owned farms that occupy 90 percent of the country’s farmland.

波兰 -- 一家波兰人把干草堆上马拉小车上。这是在高耸的Tatra山区（背景中）的一个村落。1/3的波兰人从事农业， 2百万个私人拥有的农场占了这个国家农田的 90%。

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)

February 24, 2007

Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1992

Photograph by George F. Mobley

A lone rock outcropping juts through frozen Pasagshak Bay off Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The Kodiak archipelago is home to the Kodiak bear, the largest subspecies of brown bear, which feasts on the region’s prolific salmon runs.

阿拉斯加Kodiak岛。

一块孤石从冰冻的 Pasagshak Bay上露出。Kodiak 群岛是Kodiak 熊之乡。这种熊是棕熊中最大的亚种，他们大筵当地丰富的洄游鲑鱼。

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Wrangell-St. Elias National Park: Alaska’s Sky-High Wilderness,” May 1994, National Geographic magazine)

February 25, 2007

Vijayanagar, India, 1986

Photograph by James P. Blair

Silvery waters wend around a tumble of boulders as dhobis (low-caste washermen) wash and beat village laundry on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in Vijayanagar, India. The city, in southern India’s Karnataka state, was once the seat of the Vijayanagar Empire, which dominated the south of India from A.D. 1300 to 1500.

在印度城市Vijayanagar的Tungabhadra河的岸边，银色水系游走在杂乱的大石头堆之间，dhobis (下层男洗衣工人)洗涤和拍打村里洗衣房。这个位于南印度Karnataka 邦的城市，曾经是公元前1300-1500年间统治印度南部的Vijayanagar帝国之所在。

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)

February 26, 2007

Arkansas, United States, 1994

Photograph by Ian C. Martin

Sunlight glints off a tranquil lake in central Arkansas. The site is near historic Arkansas Route 7, which goes through Hot Springs, boyhood home of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and continues deep into the Ozark National Forest, where signs warn that the road is “crooked and steep,” and weary drivers can stop at a hillbilly trading post called “Booger Hollow.”

阳光在阿肯色州中部的一处宁静的湖泊上闪烁。这里靠近历史上有名的阿肯色州7号公路，它穿过前
总统Clinton儿时家乡Hot Springs，进入Ozark国家森林的深处。在这里，有“路面弯曲陡峭”的标志，疲
劳的司机们可以在山内交易点（叫做“Booger Hollow”鼻屎洞，哈哈）停留。

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)

February 27, 2007

Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Ecuador, 1986

Photograph by Sam Abell

Pinnacle Rock looms under a brooding sky off the Galápagos’ Bartolome Island. The island’s most famous feature (it even got airtime in the movie, Master and Commander ) is actually an eroded lava formation called a tuff cone. When hot lava from a now-extinct volcano on land reached the sea, the temperature difference caused explosions, producing thousands of thin layers of basalt ash that eventually formed into this towering monument.

Pinnacle Rock （山地名，小尖塔石的意思），在Galápagos’ Bartolom岛愁绪般的天空下隐现。该岛最有名的特点是（上过电影呢，Master adn Commander）,实际上是一种侵蚀掉的熔岩结构称为凝灰岩锥。....

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)

February 28, 2007

Black Hills, South Dakota, 1995

Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren

A boat and water skier cruise by on one of several lakes located in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The Black Hills get their name from the dark cloak of ponderosa pine trees that cover the landscape.

在南达科塔州Black Hill地区的某一个湖上，一个船与水滑行者（不知道对应的中文）游戈而过。 Black Hills （黑山）以覆盖该地形的Ponderosa松的黑斗篷而得名。

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Big, Bad, and Beautiful,” May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)