Near Hakuba, Japan, 1984 Photograph by George F. Mobley
Sculpted by heavy snow drifts, the Shinto shrine Togakushi, sits high in the Japan Alps near the town of Hakuba. The shrine is located in Nagano Prefecture, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, "The Japan Alps" August, 1984, National Geographic magazine)
Primis, Egypt, 1976 Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie Hidden in the dry Red Sea Mountains, St. Anthony Monastery was founded in 356 AD and has operated as a multi-faith Christian monastery for much of that time, though today it is exclusively Coptic. Relying on spring water for survival, the monastery operates as a self-sustained village complete with irrigated gardens, a bakery, and several churches.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Egypt: Change Comes to a Changeless Land," March 1977, National Geographic magazine)
Bartolome Island, Ecuador, 1986 Photograph by Sam Abell Ripples of lava frozen in time wrinkle the surface of Pinnacle Rock off the Galápagos’ Bartolome Island. The formation is the eroded remains of a volcanic tower known as a tuff cone. Tuff cones are formed when magma from an inland volcano reaches the sea, sputtering layer upon layer of basalt ash that eventually rises into this monument of nature.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)
Dubendorf, Zurich, Switzerland, 1984 Photograph by James L. Stanfield Rows of truffles are coated in chocolate at Switzerland's Teuscher Chocolate Company. Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree, which explorer Hernán Cortés brought back to Europe in 1528. Cortés was introduced to the intriguing plant after witnessing Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, drinking cup after cup of a spicy brown liquid from golden goblets that were thrown away after just one use.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chocolate: Food of the Gods," November 1984, National Geographic magazine) （这个图片是2月14日情人节的，故介绍了巧克力）
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004 Photograph by Michael Nichols A small gang of forest buffalo congregate on the beach in Loango National Park. While the humans nestle into their camp tucked between a grove of manilkara trees and hyphaene palms, buffalo and elephants emerge from the forest to feed in the clearing.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Kosice, Slovakia, 1993 Photograph by James L. Stanfield A steel mill sends plumes of smoke into the air of Kosice, Slovakia's second largest city. At the time of Czechoslovakia's split in 1993, a quarter million people inhabited the steel town including Hungarians, Ruthenians, Gypsies, and Poles—a cosmopolitan minority which made up 14% of the new country's population.
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钢铁厂派遣羽浓烟向空中的科希策斯洛伐克第二大城市. 当时捷克斯洛伐克的分裂,1993年25万人居住的城市,包括钢铁匈牙利、鲁塞尼亚, 吉普赛人、波兰人--一个国际性其中少数民族占14%,新国家的人口. 基本可以忍受 (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Talladega National Forest, Alabama, 1994 Photograph by Ian C. Martin Sunlight filters through fall foliage in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest. The forest is home to Cheaha Mountain, part of the southern Appalachian Mountains and, at 2,407 feet (900 meters), Alabama’s highest peak.
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秋天的阳光透过枝叶过滤阿拉巴马的talladega国家森林. 森林是回家cheaha山,南阿巴拉契亚山脉的一部分,并在2407英尺(900米), 阿拉巴马的最高峰. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
Rongqi, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, 1981 Photograph by James P. Blair Celebrants of the lunar New Year participate in the Lion Dance, a raucous pantomime that dates back to the seventh century. A masked performer teases a vibrantly painted papier-mâché lion which rears its head, roars, snaps its jaws, and charges in rage.
Originally intended to help expel demons, the ceremony is now celebrated annually on the first day of the year’s first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.
本来想帮助驱逐恶魔, 现在每年庆祝典礼的第一天,今年1月份为农历春节. 2007年2月18日,正值. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982) （这个图片是2月18日的图，春节）
Near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, 1986 Photograph by George F. Mobley Thousands of years of wind, water, and glacial erosion have carved out these eerie badlands 400 feet (122 meters) below prairie level in Alberta, Canada’s Horsethief Canyon. Legend has it that during the region’s ranching heyday, horses would sometimes disappear into the canyons and emerge later marked with different brands, hence the canyon’s curious name.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Trans-Canada Highway, 1986)
Custer State Park, South Dakota, 1995 Photograph by Daniel R. Westergren
Ancient granite outcrops reflect in the still water of Sylvan Lake in South Dakota’s Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble. Geologists calculate that the park’s granite, into which the sculptures at nearby Mount Rushmore were carved, are about 1.7 billion years old, making it some of the oldest rock in North America.
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古老的花岗岩露头反映在静水湖风景优美的南达科他州的卡斯特国家公园作为独行 渔夫等待蚕食. 地质学家计算,那儿的花岗岩雕刻而成的,附近的Rushmore山雕、 约有17亿岁,使一些古老的岩石在北美. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Big, Bad, and Beautiful,” May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Djado, Niger, 1997 （尼日尔） Photograph by George Steinmetz "Ghost town of Djado is steeped in moonlight and mystery. Once it was a station on a slave-trading route between Niger and Libya. Surrounded by malarial swamps, adobe dwellings are now occupied by scorpions and snakes."
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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