Based on Photo of the Day from nationalgeographic.com
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.”
(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)
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.
Preparatory surrounded by the majestic Himalayan village officials at the green mountains 532 INDUS Bazaar, Nepal. is the last leg of the 8,848 meter. In recent years around the valley walls and fir seedlings has been defined as to prevent soil erosion caused by excessive felling of trees past
Preparatory surrounded by the majestic Himalayas, 532 Green Village officials Indus Marketplace, Nepal. The final leg is at 8,848 meters. In recent years around the valley walls and fir seedlings has been defined in order to prevent soil erosion lost due to over felling of trees
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)