2007-09-21
Bolivia, 2000
Photograph by Joel Sartore
A gecko sheds its perfectly camouflaged skin on a tree branch in Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Covering 4.7 million acres (1.9 million hectares) in northwestern Bolivia, Madidi encompasses 19,000-foot (5,791-meter) glaciers in the west, rain forests in the east, pampas in the north, and cloud forest and dry forest in between. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in South America.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Madidi National Park," March 2000, National Geographic magazine)
在玻利维亚的马迪迪国家公园里，树枝上一只壁虎正蜕出它那极具伪装性的表皮。马迪迪位于玻利维亚西北部，占地四百七十万英亩(1百九十万公顷)。它的西边有19,000英尺(5,791米)高的冰川，东边为热带雨林，北面是潘帕斯草原，云林与旱林位居中部。这里是南美最具生物多样性的地区之一。
2007-09-22
Malgas Island, South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
Dressed in snow-white plumage and golden crowns, a colony of cape gannets nests on the rocky coast of Malgas Island in South Africa’s West Coast National Park. The World Conservation Union lists these graceful shorebirds, found almost exclusively in coastal Africa, as vulnerable. The 70,000 cape gannets of Malgas Island share their waters with scores of oil tankers.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
在南非的西海岸国家公园，马尔哈斯岛的岩石海岸上有着许多塘鹅的窝，塘鹅是一种身披白衫，头戴金冠的鸟。世界自然保护联盟已将这种美丽的海鸟登录在册。因为很容易受到外界影响，这种鸟类几乎只存在于非洲海岸。马尔哈斯岛上有将近70,000只塘鹅，一起分享着这片常有油轮经过的水域。
2007-09-23
Hawaii, 1996
Photograph by Jim Richardson
A time-exposed photograph turns car headlights into luminous trails winding through the Garden of the Gods on Hawaii’s Lanai Island.
In the foreground sits a cairn of red-brown volcanic stones, likely built by tourists. Locals usually dismantle the visitors’ handiwork though.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiding Away in Lanai," January/February 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
这张长时间曝光的照片将车灯变成了一条蜿蜒在在夏威夷的拉奈岛上的奇岩园地带的光痕。照片的前景是一座由棕红色火山岩搭成的石堆，可能是游客堆建的，但当地人却总是将这些作品拆除。
2007-09-24
Antarctica, 2006
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
A leopard seal swims in turquoise waters just below the surface as a jagged Antarctic ice floe looms in the background.
The leopard seal, dubbed a "fierce, handsome brute" by a member of the famed 1914 Shackleton expedition, is a top Antarctic predator: fast, agile, voracious, and large, reaching some 12 feet (4 meters) in length and weighing more than a thousand pounds (450 kilograms).
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deadly Beauty," November 2006, National Geographic magazine)
一只斑海豹正在碧蓝的海水中畅游，水面上则是一大块隐现在背景中的南极浮冰。著名的1914年沙克尔顿探险队中的一名成员称斑海豹为“凶猛的帅哥”，其为南极地区的顶级食肉动物：迅猛，敏捷，贪食，并且壮硕。斑海豹身长可达12英尺(4米)，体重超过一千镑(450公斤)。
2007-09-25
Chile, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Tourists career down a mountainous sand dune in the aptly named Valley of the Moon region of Chile’s Atacama Desert.
This stark landscape between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains is considered the driest place on Earth, and some areas here have not received a drop of rain in hundreds of years. The terrain is so arid and forbidding, scientists came here to test the prototype for a rover destined for Mars.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Driest Place on Earth," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)
在智利阿塔卡马沙漠的月亮谷里，游客们正从如山般的沙丘上疾冲而下。这片位于太平洋和安第斯山脉之间的荒凉之地被认为是地球上最干旱的地区，这里的某些地方甚至几百年都没下过一滴雨水。因为该处地形非常干燥险恶，科学家们常在这里测试用于探测火星的飞行器。
2007-09-26
New York, 1990
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A street artist arranges a blanket of pennies on a Broadway sidewalk, an appropriate commentary for a street described by one talent agent as "propelled by one thing: money."
Originally an Indian path, Broadway runs about 17 miles (26 kilometers), from the tip of Manhattan Island to the Bronx, intersecting some of New York City's most famed avenues.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Broadway: Street of Dreams," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)
一位街头艺术家正在往百老汇大街的人行道上铺着一分硬币，这恰如其分的诠释了某位天才经纪人对这条大街的评价“只受一物驱使：钱”。长达17英里(26公里)的百老汇大街最初是条印第安小路，其从曼哈顿岛的一端直至布朗克斯区，横穿了数条纽约的著名大街。
2007-09-27
Canada, 1985
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Frost-flecked tundra pools dot the landscape of Canada's North Yukon National Park. Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundras are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes. Permafrost, cold, wind, and scant rainfall make it difficult for most plants and animals to survive here.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kluane: Canada's Icy Wilderness Park," November 1985, National Geographic magazine)
在加拿大的北育空国家公园里，几个结冰的池塘散落在冻原上。这片光秃秃的地区在北极附近，是地球上最寒冷，最荒芜的生物群落区之一。永久冻土，严寒，强风，以及匮乏的降水量使得大部分动植物都难以在此地生存。
2007-09-28
Location Unknown, 1996
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
A close-up of a mounted blue morpho butterfly shows its unique iridescent sheen. These mesmerizing insects, indigenous to the rain forests of Central and South America, get their cobalt hue not from pigment but from the thousands of semitransparent scales that filter blue from the visible spectrum and radiate it out from the wings.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
这张蓝色大闪蝶的特写照片显示了其独一无二的梦幻色彩。这种惹人注目的昆虫产自中北美地区的热带雨林。它们的这种钴蓝色并非来自色素，而是其翅膀上成千上万的半透明鳞片，这些鳞片可以滤出可见光中的蓝光，并使之从翅膀上散发出来。
2007-09-29
Hawaii, 1982
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A replica of a Polynesian outrigger canoe sits on a beach in Hawaii's Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park.
These handcrafted vessels, hewn from a single log and often in excess of 50 feet (15 meters) in length, likely carried the first Polynesians to the Hawaiian Islands more than 1,200 years ago.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kamehameha: Hawaii's Warrior King," November 1983, National Geographic magazine)
在夏威夷的霍那吾那吾(Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau)国家历史公园里的沙滩上，停放着一艘带有舷外支架的波利尼西亚小船的复制品。这种手工制造的小船由单独的一根原木经过砍凿加工而成，长度通常要超过50英尺(15米)。在1,200多年以前，第一批波利尼西亚人可能就是乘坐这种小船来到夏威夷岛的。
2007-09-30
South Africa, 2002
Photograph by Mattias Klum
A close-up of meerkat in the Kalahari Desert shows its sturdy, rakelike claws, an important adaptation for their tunneling lifestyle. Meerkats are master excavators, frequently digging themselves entirely out of sight in pursuit of potential meals, which include beetles, scorpions, insect larvae, and small reptiles.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Meerkats Stand Tall," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)
这张喀拉哈里沙漠猫鼬的局部特写照片显示出其强健有力的耙子状爪子，这是其适应洞穴生活的一项重要特征。猫鼬们都是挖洞专家，它们经常挖到完全看不见的地方去寻找可能存在的食物，其包括甲虫，蝎子，昆虫幼虫和小型爬行动物等。
Photos and English scripts are from Nationalgeographic.com.
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