South Africa, 1996
Photograph by Chris Johns
"Homo sapiens flood the beach on New Year's Day at Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, where, thanks to the Natal Parks Board's good neighbor policy, admission is free for local residents. South Africa's torrid zone, northern KwaZulu-Natal teems with tropical life. Along its normally empty beaches sea turtles are making a comeback."
(Text and photograph from "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)
1996年Chris Johns摄于南非,
"现代智人们,在元旦这天,占满了圣路西亚湿地 (Greater St. Lucia Wetland)公园的海滩,这要感谢纳涛(Natal)公园管理局的亲和政策,允许当地的居民自由出入此地.作为南非的酷热地区,北卡瓦祖鲁-纳涛 (Kwazulu-Natal)到处都有热带生物.而此刻,沿着这些通常很清静的海滩,海龟们正在盘算如何回来."
(文字及图片来源于国家地理杂志2004年8月《新南非的公园一瞥》一文，未随之刊发)
(译者:"现代智人"---动物学上对于人类的定义称谓,用在这里,的确将人,动物化了,该段文字往好了说是在调侃,往坏了说----那就是在歧视图片中的人.)
North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds that cover North Rustico beach on Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province. Sheltered from the sometimes harsh North Atlantic storms, Prince Edward Island stretches 140 miles (225 kilometers) into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and enjoys a warm climate and sandy soil梘ood for both farming and tourism.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
1986年George F. Mobley摄于 爱德华王子岛 北郊(North Rustico)
在加拿大最小的省份,爱德华王子岛的北郊海滩,日食发生时,被蚀去的太阳透过云层,依稀可见.常被用于躲避北大西洋的狂风暴雨,绵延140英里的爱德华王子岛,位于圣劳伦斯湾内.这里有安逸的温暖气候和松软的土壤,可谓是耕种,度假两厢宜.
(文字及图片来源于1987年国家地理旅行者《于泛加高速,从纽芬兰至贝斯省的旅程》一书，未随之刊发)
Minab, Iran, 1998
Photograph by Alexandra Avakian
A Baluchi woman wears a traditional red mask to conceal her features from public view. Iranian women are, in fact, among the most educated and accomplished in the Muslim world. Before the 1979 revolution 35 percent of women were literate; now the rate stands at 74 percent. In 1999, one in three Iranian physicians was a woman.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
North Florida Springs, 1998
Photograph by Wes Skiles
A flexible and graceful swimmer, the West Indian manatee migrates annually to Florida's coastal waters. This balmy winter retreat unfortunately holds a palpable danger for these gentle creatures. In 2005, collisions with watercraft and other human-related accidents accounted for nearly 25 percent of all manatee deaths in Florida according to the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Boating speed limits and the creation of sanctuaries are just some of the protections put into place by state and federal lawmakers to help save the endangered manatee.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
Greenwich, England, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
"One hop bridges east and west at Greenwich, England, where a brass strip marks zero longitude. First used by sailors to fix their position, Greenwich mean time was adopted by railroads and, after 1884, worldwide as the standard for time of day. Time is now set not by earth's rotation, but by satellite and atomic clock."
(Text and photograph from "The Enigma of Time," March 1990, National Geographic magazine)
Pamukkale, Turkey, Date Unknown
Photograph by Gordon Gahan
Bathers enjoy terraced pools filled with the hot, mineral-rich waters of Pamukkale, Turkey's "Cotton Castle." The trickling water from the mountain's hot springs is heavy with calcium-carbonate. Over the centuries these waters have carved out large flat basins whose surface is coated with pure white calcium deposits.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Turkey: Cross Fire at an Ancient Crossroads," July 1977, National Geographic magazine)
Pamukkale(棉花堡),土耳其,日期未知
浴者们享受着Pamukkale露天泳池中的温矿泉水，Pamukkale:土耳其人的“棉花城堡"。那些从山中温泉而来的水中富含碳酸钙,数百年来这些水流形成的巨大的平坦盆地，其表面覆盖了纯白的钙沉积物。
(文字来自于1977年6月号国家地理杂志"Turkey: Cross Fire at an Ancient Crossroads,",图片已分配于该文但未刊发)
Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
The ruins of Spiš Castle loom high above the Slovak village of Spišské Podhradie. Stronghold for generations of Hungarian princes, the largest fortress in central Europe was destroyed by fire in 1780.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Spišské Podhradie,斯洛伐克,1992
Spiš 城堡的遗迹显现在Spišské Podhradie的斯洛伐克乡村中。作为一代代匈牙利王子的要塞，这座中欧最大的堡垒毁于1780的火中。
(文字来源于1993年9月号国家地理杂志："Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Divorce,",图片已分配于该文但未刊发)
Mars, 2000
Photograph by NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
"An artful view from space reveals a bracelet-like chain of shallow pits lining a trough created by faulting. The collapse zone appears on a flank of the Pavonis Mons volcano. Some 530 yards (475 meters) wide, the depression could have resulted from the underground movement of molten rock."
(Text and photograph from "A Mars Never Dreamed Of," February 2001, National Geographic magazine)
火星,2000
"从太空中看到一个绝妙的景色：一串象手镯链似的由断层造成的深坑。这个区域在Pavonis Mons火山附近，有大约475米宽.造成这种沉降的原因是由于地下溶岩层的移动。
(文字和图片来源于国家地理杂志2001年2月,"A Mars Never Dreamed Of,")
Petra, Jordan, 1998
Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Wildflowers bloom in front of the rose-colored sandstone that makes up Petra. An ancient city that welcomed caravans from Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans, who ruled this part of the Middle East for more than four centuries.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Petra: An Ancient City of Stone," December 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Petra,约旦,1998
野花在Petra的玫瑰色沙岩前绽放,作为一个古老的城市，非常受来自阿拉伯、叙利亚、巴勒斯坦和埃及的驼队的欢迎。
Petra曾是纳巴泰(Nabataeans)王国的首都，该王国曾统治了中东地区4个世纪以上。
(文字来源于国家地理杂志1998年12月号"Petra: An Ancient City of Stone,"，图片已分配但未刊发)
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2004
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A mother and her calf hippopotamus cool off in the "Land of the Surfing Hippos." Loango National Park got that nickname from the resident hippopotamuses' habit of swimming in the ocean and body-surfing to and from feeding grounds.
(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)
Loango 国家公园,加蓬,2004
一只母河马与她的小河马在“河马冲浪之地”冲凉。Loango国家地理公园的这个昵称得自于当地河马经常在此游泳"冲浪"
(文字来源于国家地理杂志2004年8月号"Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos,"，图片已分配但未刊发)
Suhar, Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Thundering across a berm racetrack, camels hurtle their 8 year-old jockeys toward the finish line while Omanis in pick-up trucks follow alongside. Though gambling is forbidden in this Muslim country, prize money goes to the owner of the winning camel whose value could be as much as 50,000 rials, or US$130,000.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Oman," May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A flock of African skimmer birds glides over the fish-rich waters of Gabon's coastal region. With its uniquely shaped bill, the lower mandible is much longer than the upper one, skimmer birds feed on small fish by flying open-mouthed over the surface of estuaries and rivers.
(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)
Loango 国家公园,加蓬,2003
一群非洲剪嘴鸥滑翔过加蓬海岸线上多鱼的水面。凭着它们有着独特的外形：下颚长于上颚，剪嘴鸥一般在河口或者河流中，通过张开嘴巴飞掠水面而捕食小鱼。
(文字来源于国家地理杂志2004年8月号"Gabon's Loango National Park: In the Land of the Surfing Hippos,"，图片已分配但未刊发)
Seoul, South Korea, 1979
Photograph by H. Edward Kim
Snow dusts the buildings of Toksu Palace in the shadow of Seoul抯 towering hotels and office complexes. Originally occupied by the 16th century Yi Dynasty leader King Sonjo, the palace was rebuilt in the early 1900s and now houses a branch gallery of South Korea抯 National Museum of Contemporary Art.
(Text adapted from and photograph from, "Seoul: Korean Showcase," December 1979, National Geographic magazine)
首尔,南韩,1979
一场白雪降落在首尔市中被高楼大厦围绕的庆运宫的宫殿顶上。它最初在16世纪由李朝的国王Sonjo(查不知Sonjo的中文名是什么，但李朝是朝鲜最长也是最后一个王朝)建造，并在20世纪早期重建，现在它是南韩国家现代艺术
博物馆的艺术陈列馆之一。
(文字和图片来源于国家地理杂志1975年12月号"Seoul: Korean Showcase,")
Lake Hoare, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Antarctica抯 perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare bears the scars of sand and dirt that have worked their way from the surface down into the ice. Soil blows onto the lake from the nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Hoare湖,南极洲,1998
南极洲的永冻冰湖正承受着沙和尘土留下的伤痕：从表面到冰内层。这尘土自附近的干谷吹来的，被阳光照暖，使冰融化，从而留下一条条深深的痕迹。
(文字来源于国家地理杂志1998年10月号"Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert,"，图片已分配但未刊发)
Helsinki, Finland, 1981
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
The imposing Lutheran Cathedral rises over the somber city of Helsinki as a man bundled against the cold makes his way across one of the city’s many frozen harbors. Built in 1852, the stark-white cathedral, called the Tuomiokorkko in Finnish, sits in Senate Square in the city center.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Helsinki," August 1981, National Geographic magazine)
Loganville, Pennsylvania, 1993
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
An Amish farmer in Loganville, Pennsylvania uses a horse-drawn wagon to spread manure over a shimmering, snow-covered field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Chesapeake Bay桯anging in the Balance,?June 1993, National Geographic magazine)
Loganville,宾夕法尼亚州,1993
在微光中，覆雪的土地上，一位宾夕法尼亚州Loganville的安曼教派的农夫正用马拉犁耕种
(文字来源于国家地理杂志1993年6月号"Chesapeake Bay—Hanging in the Balance,” ，图片已分配但未刊发)
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Jaipur, India, 1985
Photograph by Bruce Dale
An arched doorway leads to a staircase in the astronomical observatory called Jantar Mantar. The complex, located in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, was built by astronomer Jai Singh around 1730 and is still in use today. It includes large, abstract-looking structures designed to track the motion of the sun and tell time, among other uses.
Jantar Mantar is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “magical device.”
(Text and photograph from, "In the Land of the Maharajas: Rajasthan by Rail," Spring 1986, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Nanning, China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
A footbridge spans the Yu River in Nanning in southeastern China. Nanning is the political, economic, and financial center of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book China, 1981)
中国南宁,1981年
摄影：詹姆斯 P 布莱尔
横跨南宁郁江（邕江）的一座人行桥。南宁位于中国大陆东南，是广西壮族自治区的政治、经济、金融中心。
Colebrook, New Hampshire, 1972
Photograph by David L. Arnold
Snow blankets a farm in Colebrook, New Hampshire, along the slopes of the Connecticut River Valley. The Connecticut River forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and flows some 410 miles (610 kilometers), from just shy of the Canadian border to the Long Island Sound.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yesterday Lingers Along the Connecticut,?September 1972, National Geographic magazine)
大卫 L 阿诺1972年摄于新罕布什尔州科尔布鲁克
在新罕布什尔州科尔布鲁克，沿着康涅狄格河谷，依山而建的农场上覆盖着一层象毯子般的积雪。康涅狄格河作为新罕布什尔州和佛蒙特州之间的界河，发源于加拿大边境附近，流经约410英里(610公里)，在长岛汇入大海。
Ely, Minnesota, 1997
Photograph by Joel Sartore
Two gray wolves relax in the snow at Minnesota’s International Wolf Center. Opened in June 1993, the center is at the forefront of efforts to educate people about the value of wolves in the ecosystem and to encourage the reintroduction and wide distribution of wolves in the wild.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Return of the Gray Wolf,” May 1998, National Geographic magazine)
St. John's, Newfoundland, 1974
Photograph by Sam Abell
A bush in St. John抯 wears an icy glaze during what Newfoundlanders call the 搒ilver thaw.?The freezing rain that causes this condition can damage trees and power lines, but is a harbinger of the coming spring.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Newfoundland Trusts in the Sea,?January 1974, National Geographic magazine)
山姆·阿贝尔1974年摄于纽芬兰岛圣约翰
在圣约翰，枝头被冰雪包裹着，象是上了一层釉。由冻雨造成这种现象纽芬兰人称之为"银色解冻"。这虽然会破坏树木和电力线，但也预示着春天即将来临。
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Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland, 1997
Photograph by Steve Winter
A traditional Icelandic sod house built into a hillside faces the wide expanse of Vatnajökull glacier. Vatnajökull was the site of a volcanic eruption in November 1996 that melted billions of a gallons of glacial ice and triggered a cataclysmic flood that lasted two days. No one was injured in the flood, but it destroyed a bridge and littered a floodplain with huge blocks of ice, some weighing more than 1,000 tons (1,016 metric tons).
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iceland’s Trial by Fire,” May 1997, National Geographic magazine)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1998
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta
A female American bison and her calf move along a snow bank near a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. About 16,000 bison roam the park, the only population of wild bison left in North America.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Grows Up,” April 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1985
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
The Atlantic Ocean stretches beyond a row of weathered thatch-roof houses, replicas of those built by the pilgrims on Plimoth Plantation in the 1620s. The houses are part of a recreated 17th century settlement that greets visitors to the living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, The Adventure of Archaeology, 1985)
约瑟夫 H 贝雷1985年摄于马萨诸塞州普利茅斯
大西洋在一排受风雨侵蚀的茅草屋顶房屋后延伸。供游客参观的马萨诸塞州普利茅斯生活历史博物馆再现了17世纪定居者的生活。这些房屋是博物馆的一部分，是1620年代殖民者在普利茅斯种植园所建房屋的复制品。
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A lone arbutus tree perches atop a hill on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. Home to about 10,000 people, Salt Spring is the largest of Canada抯 Gulf Islands. The Gulf Islands comprise about a dozen large islands and hundreds of smaller islets which dot the inland Strait of Georgia south of Vancouver. The island抯 sheltered location, relatively dry climate, and strong tides give rise to a number of species unique to this region.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada: From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
乔治 F 莫布里1986年摄于卑诗盐泉岛
一棵杨梅树孤独地耸立在卑诗省盐泉岛的山顶上。加拿大海湾群岛包括十几座大岛和上百座小岛，分布在温哥华以南佐治亚海峡这片内海上。盐泉岛有大约10000居民，是群岛中规模最大的岛屿。由于岛的位置受到遮蔽，气候比较干燥,，海浪巨大，使得岛上出现了一大批这一地区特有的物种。
Moscow, Russia, 1997
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
Pedestrians bundled against the Moscow chill push through plazas dotted with storefronts touting luxury goods. In spite of recent high oil prices and an expanding middle class, Russia still suffers from inflation, corruption, and an unstable banking system, making high-end goods unreachable to all but Russia抯 elite.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Moscow: The New Revolution," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)
Near Haines, Alaska, 1976
Photograph by Steve Raymer
A bald eagle perches, wings stretched, in a snow-covered tree by the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska. The area is home to a bald eagle preserve that is a prime wintering ground for the birds, attracting some 3,000 eagles annually.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Alaska Highway, 1976)
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Harlington, Texas, 1978
Photograph by George F. Mobley
揑n Harlington, Texas, rows on rows of trailers, each with its palm tree, house some of the thousands of 'Winter Texans' who flock to the lower Rio Grande Valley to escape the northern cold. Average temperature of 75˚F (25˚C), humidity of 60 percent, and rainfall of 25 inches (64 centimeters) mean an almost ideal climate for tourism.?
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for the National Geographic book The Great Southwest, 1980)
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, 1997
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
The jagged peaks of Antarctica’s Filchner Mountains rise in the distance as an intrepid mountaineering team makes camp on an ice field.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "On the Edge of Antarctica: Queen Maud Land,” February 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Dubois, Wyoming, 1987
Photograph by Raymond Gehman
Neon lights at a Dubois, Wyoming motel give an array of icicles an eerie red tinge. Dubois is auspiciously located for national park visitors梤oughly an hour抯 drive from Grand Teton National Park and about two hours from Yellowstone.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Yellowstone Country: A Wilderness Celebration, 1989)
Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1997
Photograph by Flip Nicklin
A large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean bears an icicle-trimmed cave. This cave served as a hideout for a bearded seal seeking shelter from the harsh Arctic climate.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bearded Seals桮oing With the Floe,?March 1997, National Geographic magazine)
French Polynesia, 1996
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
A naked boy stands at the turquoise blue edge of the South Pacific in French Polynesia. This island paradise is a haven for European tourists, but its natives have long been troubled with feelings of antipathy over 150 years of French rule.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
Yellowstone National Park, 1990
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A mountain lion peers out from a rocky nook in Yellowstone National Park. Demonized by farmers and ranchers, mountain lions were almost hunted out of existence until substantial research in the 1960s helped dispel fears about these mysterious big cats which are in fact more likely to run up a tree than attack a human.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Learning to Live with Mountain Lions," July 1992, National Geographic magazine)
Yarmouth, Maine, 1968
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
Twilight illuminates the snow-covered grounds of a Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Character Marks the Coast of Maine,?June 1968, National Geographic magazine)
Yarmouth, Maine, 1968
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
Twilight illuminates the snow-covered grounds of a Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Character Marks the Coast of Maine,?June 1968, National Geographic magazine)
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St. Anne, Martinique, 1980
Photograph by Michael Yada
A boy’s silhouetted figure walks along a pier as volcanic mountains rise against a mauve-colored sky in St. Anne, Martinique. A French overseas department, this 425-square-mile (1,100-square-kilometer) Caribbean island boasts ruggedly beautiful landscapes and a legacy of Carib indigenous warriors so fierce that 16th-century Spanish conquistadores decided against trying to colonize it.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Caribbean: Sun, Sea, and Seething,” February 1980, National Geographic magazine)
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Niedzica Castle rises behind a hydroelectric dam, still under construction in this photograph, on Poland抯 Dunajec River. The castle, originally built in the 14th century, once overlooked the Dunajec Breach, a five-mile-long (two-kilometer-long) gorge flanked by towering rock walls. Now, it oversees tranquil Czorsztyn Lake, formed when the controversial dam was completed in 1994.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January, 1988, National Geographic magazine)
Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Canada, 1981
Photograph by Sam Abell
A belt of snow-spotted lava beds stretches across 568,342 acres (230,000 hectares) of Mount Edziza Provincial Park in northwest British Columbia. The park is a spectacular volcanic wilderness of lava flows, basalt plateaus, cinder fields and cones formed from eruptions and basalt flows that occurred between 10,000 and 4 million years ago.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book)
Manobier, Wales, 1985
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
A bird soars over the lichen-draped remains of Manorbier Castle in Wales. At its height in the 12th century, the castle consisted of a gatehouse, a keep, two towers, and a vaulted chapel enclosed within two high stone curtain walls. Originally built as a fortified manor house, this medieval castle never encountered attack, which is why it remains remarkably well-preserved today.
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Kistache National Forest, Louisiana, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
A leaf sits pinned between a rock and the flowing waters of a Kisatchie National Forest stream. The 600,000-acre (242,812-hectare) forest boasts seemingly endless stands of longleaf pines and is home to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, whose designated nest trees are identifiable by the white band painted around their trunks.
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Oman, 1992
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Telephone poles and oil rigs stand silhouetted against an orange-tinted evening sky in Oman. Oman was once considered an Arabian Peninsula backwater, with only about six miles (3 kilometers) of paved roads as recently as 1970. Oil production, however, which began around 1967, quickly catapulted this sultanate of 3 million inhabitants to unimaginable prosperity.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Oman,” May 1995, National Geographic magazine)
1992年 James L. Stanfield摄于 阿曼
电线杆和油井的轮廓突兀的站在阿曼橙色基调的暮色中.阿曼被认为是阿拉伯半岛的荒地,在1970年该国只铺设了6英里的公路.但始于1967年的石油产业,使这个有着3百万居民的回教郡主国家难以想象的飞速繁荣起来.
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 Hern醤 Cort閟 brought back to Europe in 1528. Cort閟 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)
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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梐 cosmopolitan minority which made up 14% of the new country's population.
(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抯 Talladega National Forest. The forest is home to Cheaha Mountain, part of the southern Appalachian Mountains and, at 2,407 feet (900 meters), Alabama抯 highest peak.
(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-m鈉h?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抯 first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)
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)
1986年 George F. Mobley摄于 加拿大 阿尔伯达(Alberta) 德兰赫勒(Near Drumheller)附近
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抯 Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble. Geologists calculate that the park抯 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.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揃ig, Bad, and Beautiful,?May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
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
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)
1995年 Sam Abell摄于 澳大利亚 维多利亚(Victoria)省 坎贝尔港(Port Campbell) 国家公园
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," Januar 1988, National Geographic magazine)
1987年James L. Stanfield 摄于 波兰
一家波兰人正在往一辆四轮马车上装干草，背景就是高耸的塔特拉(Tatra)山，而这是附近的一个村落。将近有三分之一的波兰居民在农业区域工作，其中有两百万人拥有自己的农庄，这占去了该国百分之90的耕地。
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)
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抯 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抯 Heritage, 1986)
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)
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.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Majestic Island Worlds, 1986)
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抯 Black Hills. The Black Hills get their name from the dark cloak of ponderosa pine trees that cover the landscape.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揃ig, Bad, and Beautiful,?May/June 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Phool Mal, Madhya Pradesh, India, 1988
Photograph by James P. Blair
In the days leading up to the colorful festival of Holi, the Bhil tribes take to the streets to dance and find their future mates. Taking place after the wheat harvest in March, single men and women gather to dance and woo each other during Bhagoria Haat, which means "eloper's fair."
(Text adapted from the National Geographic book Harvest Festivals, 2002)
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, U.S.A., 1975
Photograph by James L. Amos
Two ivory cattle egrets flex their wings in an age-old ritual of courtship in which potential mates mirror each other抯 movements. These birds are so named because they are often found near cattle or horses, feeding on the insects these animals attract.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揥atermen抯 Island Home,?June 1980, National Geographic magazine)
Cape Neddick, Maine, 1973
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
Algae-covered rocks line the entrance to the York River near Maine抯 Cape Neddick Lighthouse. The historic lighthouse, also called Nubble Light after a small rocky island off the cape抯 eastern point, was first illuminated in 1879.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Friendless Squatters of the Sea," November 1973, National Geographic magazine)
Tahiti, 1979
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A male goat rests on the exposed root ball of a palm tree on Tahiti Island. Tahiti and her 13 sister islands make up the Society Islands, tiny protrusions of volcanic and coral paradise that dot the South Pacific about halfway between Australia and South America.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Society Islands, Sisters of the Wind," June 1979, National Geographic magazine)
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Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, 1983
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A breeze sends gentle ripples over Lake Ohrid in Macedonia as two fishermen wait patiently for a bite.
Lake Ohrid is known as a "museum of living fossils;" containing 146 endemic species, including 17 types of fish.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Eternal Easter in a Greek Village,” December 1983, National Geographic magazine)
U.S. West, 1994
Photograph by Ian C. Martin
A lone cow saunters across an open road in the western United States. Many western states have open range laws that allow cattle to graze and wander on public lands, occasionally creating perilous conditions for motorists.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994)
Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1975
Photograph by James L. Amos
A lone man perches on an outcrop on Gunnison Island amid the shimmering expanse of Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere.
Though the lake’s waters are too salty for all but a few hearty species, including brine shrimp and brine flies, its wetlands support millions of migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. The mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) island, situated on the northwest side of the lake, is home to tens of thousands of pelicans and seagulls.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Utah’s Shining Oasis,” April 1975, National Geographic magazine)
Poland, 1987
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Sheep graze amid rolling farmlands in southern Poland’s Beskid Mountains. During communist rule, farms in Poland remained privately run. Today, despite further efforts to restructure the country’s agriculture sector, these family-based subsistence farms remain the norm.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Poland: The Hope That Never Dies," January 1988, National Geographic magazine)
The Philippines, 1992
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A blue-spotted rock codfish and a school of smaller fish swim over the sunken hull of the ill-fated Spanish merchant galleon San Diego. The vessel was sunk by a Dutch ship in 1600 in the South China Sea near Fortune Island. Among the wreckage, which settled 170 feet (52 meters) below the sea, were priceless treasures, including Ming dynasty porcelain. A team from the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology discovered the ship in 1991 and recovered much of its cargo.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “San Diego: An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue,” July 1994, National Geographic
Champaign, Illinois, 1980
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
A magnified shot shows the head of a tiger swallowtail butterfly larva. These insects are masters of disguise, acquiring false eyespots in their larva stage to give them a snakelike look. In their pupa stage, they resemble broken twigs.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Deception: Formula for Survival,” March 1980, National Geographic magazine)
Alaska, 1969
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Caribou graze on tundra, tinted orange by the sun, somewhere between Nome and Teller on western Alaska抯 Seward Peninsula. Caribou share this remote, sub-Arctic expanse with musk oxen, moose, and grizzly bears, among other hearty creatures.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Alaska, 1969)
Tasmania, Australia, 1996
Photograph by Sam Abell
A bare tree stands on a rocky shoreline in Tasmania, a heart-shaped island 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of the Australian mainland. The forbidding landscape of Tasmania, or 揟assie,?as locals call it, was the site of numerous British penal colonies, beginning in the early 1800s.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揂ustralia抯 Best Kept Secret,?Sept./Oct. 1996, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1983
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A smear of red in a desert of pale ice, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Labrador trudges through the frozen landscape of the Arctic Ocean in Canada抯 Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Coast Guard was part of a mission to explore the sunken wreckage of the H.M.S. Breadalbane, a British ship that went down in the 1850s while on a mission to find survivors of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to map the Northwest Passage.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揈xploring a 140-Year-Old Ship Under Arctic Ice,?July 1983, National Geographic magazine
Panama, 1977
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A young margay cat peeks over a step at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute station on Barro Colorado, a forested island in the Panama Canal waterway. The island rises from Lake Gatun, which formed in 1907 when the Chagres River was dammed during construction of the canal.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Panama Canal Today," February 1978, National Geographic magazine)
Loango National Park, Gabon, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
In a true play of might makes right, a mature ghost crab threatens a juvenile on the sands of Loango National Park. The park, too, is waging its own battles against poachers, oil companies, and piles of litter. In one day, trash collectors gathered 535 plastic bottles, 560 intact flip-flops, 4 refrigerators, and 2,240 other bits of debris from 1,640 feet (500 meters) of beach.
(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)
Mono Lake, California, 1982
Photograph by James P. Blair
Spires of limestone tufa rise from the shores of California’s Mono Lake. Tufa form when underwater springs rich in calcium meet lake water rich in carbonates, forming calcium carbonate, or limestone. The limestone precipitates in layers over time and can grow more than 30 feet (9 meters) high. Mono Lake’s tufa are particularly dramatic because water diversions have significantly lowered the lake’s level, exposing more of the columns.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic special publication, Our Threatened Inheritance, 1982.)
Inishbofin Island, Ireland, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
An emerald pasture dotted with daisies and flanked by distant sand dunes rolls to the foot of a rustic gate and a stone wall on the Irish island of Inishbofin. Picturesque scenes like this are plentiful on the windy Aran Islands, but tourism driven by the many bed-and-breakfasts, golf courses, and ferries, is taking a toll on these once-rural landscapes.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ireland on Fast-Forward," September 1994, National Geographic magazine)
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
Pincers poised and eyes gleaming, a bulldog ant surveys its surroundings. These aggressive ants, named for their propensity to latch onto objects, are well known in Australia for their large size and painful sting.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揂t Home with the Bulldog Ant,?July 1974, National Geographic magazine)
Kathmandu, Nepal, 1979
Photograph by John Scofield
A spotted deer buck attends to a doe in the Central Zoo of Kathmandu, Nepal. Opened in 1932 as a place to house the private animal collection of the current prime minister, the zoo is now run by a non-profit nature conservation trust. It maintains exhibits of some of Nepal抯 most well known and endangered fauna, including one-horned Indian rhinos, Bengal tigers, and the clouded leopard.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kathmandu抯 Remarkable Newars," February 1979, National Geographic magazine
Rocks Provincial Park, New Brunswick, Canada, 1990
Photograph by James P. Blair
The sculpted silhouettes of Hopewell Rocks rise from the muddy waters of the Bay of Fundy in Canada’s New Brunswick province. These sandstone-and-conglomerate sea stacks were spared during the glacial sweep of the last ice age, but bear the effects of centuries of tidal erosion. The Bay of Fundy sees some of the world’s greatest tidal variability, and the constant flow continues to shape these rocks.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic special publication Canada’s Incredible Coast, 1990)
Marsabit National Reserve, Kenya, 1969
Photograph by Bruce Dale
Long ears and an almost giraffe-like neck identify this gerenuk, or Waller's gazelle, standing in a clearing in Marsabit National Reserve in northern Kenya. The 579-square-mile (1,500-square-kilometer) park opened in 1967 and provides protection to some of Africa's most iconic animals, including elephants, kudu, leopards, and ostriches.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kenya Says Harambee," February 1969, National Geographic magazine)
Warwick, England, 1966
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A peacock, perhaps competing with the surrounding flora, struts in full regalia amid the roses and manicured hedges of an English garden.
A peacock抯 brilliant tail feathers, or coverts, make up more than 60 percent of the bird抯 total body length and are usually deployed during courtship displays.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, ?00 Years Ago: The Norman Conquest,?August 1966, National Geographic magazine)
Mahabalipuram, India, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Lacy tree branches cast their shadows on the Five Raths, seventh century Dravidian shrines to Hindu gods each carved from a single, massive granite boulder. The temples, located in Mahabalipuram in southern India, are, from left to right: The Ganesha Rath, the Durga cell, the Arjana Rath, the Bhima Rath, and the Dharmaraja Rath. The monuments were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World抯 Heritage , 1986)
Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, USA, 1998
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski
A sea otter shares the waters of Alaska’s foggy Prince William Sound with a spill-containment vessel nearly a decade after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and fouled these pristine waters with 11 million gallons (40 million liters) of crude oil. Intense clean-up efforts after the disaster lasted more than four years.
Now, evidence of the spill is hard to detect. But some beaches still have Valdez oil buried just below the surface. And scientists say some animal species, including sea otters, harbor seals, harlequin ducks, and herring, have yet to recover from the spill’s negative effects.
(Photograph from "In the Wake of the Spill: Ten Years After Exxon Valdez," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)
Lake Hoare, Antarctica, 1998
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Antarctica’s perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare bears the scars of sand and dirt that have worked their way from the surface down into the ice. Soil blows onto the lake from a nearby dry valley, warms in the sun, and melts downward, leaving a bubble column in its trail.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Timeless Valleys of the Antarctic Desert," October 1998, National Geographic magazine)
Triesenberg, Liechenstein, 1973
Photograph by Walter Meayers Edwards
Cows graze amid a blanket of flowers in a pasture in the mountainous central European principality of Liechtenstein. The small huts that dot the landscape store hay and provide shelter for cattle during the winter. The Rhine River is visible in the distant valley.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
Grasse, France, 1973
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A honeybee forages for pollen among cineraria flowers in Alpes-Maritimes in southeastern France. Alpes-Maritimes is home to Grasse, a flower-strewn medieval town known for the past two centuries as the perfume capital of France.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
London, England, 1985
Photograph by Robert W. Madden
English cavalry soldiers in ceremonial capes and white-cockaded helmets sit their mounts before the Horse Guards building in central London. Until 1841, when Trafalgar Square was opened, the only way to access St. James and Buckingham Palace, home of the British royals, was through the Horse Guards building.
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Beijing, China, 1982
Photograph by Dean Conger
Rental rowboats crowd a shoreline of Beijing抯 Kunming Lake. The Temple of Buddhist Incense, with its multi-tiered roof, rises from the famed Summer Palace on Longevity Hill in the background. The opulent Summer Palace complex, located on the western edge of Beijing, was built in the mid-1700s as a retreat for Qing Dynasty imperial rulers.
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Panama, 1977
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A margay cat balances on a seemingly undersized tree branch on Barro Colorado Island. Though only 3,865 acres (1,564 hectares), the island, located in the Panama Canal waterway, is home to an amazing array of flora and fauna, including 1,369 plant species, 93 mammal species, and 366 bird species.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Panama Canal Today," February 1978, National Geographic magazine)
Mahabalipuram, India, 1986
Photograph by James P. Blair
Waves from the Bay of Bengal lap at the 40-foot-wide (12-meter-wide) stone embankment surrounding the Shore Temples in Mahabalipuram, a seaside town in Tamil Nadu, India. These seventh and eighth century Dravidian relics with Buddhist elements are temples to the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva. The monuments in Mahabalipuram were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Our World’s Heritage, 1986)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by George F. Mobley
A spring blizzard blankets Calgary with snow. Born as a cow town, Calgary boomed with later discoveries of rich oil and gas fields in Alberta.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)
Loango National Park, Gabon, Africa, 2003
Photograph by Michael Nichols
A days-old Nile crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus) takes his first swim through the tannin-stained Louri Creek, deep in the heart of the 380,000-acre (153,781-hectare) Loango National Park.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In the Land of the Surfing Hippos," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Inishmore Island, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1993
Photograph by Sam Abell
A cow and two calves amble toward a village on the island of Inishmore. Forbearers of the islanders appeared in the 1934 documentary film Man of Aran, which is also the name of a cologne made of aromas redolent of the islands' traditional boat—leather, tar, wood, and the sea.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ireland on Fast-Forward," September 1994, National Geographic magazine)
Inishmore 岛，Aran群岛，爱尔兰，1993
Inishmore岛上，一只母牛与两只小牛向着一个村庄缓缓前行。岛民的坚韧曾在一部1934年的记录片“Man of Aran”中出现，这
个名字"Man of Aran"也是一种古龙香水的名字，它闻起来好象岛上的传统小船，混合着:皮革、焦油,木头和海洋的气味。
Long Island, Bahama Islands, 1986
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
A flock of black-necked stilts glides over the waters surrounding Long Island in the Bahamas. Considered to be the third island that Columbus charted during his first voyage to the New World in 1492, he named it La Fernandina, perhaps after his illegitimate 4-year-old son or after the Spanish monarch who helped finance his voyage.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Where Columbus Found the New World," November 1986, National Geographic magazine)
Yosemite National Park, California, 1978
Photograph by Joseph H. Bailey
A ladybug walks along a wild lupine leaf in California's Yosemite National Park. These colorful plants were brought to North America from the Mediterranean as ornamental flora and quickly spread into the wild. The Yosemite varieties usually flower blue and white and grow abundantly in the park's sandy soil.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book America's Majestic Canyons, 1979)
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee, 1975
Photograph by Bates Littlehales
Tennessee's Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge. Duckweed, the world's smallest flowering plant, grows on the surface of still or slow-moving water. It grows rapidly—sometimes too rapidly, occasionally covering whole lakes or drought-slowed rivers—and provides protection for water creatures, control of excess minerals, and a barrier against evaporation.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Wildlands for Wildlife, 1976)
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, 1970
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
Hawthorne bushes ascend upon the remains of a split-rail fence on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. The tiny island, a horseshoe-shaped chip of land located 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Cape Cod, is home to about 10,000 permanent residents. That number blooms to about 50,000 in the warmer months when tourists and summer residents descend.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life's Tempo on Nantucket," June 1970, National Geographic magazine)
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, U.S.A., 1989
Photograph by James P. Blair
Charred wood litters a partially cleared area in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest along Washington state's Cascade Range. The fires are set deliberately to clear the land of debris after logging and to facilitate new growth. Gifford Pinchot is home to Mount St. Helens, and was ground zero of the battle between logging interests and those seeking to protect the northern spotted owl.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Old Growth Forests," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)
Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1983
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Celestial skies stream light onto a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker as it cuts a trail through a frozen expanse of Arctic Ocean in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Coast Guard was part of a mission to explore the sunken wreckage of the H.M.S. Breadalbane, a British ship that went down in the 1850s while on a mission to find survivors of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to map the Northwest Passage.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Exploring a 140-Year-Old Ship Under Arctic Ice,” July 1983, National Geographic magazine)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1984
Photograph by James L. Amos
A shimmering travertine deposit forms a limestone terrace around a mineral spring at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.
This formation, called Minerva Terrace, formed as mineral-laden water bubbled over and evaporated, leaving a sparkling white calcium-carbonate crust. These deposits, which can accumulate at up to a foot (30 centimeters) per year, create a spectacular and constantly changing landscape.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Planets: Between Fire and Ice,” January 1985, National Geographic magazine)