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Insect Eaten Leaf, Puerto Rico, 2004
Photograph by Peter Essick

Light permeates an insect-eaten leaf in Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico. The only tropical rain forest in the United States' national forest system, Caribbean National Forest is a 28,000-acre (11,330-hectare) preserve to the east of the capital, San Juan. It receives, on average, a whopping 15 feet (4.5 meters) of rain each year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Case of the Missing Carbon," February 2004, National Geographic magazine)

波多黎各,2004

在波多黎各的加勒比国家森林中，光线从昆虫噬咬过的叶子中透过。加勒比国家森林是美国国家森林系统中唯一的热带雨林，占地达28,000英亩(11,330公顷)，保护着首都圣胡安的东部地区。这里每年有着15英尺(4.5米)的庞大的降雨量。

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Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 2000
Photograph by James Stanfield

Built as the hilltop home of Athens's patron goddess, Athena, the Acropolis—and its most famous structure, the Parthenon, at right—recall the classical area of the ancient city-state that witnessed a brilliant flowering of art, architecture, philosophy, and democracy in the fifth century B.C. Today, government, tourism, and shipping dominate the economy in Greece's modern-day capital.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Alexander the Conqueror," March 2000, National Geographic magazine)

建立在山顶上的雅典的守护女神，雅典娜的神庙，还有雅典卫城及其位于图中右侧的最著名的建筑，帕台农神庙，都令人想起这座传统的古代城邦地区见证了在公元前五世纪曾绽放在这里的辉煌灿烂的艺术，建筑，哲学和民主。如今，政府部门，旅游业和运输业已成为希腊的现代首都的主要经济来源。

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Striped Cricket on Leaf, Southeast Asia, 2001
Photograph by Timothy Laman

Stripes meet stars in this night shot of a cricket in a Southeast Asian forest. In jungles throughout the world, the sinking sun summons a menagerie of rarely seen creatures that slither, leap, and buzz while the forest's more familiar creatures sleep.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Night Shift in the Rain Forest," October 2001, National Geographic magazine)

东南亚,2001

在一片东南亚的森林里，星条交汇在这张蟋蟀的夜景照片中(译注：星条指代美国国旗)。无论世界上的任何丛林里，夕阳下沉之后，树林中较常见的生物沉睡之时，罕见的生物们便纷纷出来滑行，跳跃和蜂鸣。

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Fruit Bats at Dusk, Zambia, 2007
Photograph by Frans Lanting

Epauletted fruit bats speckle a saffron-colored sky at sunset in Zambia's Luangwa Valley. Millions of these bats come to roost in the valley's trees and feed off the explosion of fruits during the rainy season, when the Luangwa River overflows its banks and transforms the dry, dusty landscape into an emerald wildlife paradise.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Waiting for Thunder," May 2007, National Geographic magazine)

赞比亚,2007

在赞比亚的卢安瓜山谷里，肩毛果蝠在夕阳染成绛红色的天空下飞舞。在雨季，泛滥的卢安瓜河水将从两岸溢出，将这片炎热干燥，尘土飞扬的大地变成郁郁葱葱的野生动物天堂。届时数百万的蝙蝠来到山谷中的树上栖息，以数量剧增的水果为食。

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Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize, 2002
Photograph by David Doubilet

Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Belize City, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and some 400 feet (123 meters) deep.

The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers. Today the Blue Hole is famed for its sponges, barracuda, corals, angelfish—and a school of sharks often seen patrolling the hole’s edge.

(Photograph published in "A Celebration of Reefs," August 2003, National Geographic magazine)

蓝洞在伯利兹城外大约60英里(100公里)处，其形状为几乎完美的圆形，直径超过1,000英尺(305米)，深达400英尺(123米)。　　
　　在冰川时代，这个洞曾是一座干燥的洞穴系统的入口。在冰川消融，海平面上升之后，洞穴被水淹没，成为了众多勇敢的潜水员的圣地。如今，蓝洞因其海绵，梭鱼，珊瑚，天使鱼，以及一群常在洞边巡逻的鲨鱼而闻名于世。

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Red Fox, Denali National Park, Alaska, 2001
Photograph by Joel Sartore

In Alaska's Denali National Park, a red fox opens wide for a yawn. Foxes are masters of adaptation, allowing them to thrive despite environmental pressures. They live in forests, grasslands, mountains, deserts, and even human environments such as farms and suburban areas. They are solitary hunters that feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, small game—even fish, frogs, worms, and garbage.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Grizzly Survival: Their Fate is in Our Hands," July 2001, National Geographic magazine)

在阿拉斯加的德纳里国家公园，一只赤狐正大张了嘴打着呵欠。狐狸有着很强的适应性，即使在有环境压力的情况下仍能健康成长。它们生活在森林，草原，山区，沙漠，甚至人类环境中，如农场和郊区。它们单独捕猎鼠类，兔子，鸟类等，有时也以其它的小猎物如鱼，青蛙，蚯蚓和垃圾等为食。

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