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20070610

India, 2003
  William Albert Allard

Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city.
Although India’s constitution forbids caste discrimination, Hinduism’s rigid social codes continue to govern daily life for 80 percent of the population. One out of six Indians is born to the achuta, or Untouchable caste, which governs where they live, what work they perform, and with whom they may socialize.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable, " June 2003, National Geographic magazine)

印度,2003
节日的彩灯给印度城市的贫民区带来了一丝光彩。
虽然印度的宪法禁止等级歧视，但印度教严格的教条还是继续支配着80%的人口。六分之一的印度人
出身是achuta或贱民，这决定了他们的人生：从事什么样的工作，以及能与哪些人交往。

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20070611

New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
  Bob Sacha

An infrared view of a New Orleans street gives this cemetery scene a psychedelic air.
Burials in New Orleans demand creative solutions due to the city? high water table. In the past, New Orleanians weighed coffins with stones or even bored holes in them to keep them from floating to the surface. Today, caskets are usually placed in above-ground-vaults, like the ones pictured here.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, ?pirits of New Orleans,?October 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

新奥尔良,路易斯安那,2000
这张拍摄于新奥尔良街道的红外感光的相片，给这处墓地景观营造了一种迷幻气氛。
由于这个城市的较高的水位，需要一种创新的方法来解决墓葬的问题。
在过去，新奥尔良人会用石棺来安葬，甚至还会在石棺上打洞以防止棺材浮出水面。
现在，棺材通常会安置在拱顶之下，如相片中所示一样。

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20070612

Sydney, Australia, 2000
  Annie Griffiths Belt

Storm clouds paint the sky over Circular Quay, the heart of Sydney Harbor and the gateway for many of the city’s waterside attractions, including the Sydney Opera House, at right. A sequence of nested concrete shells forms the roof of this iconic structure, which opened in 1973 after almost three decades of planning and construction.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Sydney,” August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

悉尼,澳大利亚,2000
暴风雨的乌云图染了环形码头（Circular Quay）上的天空，这里是悉尼港的中心，也是通往这个城市众多水上景观(其中包括画

面右边的悉尼歌剧院)的门户。
顺序嵌套的混凝土外壳形成了这个标志性建筑的屋顶，悉尼歌剧院在经历近乎三十年的计划和建造后，于1973年对处开放。

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20070613

Armenia, 2004
  Alexandra Avakian

An Armenian tightrope walker steadies himself with his balance pole as he prepared to perform a trick.
Throughout its history Armenia has walked a sort of geopolitical tightrope of its own, situated as it is on one of the region's most venerable trade routes?he land bridge between Europe and Asia. Centuries of invasion and foreign rule have shaped and reshaped this tiny republic's borders and hammered an ethic of resilience into its people.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Rebirth of Armenia, " March 2004, National Geographic magazine)

亚美尼亚(前苏联加盟共和国),2004
一个亚美尼亚走钢丝者手握平衡杆稳定地走着，正准备表演一个特技。
溯及亚美尼亚的历史，它也象是在走一条地理政治学的钢索，它位于众多古老商道区域之一--联系欧洲与亚洲的陆桥。几世纪以

来的入侵和外族统治，不断地形成和再形成着这个小小共和国的边界，也使它的人民锻炼出一种有弹性的伦理观。

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20070614

Vallejo, California, 1995
  Michael Nichols

Water flies as a young white tiger shakes itself dry in a pool at California’s Marine World Africa USA. (Now called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.)
White tigers are extremely rare in nature, and many seen in zoos today are produced through controversial inbreeding. White tigers can be born to normal-colored tigers if both parents carry the recessive gene for white coloring.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Making Room for Tigers,” December 1997, National Geographic magazine)

瓦列霍,加利福尼亚,1995
加州的美国非洲海洋公园(现被称为：Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)中，一只白虎在水池中在把身上的水甩干。
白虎在自然界中很难见到，现在在动物园中所见到的白虎基本上是近亲繁殖的产物。如果两只普通老虎都携带白色的隐性基因的话，它们所生的baby就会是白色的。

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20070615

Chiyoda, Japan, 1977
  H. Edward Kim

During a rice planting festival in Japan, the women of Chiyoda stoop and plant in unison while drummers and bamboo-clacking musicians set the tempo for the accompanying pipers. As the dance master leads the troupe, he calls out, "What flower blooms in the front field? Rice flowers, money flowers, flowers of perfect virtue."
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Day of the Rice God," January 1982, National Geographic magazine)

Chiyoda,小日本,1977
在小日本的一个种稻节上，Chiyoda的女人排队整齐，在鼓手、敲竹手和风笛手的伴奏下种稻子。领舞者唱道：“什么花在前面地里开放？稻花、钱花、美德花”

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20070616

Siberia, Russia, 2002
  Mark Thiessen

A Russian smokejumper leaps from an Antonov An-2 biplane to battle wildfires in a Siberian forest.
Every summer 4,000 smokejumpers from Avialesookhrana, Russia’s aerial forest protection service, patrol two billion acres (809 million hectares) of the largest coniferous forest in the world extinguishing thousands of the region’s 20,000 to 35,000 annual wildfires.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Russian Smokejumpers, " August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

西伯利亚,俄国,2002

一位俄罗斯空降森林灭火员从一架Antonov An-2双翼飞机上跳下，要去扑灭西伯利亚森林的野火。

每年夏天，俄罗斯的航空森林保护局的4000位来自Avialesookhrana的空降森林灭火员，巡逻着8.09亿公顷的世界上最大的针叶林，扑灭了上千起野火。

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20070617

Madagascar, 2000
Photograph by Lynn Johnson
Like the pillars at the entrance of an ancient Roman ruin, a stand of baobab trees frames a dirt road in Madagascar.
Found in the savannas of Africa and India, the baobab is a godsend to locals who use nearly every part of the tree for food, medicine, and even shelter.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Nature’s RX,” April 2000, National Geographic magazine)

马达加斯加，2000

就象古罗马废墟入口处的立柱一样，一排面包树框出一条马达加斯加的泥路来。

源于非洲和印度的面包树，对当地是一种天赐之物，它的每个部分可以被使用起来：食物、药物甚至作为蔽身处。

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20070618

Denmark, 1998
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
Graffiti covers the side of a ship in one of Denmark's many harbors. Vandalism is rare in this exceptionally peaceful, orderly society where a mere 2 percent of the national budget is spent on police, prisons, and courts. A common saying in the patriotic nation holds that "Denmark is a land where few have too much and even fewer have too little," a fact that they attribute to keeping the crime levels low.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Civilized Denmark," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)

丹麦,1998

丹麦的众多港口之一，涂鸦覆盖了一条船的一侧。恶意破坏的行为很少会这种意外的平静，有序的社会会用起码2%的国家预算用于警务、监狱和法院。在这个民族爱国国家里有一种普遍的说法：“丹麦是一个很少有人会拥有太多，更少一部分人会拥有太少的地方”（很绕口的说法，意思是说明贫富分化不严重），这是他们归结于犯罪率不高的一项事实。

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20070619

Paris, France, 1989
  James L. Stanfield

A man sits in Paris's Tuileries Garden flanked by colorful model sailboats, which are rented out and sailed in the park's picturesque fountains.

Located in downtown Paris along the banks of the Seine, the gardens are built on the site of an old quarry where clay for tiles, or tuileries in French, was once mined.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Great Revolution,” July 1989, National Geographic magazine)

巴黎,法国,1989

一个人坐在巴黎Tuileries花园里，旁边是一些五彩缤纷的模型帆船，这些是拿来出租到这个公园独特的喷泉里航行的。

坐落于巴黎市中心赛纳河畔的这个公园，所建造的地方原来是一个制造砖瓦的采石场(法语称tuileries )

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20070620

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002
  Steve McCurry

A watch vendor works within the confines of his hand-painted pushcart on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Afghan capital, which had been calm in the years following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban government, has been rocked lately by resurgent Taliban forces. Authorities have passed laws aimed at ridding the city of handcarts and donkey carts, which are often used by insurgents to hide explosive devices.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A New Day in Kabul," December 2002, National Geographic magazine)

卡布尔,阿富汗,2002

阿富汗的卡布尔城中，一个外卖者在他自己手绘的手推车里工作。

这里是阿富汗的首都，在2001年驱逐塔利班政府后恢复平静，但随后就被塔利班残余分子所动摇。政府已经通过了法令，禁止城市的手推车与驴车，这些东西经常会被用来作为隐藏爆炸物的工作。

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20070621

Death Valley National Monument, California, 1998
  Len Jenshel

Band members unload equipment before a show in the somewhat unlikely venue of Death Valley National Monument. The 5,210-square-mile (13,494-square-kilometer) park is the lowest, hottest, driest spot in the United States, and daytime temperatures there frequently reach 120°F (48.9°C) in the summer.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dual Track in a Dry Place," September/October 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)

死亡谷国立纪念公园，加州，1998

演出前，在这个有些不大可能成为演出地点的死亡谷国立公园里，乐队成员正在卸载设备。

这个13494平方公里的公园，是美国最低、最热、最干的地方。夏日的白天温度常常会高达48.9摄氏度！

(很显然，这个乐队的演出是在晚上举行的，呵呵)

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20070622

St. Clair River, Michigan or Ontario, 2002
  Jay Dickman

Falling water levels expose a sandbar in the Great Lakes’ St. Clair River.
The five Great Lakes, and the rivers, channels, and lesser lakes that connect to them, hold a fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. But below-average precipitation, increased evaporation due to above-average temperatures, and mounting water consumption is driving water levels here to record lows.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Drain: The Incredible Shrinking Great Lakes, " September 2002, National Geographic magazine)

圣克莱尔河,密歇根州或安大略湖,2002

五大湖区的圣克莱尔河上，退缩的水位暴露出一段沙洲。

五大湖，以及与之连接的河流、河道以及小一些的湖群，拥有世界上第五多的表面淡水。但是低平均的降水，高水平气温导致的高蒸发，以及高山水的消耗，使得这里的水位达到了历史最低。

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20070623

Alvord Desert, Oregon, 1997
  Sarah Leen

A buck mule deer contrasts against the rye grasses of the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. Few inhabit this bleak expanse; in fact, early settlers found it so inhospitable they called it "Malheur," or misfortune.
Today's residents enjoy the desert's challenges. Few and far apart, they appreciate how its environment denies most features, such as congestion, of modern life.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Special Place: Oregon's Outback," August 1997, National Geographic magazine)

俄勒冈州东南部的Alvord沙漠里，一只雄长耳鹿（黑尾鹿）站在一片裸麦草地中.很少人居住在这片荒凉而广阔的区域；事实上，早期移民者发现这里如此荒凉，以至称之为“alheur”，或者“不幸”
现在这里的居民很享受这沙漠的挑战。他们数量很少且分开居住着，很喜欢这里的环境拒绝了一些现代生活的特性，比如交通堵塞

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20070624

High Springs, Florida, 1999
  Wes C. Skiles

Brown and blue blend as water from Ginnie Spring mixes with river water tinted by plant tannins. While this natural dye is harmless, man-made pollution clouds the future of these fountains—a fact Floridians must now confront.
Florida's 320 natural springs gush out over eight billion gallons of drinkable water every day. How these springs work, where the water comes from, and the ways in which they are all connected remain mysterious, but scientists and underwater explorers are working to change that.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

高泉,佛罗里达,1999

Ginnie泉水与被植物宁酸染色河水混合，形成褐色与蓝色相混的水色。

这种自然的染料是无害的，但人为的污染正笼罩着这些泉水的未来--这是佛罗里达人所必须面对的一个现实。

佛罗里达的320眼自然泉眼每天涌出80亿加伦的可饮用水。这些泉水是怎么产生的，从哪来而来，以及它们连接的途径目前都还是迷，但是科学家与水底探险者正在努力改变这种状况。

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20070625

Jaipur, India, 1996
  Cary Wolinsky

A pair of gaily painted domesticated elephants regard one another in a Jaipur park in India.
Asian elephants have been domesticated for thousands of years. Used primarily for ornament and entertainment today, domesticated elephants have been used for moving cargo, felling trees, transporting caravans, and even waging war in centuries past.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, ?he Quest for Color,?July 1999, National Geographic magazine)


斋浦尔(印度西北部城市)，印度，1996

印度的斋浦尔公园里，一对华丽描画的训象正互相问候。

亚洲的训象历史已经有千年历史。现在主要用于装饰与娱乐，而以前的训象用于运货、砍树、商队运输、甚至几世纪前参与战争。

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20070626

Big Sur, California, 2000
  Frans Lanting

Firemen with lighted helmets use controlled fires to clear brush during a wildfire in California’s Santa Lucia Range. Forest fires—man-made and natural—are so common here that Big Sur naturalist John Smiley calls them “another type of weather.”
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Big Sur: California’s Elemental Coast, " August 2000, National Geographic magazine)

大海岬,加州,2000

一场野火在加州的Santa Lucia山脉爆发时，消防员戴着有灯头盔去清除树丛以控制火势。森林火灾--人为的或者自然的--在这里是如此频繁，以至Big Sur的博物学者John Smiley 称之为“另一种类的天气”

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20070627

Kostroma, Russia, 1992
  James P. Blair

A young woman in Kostroma, Russia, reclines in a car while listening to music.
This city, located on the Volga River about 211 miles (340 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, is the center of Russia's textile industry. As such, residents here were quick to adopt Western styles, like the tight blue jeans and fashionable high heels worn by this woman, during the years following the breakup of the Soviet Union.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage: From the White to the Black Sea," June 1994, National Geographic magazine)

科斯特罗马，俄罗斯，1992

俄罗斯的科斯特罗马城中，一位年轻女人坐在车中听音乐。

该城市位于莫斯科东北340公里的伏尔加河畔，是俄罗斯的纺织工业中心。因此，在苏联分裂后的日子里，这儿的居民很快就接受了西方风格，就象这位MM就穿着蓝色紧身牛仔、时尚的高跟鞋。


注：科斯特罗马：苏联中欧部分一城市，位于伏尔加河畔、莫斯科东北。建于1152年，1364年被莫斯科吞并。人口269,000

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20070628

Khara Khoto, China, 1999
  George Steinmetz

Miles of shifting sands surround the 30-foot-high (10-meter-high) ramparts of the fortress of Khara Khoto, or Black City, in northern China’s Alashan Plateau.
In the 14th century, China’s Ming armies laid siege to the Mongol city and diverted the Black River, which flowed just outside the fortress.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “China’s Unknown Gobi: Alashan,” January 2002, National Geographic magazine)

黑水城，中国，1999

长长的沙丘环绕着10米高的黑水城的城墙，这里是北中国的阿拉善平原。14世纪时，明朝军队曾包围这个蒙古城市，并引黑水河水淹这座要塞。

(“中国的未名戈壁：阿拉善”，国家地理杂志2002年1月，相片已配但未刊发）

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20070629

Kish Island, Iran, 1999
  Alexandra Avakian

Young people enjoy an evening show on Iran's Kish Island. This small island resort in the Persian Gulf is an official "Free Zone," attracting many foreign and domestic tourists as well as business investors with its socially and economically relaxed environment. Free Zones like this are one way that Iran is trying to harmonize its traditional Islamic value system with the contemporary desires of its people and the nation's potential as a part of the global marketplace.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

启什岛，伊朗，1999

伊朗的启什岛，年轻人享受着一场晚间秀。这个小岛是波斯湾上一个官方的自由贸易区，吸引着来自外国与国内的游客，商业投资者也被这儿宽松的社会与经济环境所吸引。象这样子的自由贸易区是伊朗政府意图协调伊斯兰传统价值系统与国民的时代需求以及国家加入全球市场趋势的产物。