國家地理（二）

Photo of the Day
March 31, 2009
Atlantic Walrus, Norway
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Fattened and then abandoned by mothers who leave to mate anew, weaned elephant seal pups stick close together until ready for a first season at sea.

意译：大西洋的海象，挪威。
养肥和其次是被抛弃由母亲――她留给将死再处理，断奶的象海豹幼兽坚持靠近在一起直到准备好为第一季节在海洋为止。

Photo of the Day
April 01, 2009
Lightning at Huntington Beach, Ohio
Photograph by James Larkin
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
While at Huntington Beach in Bay Village, Ohio, I saw a storm approaching fast out of the north. I got lucky and was in the right place at the right time. Within a minute of this shot, the storm unleashed its fury on the beach. It was a great day.

意译：闪电在亨廷顿海滩，俄亥俄州。
当在亨廷顿海滩村庄，俄亥俄州，我看见一场来自北方的暴风雨很快靠近。我幸运和正确的位于右侧的时候。一秒钟之内摄取这幅图片，这暴风雨释放它的狂暴在海滩上。它是有意义的一天。

Photo of the Day
April 02, 2009
Tube Anemone, Bali
Photograph by Tara Noble Singh
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
This large tube anemone, photographed in Tulamben, Bali, stood high off the black-sand bottom, allowing me to shoot its spectacular tentacles from below and capture its graceful movement. The flashlight highlighted the anemone’s dazzling luminance, while the setting sun added a sense of atmosphere.

意译：银莲花管，巴厘岛。
这巨大的银莲花管，摄影在图兰奔，巴厘岛，站在高高的黑沙滩底部，允许我从下面拍摄它的惊人的触须和获得它的优雅的运动。闪光灯突出显示银莲花的耀眼的亮度，同时增加夕阳的感觉气氛。

Photo of the Day
April 03, 2009
Coconut Island Fish, Hawaii
Photograph by Gwen Goodmanlowe
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
This photo was taken in the lagoon at Coconut Island, Hawaii. I worked there for seven years and Kaneohe is one of my favorite places. Because the little island is preserved, the reefs are still intact—paradise.

意译：椰子岛鱼，夏威夷。
这张照片被射自泻湖在椰子岛，夏威夷。我在这里工作已经7年和卡内奥赫是一个我最喜欢的地方。因为这小岛是被保护的。这暗礁依然是完好如初的天堂。

Photo of the Day
April 04, 2009
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
Photograph by Greg Tucker
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
A 30-second exposure was used to capture a small waterfall spilling into Lake Superior at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

意译：图片为国家湖滨岩石娱乐区，密歇根州。
30秒曝光被用来获得一个小瀑布溢出到苏必利尔湖上，这图为国家湖滨岩石娱乐区。

Photo of the Day
April 05, 2009
Polar Bear and Cubs, Svalbard, Norway
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
In a far north without ice, a mother bear could be stranded a long way from good hunting, struggling to feed herself and her cubs. This snow-free scene near Kapp Fanshawe (Cape Fanshawe) offers a glimpse of what may be the Arctic's rockier future.

意译：北极熊和幼兽，斯瓦尔巴特群岛，挪威。
在远处的北部没有冰，北极熊妈妈可能处于困境一段漫长的道路走好区去打猎，努力的去供养她自己和她的幼兽。这里没有雪的场景靠近Fanshawe岬提供一个展示可能这北极地区的不稳定的未来。

Photo of the Day
April 06, 2009
Swans in Flight, Washington
Photograph by Mike McElroy
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
This lucky picture of swans was taken while out taking photos of other wildlife on Leque Island in Stanwood, Washington.

意译：天鹅飞行，华盛顿。
这个幸运的图片天鹅被获得当出外拍照其它野生动物的时候在斯坦伍德的Leque岛，华盛顿州。

Photo of the Day
April 07, 2009
Alfalfa Field Irrigation, Oregon
Photograph by David McLain
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
A quarter-mile-long (0.4-kilometer-long) wheel line spritzes an Oregon alfalfa field. Many farmers in the upper reaches of the Klamath Basin are replacing such wheel-line irrigation with more modern methods, and improving the water efficiency of their operations.

意译：苜蓿田野灌溉，俄勒冈州。
四分之一英里长（0.4公里）调节旋轮线spritzes一片俄勒冈苜蓿田野。许多农夫在上游河段的克拉马斯河盆地在更换这样的调节旋轮线灌溉用更加现代化的方法，和改良水的效率的业务营运。

Photo of the Day
April 08, 2009
Havasu Creek Waterfall, Arizona
Photograph by Suzanne Mathia
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
Nestled 3,000 feet [900 meters] deep into Havasu Canyon lies the land of the Havasupai. The native Indians are named for the area, the people of the Blue Green. The area is known around the world for its blue waters and spectacular waterfalls. Havasu Creek, a year-round stream with incredible aquamarine water, flows by the village and descends another 1,400 feet [425 meters], passing over five waterfalls. Navajo Falls is the most secluded and is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

意译：哈瓦苏溪流之美瀑布，亚利桑那州。
偎依在3000英尺 （900米）深深地流到哈瓦苏峡谷里躺在Havasupa土地。土著印第安人被命名的地区，蓝绿色的人们。这里是闻名世界的蓝色水域和壮观的瀑布。哈瓦苏湖溪流，全年的流着和难以置信的蓝绿色的水，流水经由村庄和降到另一个1400英尺（425米） ，通过五个瀑布。纳瓦霍人的瀑布是最隐蔽的和是被很多人视为地球上一个最美丽的地方。

Photo of the Day
April 09, 2009
Gray Reef Shark, Kingman Reef
Photograph by Brian Skerry
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
Gray reef sharks and red snappers hover above a patch of table coral, waiting for prey fish to emerge. "They go after everything that moves," observed Enric Sala, a marine ecologist on Spain's National Council for Scientific Research and a National Geographic fellow. Because of their abundance and the resulting competition for food, the sharks and snappers at Kingman Reef, Sala said, "are always on the verge of hunger." Kingman Reef is part of a chain of Pacific atolls and islands (called the Line Islands) that straddles the Equator south of Hawaii.

意译：灰礁鲨鱼，金曼暗礁。
灰礁鲨群，红笛鲷鱼悬停徘徊在补丁表珊瑚上面，等待猎物鱼类出现。“它们追逐，一切移动的一切，”观察安瑞科撒拉族，一位海洋生态学家在西班牙的国家科学研究委员会和国家地理学会研究员。因为它们的数量和竞争食物的结果，鲨鱼群和笛鲷鱼群在金曼礁，萨拉说： “总是在饥饿的边缘”。金曼礁是一连串的太平洋环礁和岛屿（称为线群岛）说，横跨赤道和夏威夷的南部之间。

Photo of the Day
April 10, 2009
Butterfly and Trees, Madidi National Park, Bolivia
Photograph by Joel Sartore
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
The locals say palm trees here grow legs and walk to find more sunlight. Standing on stilts, Madidi’s “walking” trees, at right, appear to move as their shadyside roots wither. The palms may need strong root structures to quickly reach optimum height.

意译：蝴蝶和树木，Madidi国家公园，玻利维亚。
当地人说，这里种植的棕榈树和行走找到更多的阳光。站立式高跷，Madidi的“行走”的树木，在右侧，出现移动像它们的shadyside根部枯萎。棕榈树可能需要强有力的生根结构，以迅速达到最适宜的高度。

Photo of the Day
April 11, 2009
Jellyfish Swarm, Palau
Photograph by David Doubilet
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
Waters boil with jellyfish in one of Palau's marine lakes. Surprises hide in each of some 80 such lakes in this Pacific archipelago.

意译：海蜇群，帕劳。
与海蜇煮水域之一帕劳的海洋湖泊。 惊奇隐藏在每一个这样的湖泊约80个在太平洋岛国。

Photo of the Day
April 12, 2009
Mangrove Saplings, Bali
Photograph by Tim Laman
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
To reestablish mangroves on the island of Bali, workers set out some 1,300 saplings an acre (0.4 hectares); nearly a thousand acres (400 hectares) have been planted. Indonesia's forestry minister says that since the deadly 2004 tsunami, his people have come to value the protection coastal forests can provide.

意译：红树林小树苗，巴厘岛。
重建红树林在巴厘岛，工人们开始出发提着1300株树苗1英亩（ 0.4公顷）；几乎1000英亩（ 400公顷）已经种植完成。印尼林业部长说，自从 2004年发生致命的海啸以来，他的人民苏醒认识红树林的价值是可以提供保护沿海森林。

Photo of the Day
April 13, 2009
Hanging Laundry, Kansas
Photograph by Tyrone Turner
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
"We're farm people," says Janice Haney of Greensburg, Kansas. "I enjoy hanging clothes out. We don't have to waste electricity on the dryer. The good old Kansas wind can do it on its own."

意译：悬挂式洗衣店，堪萨斯州。
“我们是农场农民”在堪萨斯的格林斯堡的珍尼丝?哈尼说。“我喜欢悬挂衣服在外面。我们不需要浪费电力在烘干机。那好的老的堪萨斯风能够独立做到它自己的事情”。

Photo of the Day
April 14, 2009
Giraffes at Sunset, Masai Mara Park, Kenya
Photograph by Randy Crossley
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
After a safari in the Masai Mara Park we were racing back to our camp trying to get home before sunset. No one is allowed out in the park after dark. When I saw this photo op I had to convince our driver to stop just for a second so I could take this one picture. It was worth the risk of a fine for being out after sunset but fortunately we made it back in time.

意译：长颈鹿群在日落时，马塞族人马拉公园，肯尼亚。
在马塞族人马拉公园旅行之后我们赛跑回到我们的帐棚试图在日落之前到家。没有人容许在天黑时停留在公园。当我看见这个摄影良机我不得不说服我们的驾驶员停留给1秒钟因此我能够拍这张照片。它是值得冒在外面的风险得到美好的长颈鹿群的图片在日落之后，但是幸亏我们成功及时返回。

Photo of the Day
April 15, 2009
Green Window Frame and Silhouette
Photograph by Anna Frenette
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature
While exploring Walkerville, Ontario's vacant, leafy icon known as the Walker Power Building, I noticed how forlorn my dim reflection appeared in its window. The vibrant colour of the windowpane and its climbing spring leaves contrast the dismal fate of this historic landmark.

意译：绿色窗框和黑色半身侧面影。
同时探索沃克维尔，安大略省的空缺，绿叶图标称为沃克电力大厦，我注意到我如何的悲惨和暗淡反射出现在窗口。充满活力的颜色的窗玻璃和登山春季树叶的差别那凄凉的命运这一有历史意义的里程碑。