國家地裡雜誌（四）

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:10

　Vermont Frosted Window, Vermont, 1998
　　Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita
　　"Sunlit frost paints a windowpane in the [writer Edward Hoagland’s] empty house. There’s no electricity, no central heat, and, for much of the year, no one to notice."
　　
　　—From "Vermont: Suite of Seasons," September 1998, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:10

Cranberry Picking, Maine, 1999
　　Photograph by Amy Toensing
　　"Picking only the darkest cranberries for their Thanksgiving feast, Winnie Murdock and son Kyle forage on Manana, a deserted isle a skiff ride away that helps form Monhegan’s harbor."
　　
　　—From "Welcome to Monhegan Island, Maine. Now Please Go Away," July 2001, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:10

Great Sail Peak, Canada, 1998
　　Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
　　"Gleaming in pale northern light, the mist-wreathed upper reaches of Great Sail Peak offer [article author and climber] Greg Child only the narrowest seam in which to insert pitons and hang rope ladders."
　　
　　—From "Hitting the Wall: First Ascent of a Baffin Island Peak," January 1999, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:11

Kaibab Paiute Man, 1993
　　Photograph by Bruce Dale
　　"Fresh from the sweat lodge, Kaibab Paiute spiritual leader Benn Pikyavit recalls tribal elders trading stories about [U.S. geologist and ethnologist John Wesley] Powell, a student of native cultures who moved freely among western tribes without a military escort."
　　
　　—From "John Wesley Powell: Vision for the West," April 1994, National Geographic Magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:11

Karakoram Range, Pakistan, 1996
　　Photograph by Ed Kashi
　　"Otherworldly terrain of the Karakoram Range makes for uplifting scenery, but the region’s political landscape poses a dispiriting thicket of claims and counterclaims. Fifty years ago the area was part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Since partition both Pakistan and India have claimed the state, fueling a dispute that has ignited two wars and that still resists a political fix."
　　
　　—From "The Promise of Pakistan," October 1997, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:11

Herat Bazaar Portrait, Afghanistan, 1933
　　Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams
　　"From such a group may have come the three wise men of the East: Weird streaks of light, only half dispelling the gloom of a warehouse in the Herat bazaar, re-create a scene from the past. Though the photographer could speak no word of their language, the Afghan sitters understood what was desired, and had enough poise to remain still for three seconds and prevent blurring the film."
　　
　　—From "Afghanistan Makes Haste Slowly," December 1933, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:11

Lukulu Drummers, Zambia, 1996
　　Photograph by Chris Johns
　　"Newly circumcised boys greet dawn with traditional song and drumming in Lukulu, Zambia. Unless they work in a town downriver, the boys will probably go through life seeing few outsiders other than missionaries and the odd sportfisherman."
　　
　　—From "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:12

Toroweap Overlook, Arizona, 1993
　　Photograph by Bruce Dale
　　"Sunrise tints the sandstone face of Arizona’s Toroweap Overlook, 3,000 feet [914 meters] above the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon."
　　
　　—From "John Wesley Powell: Vision for the West," April 1994, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:12

　Swans Alight, Netherlands, 1997
　　Photograph by Lynn Johnson
　　"’Sorrowful yet always rejoicing,’ Vincent van Gogh, who grew up walking the Dutch countryside, traveled through life seeking the eternal ’Light that rises in the darkness’—like these swans readying for flight south of Amsterdam."
　　
　　—From "Vincent van Gogh: Lullaby in Color," October 1997, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:12

Elephant Hug, Botswana, 2000
　　Photograph by Chris Johns
　　Social creatures, elephants sometimes "hug" by wrapping their trunks together in displays of greeting and affection or, as in this case, play.

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:12

GalÃ¡pagos Marine Iguana, Ecuador, 1998
　　Photograph by David Doubilet
　　"The local dragon, a marine iguana, grazes on green algae. But in warm water the plants become stunted and overgrown by brown algae, which the iguanas cannot digest. Many will die, their stomachs bloated like children of famine."
　　
　　—From "Galápagos Underwater," April 1999, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:13

Transkei Family, South Africa, 1976
　　Photograph by James P. Blair
　　"A life apart is endured by millions of black women, such as these in a Transkei village. The only man in the house is their retired father, left; their miner husbands live far away. The men send home a meager $12 [U.S.] a month. When they return—once a year—to the family hearth, they often find sadness as well as warmth. In the impoverished homelands, 60 percent of all children are malnourished, and many die each year."
　　
　　—From "South Africa’s Lonely Ordeal," June 1977, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:13

　Bedouin Smoking, Petra, Jordan, 1998
　　Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
　　"Meeting forebears of the Bedouin who live here today [pictured], [Swiss scholar Johann] Burckhardt recognized the ruined city [in 1812] as the Petra of ancient lore, which vanished from most maps in the seventh century."
　　
　　—From "Petra: Ancient City of Stone," December 1998, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:13

　Rocket Science, Roswell, New Mexico, 1940
　　Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart
　　"Fedoras firmly planted, technicians from Robert H. Goddard’s Roswell, New Mexico, workshop transport pieces of a rocket to its launch site in January 1940. Geographic staff writer McFall Kerbey carries the nose cone."
　　
　　—From "Flashback: Rocket Science—Surviving in Space," January 2001, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:14

Wales Car Ride, United Kingdom, 1992
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　"They still border fields and highways like this road near Robin Pickering’s home in Wales, but hedgerows are in decline after centuries of service."
　　
　　—From "Britian’s Hedgerows," September 1993, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:14

Kimbe Bay Anemonefish, Papua New Guinea, 1996
　　Photograph by David Doubilet
　　"As corals return, so do species such as the spine-cheek anemonefish. Rivaling rain forests in diversity of life, coral reefs are at risk from overfishing, pollution, and disease."
　　
　　—From "Coral in Peril," January 1999, National Geographic magazine
　　
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:14

　Dog Pickup, Mentone, Texas, 2000
　　Photograph by Jodi Cobb
　　"Willie [half Rhodesian ridgeback, half West Texas whatever] loves to ride out to the oil fields at 80 miles [128 kilometers] an hour in the back of Bryan Gray’s pickup. ’I can’t con people to ride with me all day, but I’ve got him,’ says Bryan. "
　　
　　—From "ZipUSA: Mentone, Texas," September 2000, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:15

Living Rainbow, Lisse, Netherlands, 1999
　　Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
　　"A man helps tend six million tulips at Keukenhof in the Netherlands. ’We are the display window of the bulb industry,’ says designer Henk Koster."
　　
　　—From "Flower Trade," April 2001, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:15

Star Bright, Milky Way, 1998
　　Photograph by Don F. Figer (UCLA) and NASA
　　"The ’Pistol Star’ may be the brightest star in the Milky Way. It glows 10 million times brighter than the sun. Astronomers using [the] Hubble [telescope] discovered it."
　　
　　—From "What an Eye-Opener!" April 1998, World magazine (for kids)
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:15

Sword Play, Pittsford, New York, 1998
　　Photograph by Christopher Little
　　"In a multiple-exposure photograph fencer Jessica Burke of Pittsford, New York, lunges on the attack. Jessica competes in épée, a kind of fencing that uses a dueling sword made safe with blunted edges and tip."
　　
　　—From "Kids Did It!" May 1998, National Geographic World magazine

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