國家地裡雜誌（四）

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:15

Cabbie Calculation, London, England, 1996
　　Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
　　"Driving taxis can make your brain bigger, say researchers at University College London. Brain scans of the city’s cabdrivers show that the part of the hippocampus associated with navigational skills is larger than in the average Londoner. Why? Cabbies must master London’s maze of streets, and their calculation of routes may stimulate brain changes."
　　
　　—From Geographica, May 2001, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:16

Orphan Gorilla, Gabon, 1998
　　Photograph by Michael K. Nichols
　　"Nestled once more in the heart of the forest after two years in a zoo, an infant gorilla, whose mother was killed by poachers, feasts on leaves in Gabon. A pioneering project is sending such orphans back to their natural homes."
　　
　　—From "Orphan Gorillas," February 2000, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:16

Kodiak Brown Bear, Alaska, 1992
　　Photograph by George F. Mobley
　　On Kodiak nearly everyone fishes, including the island’s huge brown bears, which roam a renowned wildlife refuge. This subspecies—among the world’s largest bears—is unique to the Kodiak archipelago. Males may tower ten feet [three meters] and weigh 1,500 pounds [560 kilograms].
　　
　　(Photograph taken on assignment for, but not published in, "Kodiak: Alaska’s Island Refuge," November 1993, National Geographic magazine)

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:16

Tenju-An Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 1998
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　Garden consciousness is at the center of spiritual life in Kyoto. For a thousand years the Imperial Palace was situated here. Around it grew an array of temples, subtemples, shrines, schools, and detached palaces, each with its own gardens and often, it seemed, its own garden philosophy.
　　
　　—From the National Geographic book Seeing Gardens, 2000

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:16

Watering Hole, Maine, 2000
　　Photograph by Amy Toensing
　　"At day’s end lobstermen head for Sherman D. Stanley’s fish house, used as a workshop and watering hole by five generations. ’If someone doesn’t show,’ says one regular, ’we all start looking.’"
　　
　　—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 07:17

　Misty Horses, Somerset, England, 1992
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　"’Uncheckt shadows of green brown and gray,’ poet John Clare wrote of the moors, land that ’never felt the rage of blundering plough.’ On Exmoor, hedge banks faintly trace the far hill. Supporters hope they won’t vanish over the horizon of time."
　　
　　—From "Britain’s Hedgerows," September 1993, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:17

Trampoline Jump, Mentone, Texas, 2000
　　Photograph by Jodi Cobb
　　"The big game in town, a trampoline, is a thrill ride for the county’s kids"
　　
　　—From "ZipUSA: Mentone, Texas," September 2000, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:17

　Colossal Head, Mexico, 1939
　　Photograph by Richard H. Stewart
　　"First prize for the expedition’s shovels was this prehistoric ’Doughboy’: The Colossal Head, being measured by Matthew W. Stirling, leader of the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition, is about 6 [1.8 meters] feet high and 18 [5.5 meters] feet in circumference. Carved from a single massive block of basalt, it is remarkable for its lifelike appearance entirely different from any other known American Indian sculpture. Its partly exposed ’helmet’ led the expedition to the Tres Zapotes area."
　　
　　—From "Discovering the New World’s Oldest Dated Work of Man," August 1939, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:17

Gunfighter Shadow, New Mexico, 1989
　　Photograph by Bruce Dale
　　"Image from the past, a gunfighter’s shadow recalls the Wild West along the 900-mile [1,448-kilometer] Santa Fe Trail, which was used by settlers moving west."
　　
　　—From "Along the Santa Fe Trail," March 1991, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:17

Formosa Push Car, Formosa, 1950
　　Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts
　　"’Many people get killed on this railroad?’ ’Not so many,’ Said the pushers. Such questions elicited fatalistic replies. On the 14-mile [22.5 kilometer] round trip to Chiaopanshan, this car bearing the [article’s] author and his companions jumped the track dozens of times, but never on one of these crude log bridges across mountain ravines. Push cars are used only in remote areas; Formosa’s populous west and north are served by good steam railroad lines; the east coast line is less dependable."
　　
　　—From "Poor Little Rich Land—Formosa," February 1950, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:18

Jardin Majorelle, Marrakesh, Morocco, 1998
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　"Originally built by the Art Nouveau ceramist Louis Majorelle, the garden is the opposite of the austere Medersa [in Marrakesh]. In his bold plantings and brilliant colors, Majorelle seems to have taken strength from the desert itself, confidently bending its heat and light to his imaginative uses."
　　
　　—From the National Geographic book Seeing Gardens, 2000

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:18

　　Pope John Paul II, Vatican City, 1991
　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield
　　"Pope John Paul II spends a quiet moment in his private chapel."
　　
　　—From the National Geographic book Inside the Vatican, 1991

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:18

Flower Trade, California, 1999
　　Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
　　"Until the past decade cut-flower production worldwide has been carried on mostly as family business, the same farms cultivating the same flowers for generations. But Americans alone spend nearly 15 billion [U.S.] dollars a year on flowers and plants—about four times more than one generation ago—at 30,000 florists and 23,000 supermarkets. For the first time, flower trading has become a colossal global concern given to cutthroat competition and political battles. Flower buying by consumers has even come to involve faceless corporations where business is done over the internet."
　　
　　—From "Flower Trade," April 2001, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:18

Nabataean Tombs, Petra, Jordan, 1998
　　Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
　　Tourists explore tombs in the ancient city of Petra.
　　
　　(Photograph taken on assignment for, but not published in, “Petra: Ancient City of Stone,” December 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:19

　Zambezi River Raft, Zambia, 1996
　　Photograph by Chris Johns
　　"’Tourists overboard!’ One of the ferocious Class V rapids below Victoria Falls flips a raft; passengers are assured beforehand that hippos and crocodiles usually steer clear of fast water. A proposed dam would drown 15 miles [24 kilometers] of rapids."
　　
　　—From "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:19

Fraser Island Zen Garden, Australia, 1995
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　"My Australian friend Kerry Trapnell and I called this secluded, silent place on Fraser Island the ’Zen Garden’ because of its almost empty, austere beauty.
　　
　　"We camped here several days trying to render, photographically, the power of the place. That power was in the skeletal trees, remnants of an ancient forest that had been buried centuries ago by shifting sand dunes. Over time the sands shifted again, revealing this scene. But just behind the trees an almost vertical dune was advancing to rebury them. The trees seemed to be elemental calligraphy spelling out that story."
　　
　　—From the National Geographic book Seeing Gardens, 2000

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:19

　Trans-Atlantic Expedition, Afghanistan, 1931
　　Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams
　　"The walls of Farah loom through a haze of Afghan dust: Here both troops and civilians turned out to welcome the Trans-Asiatic Expedition. Once a prosperous city, Farah felt the wrath of Genghis Khan and of Persia’s Nadir Shah. Now it has few inhabitants besides its garrison."
　　
　　—From "The CitroÃ«n Trans-Asiatic Expedition Reaches Kashmir," October 1931, National Geographic magazine

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:19

　New River Flowers, North Carolina, 1996
　　Photograph by Susie Post Rust
　　"Where summer decorates riverbanks with joe-pye weed and yellow wingstem, New River robber barons and their industrial descendants saw profits waiting to be extracted. Today, from North Carolina’s highlands to West Virginia’s hollows, lifelong residents and urban refugees alike see natural beauty worth preserving and take pride in their gently paced, face-to-face way of life."
　　
　　—From "New River’s Deep Soul," June 1999, National Geographic magazine
　　

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:20

Afghan Girl Before and After, 1984 (left) and 2002 (right)
　　Photograph by Steve McCurry
　　In 1984 photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old Afghan refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Her image (left)—first published on the cover of a 1985 National Geographic—became a symbol of the plight of refugees.

世人皆醉 · 发表于 2009-5-17 07:20

Fish Beach, Maine, 1999
　　Photograph by Amy Toensing
　　"Fish Beach welcomes lobsterman Dan Murdock and his specially designed Monhegan skiff; his larger boat is moored in the harbor. Fishing December into June, the island’s 16 lobstermen, like their boats, seem built for rough water."
　　
　　—From "Welcome to Monhegan Island, Maine. Now Please, Go Away," July 2001, National Geographic magazine

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