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November 3, 2006
Golden Gate Bridge, California
Photograph by James L. Stanfield
"Magic curtain of fog envelops the...Golden Gate Bridge on an autumn afternoon. The south tower was sunk 35 feet (11 meters) deep into bedrock, a next-to-impossible feat because of the furious currents in this strait. Cables expand and contract with changing temperature and traffic load. Approaching ships are assured a minimum clearance of 220 feet (67 meters) in the main channel beneath the span. A tanker bearing crude oil—the area's largest import—slips into the bay, which is still, as Richard Henry Dana wrote in 1859, 'emporium of a new world, the awakened Pacific.'"
(Text and photograph from "San Francisco Bay, the Westward Gate," November 1969, National Geographic magazine)
金门大桥,加利福尼亚
摄影者:James L. Stanfield
大雾像魔法布般笼罩在秋日午后的金门大桥之上。
桥的南塔沉到了雾里达35英尺(11米),多么不可思议的奇迹,这全都是托海峡里汹涌气流的福。吊缆因为温度和交通的改变显得延长和缩小了。
靠近桥的船只,先要确定在桥跨下的主船道最低能见度是220英尺(67米)。图片上一艘装满原油的油船正驶入海湾,而原油也是这个地区最主要的进口货物。在这一刻,图片上的油船静止了,就像里查德.亨利.达那在1859年写的那样:“新世界的商业中心,将会影响整个太平洋。”
翻译:cafe
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