- Mudskipper, Gabon, 2004
- 2005-09-01作者：：Michael K. Nichols 点击：6 评论：0
- Peeking out of the murky water in Loango National Park, a mudskipper reveals its blunt head and close-set, protruding eyes. These elongated fish are noted for their ability to climb out of water with the aid of their strong pectoral fins. Once out of
- Bixby Bridge, Big Sur Coast, California, 1998
- 2005-09-02作者：：Macduff Everton 点击：7 评论：0
- The Big Sur Coast stretches from just south of Carmel down to San Simeon, home of Hearst Castle. Spanish missionaries called the area el pais grande del sur, which means "the big country to the south." In a heavily populated state, Big Sur
- Bollywood, Sangola, India, 2004
- 2005-09-03作者：：William Albert Allard 点击：6 评论：0
- "Under a tattered tent in Sangola, an all-male audience—common in rural areas—watches intently. Big-city viewers are livelier, says film scholar Manjunath Pendakur. "They cheer, boo, get into fights, even get on stage and dance.
- Capybaras, Venezuela, 1976
- 2005-09-04作者：：Robert W. Madden 点击：5 评论：0
- The capybara, the world's largest rodent, can weigh up to a hundred pounds (45.3 kilograms) and resembles a miniature hippopotamus. Its partially webbed feet help it swim and dive.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ven
- Takhlakh Lake, Washington, 1989
- 2005-09-05作者：：James P. Blair 点击：7 评论：0
- Labor Day vacationers enjoy Takhlakh Lake as a cloud-covered Mount Adams towers in the background.
Great forests once covered much of the United States. By the mid-20th century almost all virgin forest had been cut from private lands in the contermi
- Rainbow Lake Wilderness, Wisconsin, 1997
- 2005-09-06作者：：Peter Essick 点击：8 评论：0
- Hints of autumn appear in the water at Rainbow Lake Wilderness in Wisconsin's Chequamegon National Forest.
—From the special issue "National Geographic's Best of America," September 2002
- Bai Gorillas, Republic of the Congo, 2000
- 2005-09-07作者：：Michael K. Nichols 点击：8 评论：0
- "The bai [clearing] is a kind of village green for gorillas, a place to feed, play, groom, and just hang out."
—From "Green Abyss: Megatransect Part II," March 2001, National Geographic magazine
- Garífuna Boat, Dangriga, Belize, 2001
- 2005-09-08作者：：Susie Post Rust 点击：8 评论：0
- Among the Garífuna people of Belize, fishermen rise before daybreak to head out to sea. Women work farms, raise the children, and prepare meals of fresh fish and cassava, plantains, pineapples, and coconuts plucked from village trees.
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- Assateague Ponies, Maryland or Virginia, 1975
- 2005-09-09作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：7 评论：0
- Assateague Island's "wild" horses are actually feral, meaning they descended from domesticated horses. Every July young horses on the Virginia side of the island are rounded up for auction to raise money for the volunteer fire department on
- Cool River Waterfall, Australia, 1996
- 2005-09-10作者：：Medford Taylor 点击：6 评论：0
- On the driest inhabited continent in the world, a waterfall on the Colo River is a much appreciated sight. Most Australians live on the coast and work in the city, escaping the dry conditions of the interior.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but
- Jasper Bald Eagle, Alberta, Canada, 1993
- 2005-09-11作者：：Raymond Gehman 点击：9 评论：0
- "As any eagle can show you, a six-foot [183-centimeter] wingspan makes travel a lot easier among the magnificently corrugated Rocky Mountains. Although cliff-nesting golden eagles are most common, bald eagles like the adult perched on this subal
- Republic of Tuva, Russia, 2002
- 2005-09-12作者：：Sisse Brimberg 点击：5 评论：0
- Horses cantering across a valley in southern Siberia evoke the mystery of the ancient Scythian peoples who once lived here. One of history's earliest and mightiest horse-riding cultures, the Scythians revered their mounts in life, death, and art.
Mo
- Glacier Bay Kayak, Alaska, 1983
- 2005-09-13作者：：David Alan Harvey 点击：8 评论：0
- A kayaker carefully maneuvers around jagged icebergs in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Glacier Bay was designated as a national park in 1980, protecting this unique area, while still allowing adventurers to take part in recreational activities like camping, ka
- Montserrat Volcano, West Indies, 1996
- 2005-09-14作者：：Vincent J. Musi 点击：5 评论：0
- In 1995 the Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat erupted for the first time since the early 1600s. After the 1995 eruption and evacuation, continuing volcanic activity prompted three other evacuations. Thousands of former residents hav
- Gabon Viper, Gabon, 2003
- 2005-09-15作者：：Michael K. Nichols 点击：6 评论：0
- Camouflaged by its colors and patterns, an extremely venomous Gabon viper is barely visible on the forest floor.
At 18 pounds (8 kilograms) the Gabon viper is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa. It also has the longest fangs of any snake, up to 4
- Wrangell-St. Elias Park, Alaska, 1993
- 2005-09-16作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：8 评论：0
- Visitors to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve head home from Labor Day festivities.
A 13.2-million-acre (1.6-million-hectare) park created in 1980, Wrangell-St. Elias is primarily a wilderness area, with few campgrounds, amenities, or de
- Untouchables, Bihar, India, 2002
- 2005-09-17作者：：William Albert Allard 点击：5 评论：0
- "Discarded chicken scraps bought from a restaurant barely make a meal for Untouchables in Bihar, one of India's poorest states. These villagers belong to the Musahar, or rat-eaters, caste, its members known for hunting rodents. Musahar women, ma
- Long Hedgerow, United Kingdom, 1992
- 2005-09-18作者：：Sam Abell 点击：7 评论：0
- "In southern England alone, perhaps as many as one-fifth of all surviving hedgerows date from Saxon times, a living link with the Dark Ages. Some even date back to Roman times."
(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not pub
- Neuchwanstein Castle, West Germany, 1977
- 2005-09-19作者：：Robert W. Madden 点击：6 评论：0
- "Eulogy in stone to a musical genius, Neuchwanstein Castle beckons from its Alpine setting far behind a country church near F#038#035252;ssen. Bavaria's King Ludwig II was so taken with Richard Wagner's operas that he built this castle expressly
- Sahara Skyline, Chad, 1998
- 2005-09-20作者：：George Steinmetz 点击：7 评论：0
- Rocky skylines and dunes red with iron oxide make for a Martian landscape in northern Chad. Evidence of the Sahara's ancient seas and rivers, sandstone pinnacles were eroded by rainfall. The Sahara—the largest desert in the world—gets its
- Oregon Desert, Malheur, Oregon, 1996
- 2005-09-21作者：：Sarah Leen 点击：7 评论：0
- This southeast region of Oregon was appropriately named Malheur (French for "misfortune") by trappers because of its bleak terrain. There are few residents in the area; only one percent of the state's population occupies this corner of Oreg
- Fish Eagle, Gabon, 2003
- 2005-09-22作者：：Michael K. Nichols 点击：6 评论：0
- Viewed by a paraglider-riding photographer, a fish eagle soars over a lagoon.
Fish eagles most often inhabit African rivers, lakes, coastal lagoons and estuaries south of the Sahara. Fish are their main sources of food, especially catfish and lungfi
- Black Hills, South Dakota, 1993
- 2005-09-23作者：：Daniel R. Westergren 点击：8 评论：0
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The Black Hills region of South Dakota includes high ridges and deep caverns, the remains of a several-hundred-million-year period of intense pressure from the earth's molten crust. Over time, wind and water have eroded the landscape, a proce
- Cyclist in Snow, Alaska, 1996
- 2005-09-24作者：：Bill Hatcher 点击：7 评论：0
- This cyclist was a member of a trio that crossed a 700-mile (1,126-kilometer) section of the Alaskan Range by bicycle. The bicycles served not only as transport, but also as ice picks and tent stakes in the harsh conditions.
(Photograph shot on assi
- Stone Mountain Rainbow, British Columbia, Canada, 1999
- 2005-09-25作者：：Raymond Gehman 点击：10 评论：0
- A rainbow graces the sky above Stone Mountain Provincial Park. High elevations and harsh winter conditions limit the ranges of many species in the park, but this mountainous terrain is nevertheless home to a variety of wildlife, including grizzly and
- Autumn Foliage, Vermont and New Hampshire, 1997
- 2005-09-26作者：：Michael S. Yamashita 点击：9 评论：0
- As seen from neighboring Vermont, autumn begins to sprinkle the White Mountains of New Hampshire with color.
"Winter rules here in Vermont, but the rest of the seasons make up in splendor for what they lack in length. 'At times there's a luxury
- Mangabey, Gabon, 2003
- 2005-09-27作者：：Michael K. Nichols 点击：9 评论：0
- "Flares of white cheeks and a blaze of red on its head gave away the lookout of a spying mangabey. 'Animals like sunset on the beach just as we do, and I often waited to see who would come out then,' Michael Nichols [a National Geographic photog
- Huli People, Papua New Guinea, 1997
- 2005-09-28作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：10 评论：0
- Putting on their best faces, men of the Huli people prepare for a sing-sing, an annual festival of clan pride in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Together they preen, strut, and shake their feathered costumes, mimicking the local birds of paradise.
- Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 1996
- 2005-09-29作者：：Jay Dickman 点击：14 评论：0
- "Late September in Michigan's Upper Peninsula can be a time of gray mists and steady rain. The deciduous trees—maple, aspen, crab apple, birch—have begun to turn; but in a wet year their colors are more muted: umber, ocher, russet, a
- Belize Palm, Dangriga, Belize, 2001
- 2005-09-30作者：：Susie Post Rust 点击：8 评论：0
- "The sea still serves as a byway, grocery, laundry, workplace, and playground for the Gar#168#170funa people, much as its has for centuries."
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