- Trebon Fishermen, Czech Republic, 1992
- 2006-12-01作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：9 评论：0
- Fishermen begin the round-up during Trebon's autumn carp harvest. Not considered a food fish by many, carp is very popular in the Czech Republic and other parts of Eastern Europe, where it is often served fried with a side of potato salad as a tradit
- Cheetah Catnap, Namibia, 1998
- 2006-12-02作者：：Chris Johns 点击：7 评论：0
- "Not even a swarm of flies disturbs a cheetah's after-dinner catnap. Most delicate of the big cats, cheetahs choose to flee rather than fight when confronted with danger. 'People are their biggest problem,' says [conservationist] Laurie Marker.
- Petra Monastery, Petra, Jordan, 1998
- 2006-12-03作者：：Annie Griffiths Belt 点击：9 评论：0
- "Etched in a monumental landscape, the Monastery, like Petra itself, is anchored in the cliffs from which it was carved. Though rattled by earthquakes through the centuries, many of Petra's buildings stood fast, even as the city declined and sto
- Holiday Lights, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997
- 2006-12-04作者：：Sisse Brimberg 点击：10 评论：0
- Holiday lights in a store window struggle to bring cheer to the winter gloom. In Denmark, Christmas is the last outpost on the long, grim trek toward spring. The North Atlantic winter offers not much more than all-day rain and dark gray skies at noon
- Mekong River Valley, Laos, 1968
- 2006-12-05作者：：Wilbur E. Garrett 点击：8 评论：0
- A young man rides a motorized scooter past geese and donkeys that roam the throughway of a rural village in Laos's Mekong River valley.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Mekong: River of Terror and Hope," Decem
- Sedgwick Pups, Wichita, Kansas, 1997
- 2006-12-06作者：：Joel Sartore 点击：8 评论：0
- Two Mexican gray wolf pups, the most critically endangered subspecies in the lower 48 states, playfully wrestle in Sedgwick County Zoo. A federal program is in place to breed the wolves in captivity and reintroduce them to some areas of their former
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- 2006-12-07作者：：a 点击：10 评论：0
- Stony Slopes, Easter Island, 1979
- 2006-12-08作者：：Gordon Gahan 点击：10 评论：0
- Giant stone moai stand on Easter Island's stony slopes. Earlier explorers believed the stone statues were worshipped as gods by native Polynesians, but Captain James Cook and his men speculated in 1774 that they were constructed to honor ancestors, a
- Sahara Village, Bardai, Chad
- 2006-12-09作者：：Thomas J. Abercrombie 点击：10 评论：0
- The village of Bardai is an oasis in the heart of the Sahara Desert. Located in the Tibesti mountain range, Bardai has been a key area for rebel fighters near Chad's volatile northern border with Libya.
(Photograph shot on assignment for National Ge
- Spissky Stvrtok Church, Slovakia, 1992
- 2006-12-10作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：9 评论：0
- A gothic church towers over the town of Spissky Stvrtok at the foot of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains. The High Tatras, tallest of the Western Carpathian range, straddle the border of Slovakia and Poland and have been declared a biosphere reserve by
- Reindeer, Siberia, Russia, 1980
- 2006-12-11作者：：Dean Conger 点击：10 评论：0
- "Memory stakes a trail in a roadless land as a Saami, or Lapp, herder heads for his reindeer herd 30 miles [48 kilometers] from Lovozero. Since the 1930s, reindeer raising, the primary occupation of many Soviet Arctic people, has been managed mo
- Zagros Mountains, Shiraz, Iran
- 2006-12-12作者：：Bruce Dale 点击：9 评论：0
- A silvery road linking Shiraz and Isfahan passes through the steep Zagros Mountains, where no plant stands taller than knee-high and whirlwinds drill into the dry land.
(Text adapted from and photograph from the National Geographic book Gypsies: Wa
- Greenland Sharks, Baffin Island, Canada, 1996
- 2006-12-13作者：：Nick Caloyianis 点击：8 评论：0
- A diver films a Greenland shark beneath the Arctic ice.
"'It rose up and hovered near me in an almost vertical position...When I saw its mouth starting to open, I got concerned.' But there is no record of Greenland sharks ever attacking humans,
- Satellite Launch, Floida, 1968
- 2006-12-14作者：：Otis Imboden 点击：10 评论：0
- A weather satellite launched in 1968 promised to help track clouds on Earth. Even with the technological advances of the past four decades, predicting what will happen in the 20-mile-deep (32-kilometer-deep) blanket of air that contains all of Earth'
- Washington Menorah, Washington, D.C.
- 2006-12-15作者：：Sam Kittner 点击：9 评论：0
- A large menorah stands before the Washington Monument in honor of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The nine-branched Hanukkah menorah commemorates the Miracle of the Oil, when, during the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem, one day's wor
- Homing Pigeons, Dabburiya, Israel
- 2006-12-16作者：：B. Anthony Stewart 点击：9 评论：0
- Homing pigeons relax in a loft in Galilee. Part of Israel, Galilee was the cradle of Christianity, and some say the Bible is still the region's best guidebook.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The
- Blossom Bowl, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2001
- 2006-12-17作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：14 评论：0
- Blossoms arranged in a shallow basin create a serene still-life in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Not just a pretty pastime, flower arranging is among the skills UNICEF teaches young women from impoverished areas of Thailand to keep them from joining the sex
- Arctic Fox, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
- 2006-12-18作者：：Emory Kristof 点击：11 评论：0
- An Arctic fox lopes over snowy ground in Prudhoe Bay in an image shot before 1977 when oil wells began to sprout up across Alaska's North Slope. Today, Prudhoe Bay is considered the largest oil field in North America and the 18th largest field in the
- Le Mars Field, Iowa
- 2006-12-19作者：：James P. Blair 点击：7 评论：0
- A farmer in Le Mars, Iowa, empties corn from a combine on his family farm. By fertilizing heavily, this farmer was able to raise enough corn on 140 acres (57 hectares) to fatten more than 700 hogs and 100 head of cattle.
(Text adapted from and phot
- Norris Geyser Basin, Wyoming
- 2006-12-20作者：：Sam Abell 点击：10 评论：0
- Steam rising from the hot springs of Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin is illuminated by a full moon. Three times the size of Rhode Island, Yellowstone National Park holds some 10,000 geysers, hot pools, and other thermal features, the greatest conce
- San Andres Lion Cub, New Mexico, 1990
- 2006-12-21作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：10 评论：0
- A young mountain lion tries to ward off its human captors just before they tag and tattoo its ears for research. If all goes well, this tiny kitten will grow into a 150-pound (68-kilogram) expert predator capable of single-handedly taking down an 800
- Carpet Weaving, Iran, 1998
- 2006-12-22作者：：Alexandra Avakian 点击：7 评论：0
- Iranian sisters work together to weave a carpet. Many village schools in Iran end at fifth grade, after which, girls often take up weaving while their brothers continue their education elsewhere. A completed carpet can bring $300 to $1000, a handsome
- Snowy Street, Most, Czech Republic, 1993
- 2006-12-23作者：：James L. Stanfield 点击：10 评论：0
- Snow falls on the city of Most in the northwest of the Czech Republic. The name of the city, most means "bridge" in Czech, harkens back to the swampy landscape of the 10th and 11th centuries that was covered with wooden bridges and used by
- Train Santas, New York, New York, 1987
- 2006-12-24作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：8 评论：0
- With an annual ridership exceeding a billion patrons, the New York City subway system gets it share of oddities throughout the year. Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but
- Winter Moon, Vermont, 1997
- 2006-12-25作者：：Michael S. Yamashita 点击：11 评论：0
- A full moon rises over a snowfield in rural Vermont, where the endless mounds of snow may seem chaste or corpse-like, funereal or energizing, depending on one's point of view. Vermonters call themselves "woodchucks" because they've learned
- Kalamazoo Christmas, Michigan, 1978
- 2006-12-26作者：：James L. Amos 点击：6 评论：0
- Holiday decorations enliven downtown Kalamazoo, one of the first American cities to close streets for a pedestrian shopping mall in 1959. On December 26, this mall will be buzzing with shoppers looking for bargains as retailers slash prices after the
- Venus Volcano, Maat Mons, Venus
- 2006-12-27作者：：Jet Propulsion Laboratory 点击：10 评论：0
- Venus's volcano, named Maat Mons, looms above the volatile surface of the Earth's "unruly" twin. This image was captured by the Magellan spacecraft which also mapped 84 percent of the planet's surface in just one day—one Venus day tha
- Castillo, Havana, Cuba, 1998
- 2006-12-28作者：：David Alan Harvey 点击：13 评论：0
- A dog wanders down a sidewalk near Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Old Havana. Named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982, long before neglected walls and roofs started crashing down, Havana's historic quarter is starting to show the benefits of recent
- Hot Springs Pigs, Arkansas
- 2006-12-29作者：：George F. Mobley 点击：16 评论：0
- Two pigs enjoy rooting around the soil in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Defying all the porcine stereotypes, pigs are decidedly not stupid (they think through problems to arrive at solutions), not fat (unlike dogs and humans, pigs do not overeat), and not d
- Gabon Coast, Gabon, 2003
- 2006-12-30作者：：Michael Nichols 点击：10 评论：0
- Sunlight radiates through the clouds, illuminating the pristine beaches of Loango National Park. The wide, sandy beaches are a haven for many species of wildlife, including the enormous leatherback turtles, who lay their eggs by moonlight every three
- New Year's Litter, New York, 1989
- 2006-12-31作者：：Jodi Cobb 点击：9 评论：0
- In the symbolic heart of New York City, the remnants of a past New Year's Eve celebration decorate the street. Celebrated in Times Square since 1904, New Year's Eve is marked first with exploding fireworks, then with the famous "dropping of the
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