2007-06-01 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, 1976 Photograph by Bianca Lavies A baby snapping turtle and baby bullfrog take advantage of unusual circumstances to get a good look at each other at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Once full-grown snapping turtles are at the top of the pond food chain, but until then they are lunch to adult bullfrogs and other predators. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Life Around a Lily Pad," January 1980, National Geographic magazine) 在贝兹维尔农业研究中心里，一只小鳄龟和一只小牛蛙正抓紧这千载难逢的机会互递秋波。成年的鳄龟雄居于池塘生物链的顶端--只要在它长大前没有成为牛蛙或其他食肉动物的午餐的话。
2007-06-02 Hawaii Island, Hawaii, 1983 Photograph by Steve Raymer Roads on Hawaii's Big Island are often flanked with miles of "Island graffiti," like this love note. Instead of spray paint though, bits of white coral harvested from local beaches are arranged into messages, which seem to glow against the island's black lava expanses. But tourists beware: Removing the coral from beaches is illegal. And disturbing an already-posted message is considered rude and supposedly brings bad luck. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揔amehameha: Hawaii's Warrior King" November 1983, National Geographic magazine)
2007-06-03 Honshu Island, Japan , 1982 Photograph by George F. Mobley Skiers dot the slopes in this night view of the Happo-One Ski Resort in the Japan Alps' Hida Range near Tokyo, Japan. Skiing was brought to Japan in 1911 when the imperial general staff asked the Austrian Army for help training ski troops. The officer dispatched by Vienna brought his own skis, equipped with modern bindings. Within four weeks, Japan's imperial armory in Tokyo had produced 30 perfect replicas of the bindings and delivered them to the country's first ski-infantry division.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Japan Alps," August 1984, National Geographic magazine)
2007-06-04 Death Valley National Monument, California, 1998 Photograph by Len Jenshel Abandoned charcoal kilns sit in Wildrose Canyon in Death Valley National Monument. The 25-feet-tall (7.6-meter-tall) beehive-shaped kilns were built in 1877 by the Modock Consolidated Mining Company to produce charcoal for a nearby silver-lead smelting plant. The furnaces were closed after only about a year when deteriorating ore quality forced the silver mines to shut down. According to the National Park Service, the kilns, which still smell of smoke, held up to 42 cords of pinyon pine logs and could produce 2,000 bushels of charcoal per week. Due to their short usage time and quality construction, they are considered among the best surviving examples of such kilns in the western United States.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Dual Track in a Dry Place," September/October 1998, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
2007-06-05 New Delhi, India, 1996 Photograph by Cary Wolinsky A woman applies a delicate grid of henna paste to a celebrant's hand already painted with lacy paisleys. Henna comes from the leaves of a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, that have been dried, ground to a powder, and mixed with water. The dye, which fades from the skin after a few days or weeks, is as popular today with Western trend-setters as it was centuries ago in ancient Egypt. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)
Crystal Lake, Vermont, 1997 Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita A row of red lawn chairs lines the shore of Crystal Lake, a 778-acre (315-hectare) glacial lake in northeastern Vermont popular for swimming, boating, and fishing. The lake area is known as the place where Robert Rogers retreated with his legendary Rogers' Rangers regiment in 1759 following an infamous raid on an Indian enclave in St. Francis, Quebec, during the French and Indian War.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揤ermont: Suite of Seasons,?September 1998, National Geographic magazine)
2007-06-07 Fabregas, France, 1973 Photograph by George F. Mobley "Bound for mountain pastures, sheep branded with red dye graze in the foothills of the French Alps on a misty June day." (Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)
2007-06-08 Reykjahlid, Iceland, 2000 Photograph by Sisse Brimberg Overcast skies portend a rough day for boats on Iceland's Lake Myvatn. The lake, named after the swarms of gnats that breed around it, is surrounded by wetlands and volcanic landforms, including lava fields, lava pillars, volcanic cones, and boiling mud flats. Iceland lies on the convergence of two tectonic plates and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 揑n Search of Vikings,?May 2000, National Geographic magazine)
2007-06-09 Hong Kong, China, 1999 Photograph by Steve McCurry A plate-glass-wrapped Hong Kong high-rise glimmers in the afternoon light. Hong Kong's tall buildings are linked through a system of escalators and moving sidewalks, including the Central Mid-Levels Escalator, the longest outdoor, covered escalator system in the world. The 2,600-foot (800-meter) structure, consisting of 20 escalators and 3 moving sidewalks, allows commuters and tourists to high-rise-hop without ever descending to the ground.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, Hong Kong: The World's Greatest Chinatown,?January/February 2000, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
2007-06-10 India, 2003 Photograph by William Albert Allard Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city. Although India's constitution forbids caste discrimination, Hinduism's rigid social codes continue to govern daily life for 80 percent of the population. One out of six Indians is born to the achuta, or Untouchable caste, which governs where they live, what work they perform, and with whom they may socialize. (Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable, " June 2003, National Geographic magazine)
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