Photos and English scripts are from Nationalgeographic.com; Chinese translation is provided by 番茄
08年6月1日
Mineral Pigment, Bhubaneswar, India, 1999
A woman in Bhubaneswar, India, prepares to grind red mineral pigment on a stone pestle. In the Hindu religion, colors, especially red, are endowed with symbolic significance.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine
A double rainbow plunges into a gorge in Alaska Denali National Park. Although they appear to exist at a definable point in the sky, a rainbow position is actually dependent on the location of the observer relative to the sun.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in Grizzly Survival: Their Fate Is in Our Hands July 2001, National Geographic magazine
This extreme close-up shows the business end of a praying mantis, one of the insect world most formidable predators. Mantids have two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them. Some species can see movement up to 60 feet (18 meters) away.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in Night Shift in the Rain Forest October 2001, National Geographic magazine
A column of schoolmaster snappers hovers near a support beam for the Aquarius research station near Florida Conch Reef. Installed in 1993, this railroad-car-size unit gives scientists a permanent place to observe the creatures that live on the reef and how each plays a part in the ecosystem.
Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in "Deep Science: Sleeping With the Fishes" September 2003, National Geographic magazine
The day last light illuminates the boats and tents of narwhal hunters on Greenland Kangerluk Fjord. Narwhals come to Greenland fjords in July and August to calve and feed. Landing these elusive tusked whales presents extreme dangers for Greenlanders, whose low-riding kayaks can easily capsize in the process.
Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in Last Days of the Ice Hunters January 2006, National Geographic magazine
A gelada monkey sits for a portrait in the Ethiopian highlands. These baboon-size animals are more terrestrial than any other primates except humans. They are the last surviving species of ancient grazing primates that were once numerous.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in Africa Danakil Desert: Cruelest Place on Earth October 2005, National Geographic magazine
A Qatari man in a traditional white dishdasha robe and a wind-blown red-and-white kaffiyeh stands before a sandstone formation near Dukhan. Qatar, a desert-covered Persian Gulf peninsula about the size of Jamaica, may be small, but its oil and natural gas reserves give it big clout. Per capita incomes there are among the highest in the world.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Revolution From the Top Down: Qatar," March 2003, National Geographic magazine
Snow rimes the classic dome- and spire-studded skyline of Salzburg, Austria. This elegant city's unique architecture is the legacy of a long line of prince-archbishops, powerful ecclesiastical rulers who used profits from the city's nearby salt mines to turn their seat of power into a little piece of Baroque Italy transported to the Austrian Alps.
Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Salzburg in Winter," November/December 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
Each fall dwindling grasslands and frigid Siberian air send a thousand people and some 60,000 animals on a treacherous journey out of Mongolia mountain-ringed Darhad Valley to winter pastures near Lake Hovsgol, where this lone horseman rides. And each spring they pack up and go back.
Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in Mongolian Crossing: Is Time Running Out on Timeless Migration October 2003, National Geographic magazine
A solitary chinstrap penguin stands at attention on the rocky shore of the Antarctic Peninsula. These penguins, which rely less on sea ice than other species do for their survival, have thrived as climate change has warmed the ocean around Antarctica. Since 1974 their numbers have increased by some 2,700 percent.
Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in "Deadly Beauty" November 2006, National Geographic magazine
哈哈哈哈 O(∩_∩)O哈哈~ 好久不来了，不小心看了一眼自己主页，发现自动关联了自己以往发过的帖，点进这个看了一眼，笑个半死。。。敢情我当初还发过这么搞笑的东西啊，我自己完全不记得了 
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.粉红色的药水和屁屁上的疼痛至今记忆犹新啊