[艺术摄影][国家地理]精美图片 （四十七）

?1276. In its species’ northernmost location in Utah’s Zion National Park, a canyon tree frog finds respite on a rock. Despite its name, canyon tree frogs live mostly on the ground.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Tide Pools: Windows Between Land and Sea,“ February 1986, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1277. This mountain lion (Felis concolor) rests during the mid-day heat near the Pecos River between New Mexico and Texas. Mountain lions are very much solitary animals living in the countryside and rarely seen by humans.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pecos River," September 1993, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1278. A house shelters its occupants from winter on the coastline in Hvalfjordur, which means "fjord of the whales."
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of the Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)
　　
　　

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　1279. "A lazy day aboard the Kalyeta, author [James Morgan’s] charter boat, commences with a late breakfast on the roomy deck and a swim in the clear water off Knidos."
　　—From "Lost in Time," October 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
　　

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　1280. Selling eggs and vegetables, this street vendor was likely lured into the city from the rural countryside, along with many others, hoping to earn a living.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1281. The "Remarkable Rocks" are just that: huge, wind-and-rain-sculpted boulders precariously balanced on a gigantic granite dome.
　　(Text adapted from the National Geographic book Wild Shores of Australia, 1996.)
　　

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　1282. A jackal makes a quick meal of an impala killed by a wild dog in the Okavango Delta.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in,"Africa‘s Wild Dogs," May 1999, National Geographic magazine)
　　

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　1283. "Teaching scripture with art, the 15th-century monastery church of Voronet bears frescoes inside and out that illustrate Romanian folklore and stories from the Bible. Once teaching aids for the illiterate, the remarkably preserved painted churches of Moldavia represent a striking regional adaptation of Byzantine art."
　　—From "The Byzantine Empire: Rome of the East," December 1983, National Geographic magazine
　　

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　1284. Seagulls perch with a Victorian-era boathouse in the background.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Wild Shores of Australia, 1996)
　　

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　1285. This valley of wildflowers belies a region of intense tectonic activity. "Iceland [is located] astride the mid-Atlantic ridge, a seafloor mountain range where two of the colossal slabs of rock that make up earth‘s crust, the North American plate and the Eurasian plate, part company," said a 1997 National Geographic article.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)