国家地理]精美图片 （五十五）

?1276. Located several miles south of the Pyramids at Giza, Abusir’s smaller pyramids mark the burials of forgotten kings and queens of the 5th dynasty. Here also is a cemetery of shaft tombs from the sixth century B.C., when the Persians invaded Egypt. At the bottom of one of these shafts is a rare archaeological find: the unlooted tomb of Iuffaa, an Egyptian priest. <BR>　　(Text adapted from “Abusir Tomb,“ November 1998, National Geographic magazine ) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06594_2.jpg"><BR>
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　1400."Like a late winter storm off the peaks, snow geese settle onto stubbled grain fields in early April. As many as 300,000 geese and 10,000 tundra swans follow the Rocky Mountain Front during their seasonal journeys north and south." <BR>　　桭rom the National Geographic book Yellowstone to Yukon, 2000 <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/BK_yellowstonetoyukonp14-5.jpg">
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　1399. "Sheer 100-foot (30-meter) cliffs of eroded ash, sliced by the Ukak River, rise before Mount Katolinat in Katmai. A nearby eruption in 1912 covered the area with up to 700 feet (215 meters) of volcanic debris." <BR>　　桭rom the National Geographic book Alaska, 1969 <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/01086_50009.jpg">
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1398. "The garb worn by Nita Solanki, an Untouchable [a member of the lowest Hindu castes] bride in Gujarat, is perhaps the finest she will ever put on." <BR>　　—From "Untouchable," June 2003, National Geographic magazine <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/NGM2003_06p21.jpg">
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　1397. The Fakahatchee Strand encompasses 75,000 acres (30,352.5 hectares) of wilderness that includes a wide variety of flora and fauna including deer. Deer is the preferred food of the Florida panther, which can also be found in the area. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Big Cypress Country," March 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/T0496_5.jpg">
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　1396. Forest elephants have straighter tusks and rounder ears than their larger, savanna-dwelling cousins. Both species梖orest elephants and African elephants梐re classified as endangered on the World Conservation Union's Red List. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park," August 2004, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/MM6664_240.jpg">
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1395. Nestled in grasses off of the Zambezi River, a lion and her cub relax as evening sets in. Lion mothers give birth to two to four cubs at a time, on average. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, ＂Down the Zambezi,＂ October 1997, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06212_289.jpg">
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　1394. This public sculpture, shown from below, pays homage to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Helsinki," August 1981, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/02861_304.jpg">
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1393. African elephants are the largest of the world‘s land animals. Despite their large stature, they engage in a symbiotic relationship with the small cattle egret. The bird eats insects that are stirred up by the grazing of the elephant. <BR>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hiking Into the African Sky," July/August 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/T0543_3.jpg">
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1392. “The wind-powered ferry shuttles people and automobiles across the choppy Strait of Tiquina, separating the lake’s two main segments. Steamboats and hydrofoils also ply Titicaca—highest of all navigable lakes.” <BR>　　(Text from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Titicaca, Abode of the Sun," February 1971, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/01207_28.jpg">