2007-08-22<BR>　　Botswana, 1999<BR>　　Photograph by Chris Johns<BR>　　A cheetah surveys the savanna from atop a termite mound in Botswana's Okavango Delta. <BR>　　As recently as 1900, cheetahs thrived throughout Africa and Asia, as far east as Myanmar (Burma). But a host of perils, including predation by lions and the encroachment of farms on their territory, has hurt their numbers and their range. Today, only about 12,000 cheetahs remain in some 30 African countries. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　在博茨瓦纳的奥卡万戈三角洲,一只猎豹正在一座白蚁冢上俯瞰着草原。在二十世纪里，猎豹在非洲和亚洲的大地上茁壮的成长，最远东至缅甸都有分布。但是现在包括狮子对其的捕食和农场对其活动地区的侵占等在内的诸多隐患，大大减少了猎豹的数量和活动范围。如今，仅有大约12,000只猎豹分布在30多个非洲国家里。<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/cheetah-survey-642993-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-21<BR>　　Chennai, India, 1999<BR>　　Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita<BR>　　Women interrupt a shopping trip to stop and feed a cow in Chennai, India. <BR>　　Because they give sustenance and ask for nothing in return, cows are sacred to Hindus, who view them as symbols of God and Earth. Their revered status allow cows free reign throughout India's busy streets, where they often stop traffic. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Marco Pol Journey Home," July 2001, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　印度钦奈的两名妇女在逛街时停下来喂一头母牛。因为母牛给予人们食物且不求回报，其对印度教徒来说非常神圣，被视为神和大地的象征。母牛在印度有着崇高的地位，可以在印度繁忙的街道上随意行动，因此经常阻塞交通。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/women-pet-cow-689962-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-20<BR>　　New Hampshire, 1981<BR>　　Photograph by Sandy Felsenthal<BR>　　Steam and sulfides billow from the James River Corporation pulp and paper mill on the Androscoggin River in Berlin, New Hampshire. The plant opened in 1853 as a sawmill and quickly grew into one of the foremost chemical pulp mills in the world. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Contrary New Hampshire," December 1982, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　在新罕布什尔州的柏林，位于安德罗斯科根河旁的詹姆斯河公司的制浆造纸厂向外排放着滚滚的含有硫化物的蒸汽。转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。这个工厂成立于1853年，最初为一个锯木厂，后来迅速成长为世界上最重要的化学制浆造纸厂之一。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/androscoggin-river-291053-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-19<BR>　　Missouri, 1988<BR>　　Photograph by James P. Blair<BR>　　A tree gleams yellow in the sunlight in the Seiwa-en Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. At 14 acres (5.6 hectares), it is the largest traditional Japanese garden in the United States. Its creator, Koichi Kawana, describes it as a place of "pure, clear harmony and peace." <BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Plant Hunters: Portrait of the Missouri Botanical Garden," August 1990, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　在密苏里植物园中的清和园里，一棵树在阳光下放出微微的黄光。这座花园占地14英亩(5.6公顷)，是美国最大的传统日本花园。转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。其设计者川名幸一对这里的描述是“纯净，明朗谐调，平和”。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/botanical-garden-454877-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-18<BR>　　Arizona, 2007<BR>　　Photograph by Michael Nichols<BR>　　A time-lapse photo reveals a smattering of stars dotting the sky above Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. <BR>　　The landscape that today attracts more than four million tourists was once home to many indigenous peoples, including the Hisatsinom, or Anasazi. They and others survived by growing cotton, corn, beans, and squash along the sandy banks and terraces of the Colorado River some 1,300 years ago. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Unexpected Canyon," January 2006, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　这张间隔拍摄照片显示出一些点缀在亚利桑那州大峡谷国家公园上空的星星。这片每年吸引着超过四百万名游客的土地曾经是许多土著民族的故土，包括"Hisatsinom"即阿纳萨齐印第安人。转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。在大约1,300年前，他们和其他民族在科罗拉多河两旁多沙的河岸和梯田上种植棉花，玉米，豆类和南瓜，以此谋生。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/star-time-lapse-956938-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-17<BR>　　India, 1996<BR>　　Photograph by Cary Wolinsky<BR>　　A washerwoman hangs diaphanous saris to dry on the mortared walls of a house in India. India’s enormous labor pool allows even middle-class households there to employ home help, including servants, cooks, and washerwomen. <BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　印度的一名洗衣妇正在一座粉刷过的房子前晾晒着精美的莎丽(一种主要由印度或巴基斯坦妇女穿着的外套)。印度有着巨大的劳动力资源，这使得连那里的中产阶级家庭都有雇佣如仆人，厨师和洗衣妇等家务工人的能力。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/hanging-saris-518641-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-16<BR>　　Yemen, 2005<BR>　　Photograph by George Steinmetz<BR>　　Clad in black abayas and sun-shielding straw hats called nakhls, women work the fields in central Yemen’s Wadi Hadramawt, an oasis on the southern periphery of Arabia’s Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. Occupying a fifth of the Arabian Peninsula, the Rub al Khali is the world’s largest sand sea. <BR>　　(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Empty Quarter: Exploring Arabia’s Legendary Sea of Sand, " February 2005, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　在也门的瓦地哈达拉马瓦杜(Wadi Hadramawt)中部,身穿黑色阿拉伯长袍头戴一种叫做nakhls的遮阳草帽的妇女们正在田间干活. 这里是阿拉伯半岛上的鲁布哈利(Rub al Khali)沙漠南部边上的一块绿洲,这片沙漠又称为空域(Empty Quarter).鲁布哈利是世界上最大的沙海,占据了阿拉伯半岛五分之一的面积.<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/wadi-hadramawt-956938-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-15<BR>　　Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, 1999<BR>　　Photograph by Sisse Brimberg<BR>　　Campers await the start of a raucous national day festival in the town of Vestmannaeyjar on Iceland’s Heimaey Island. <BR>　　Held every year on the first weekend in August, this three-day outdoor festival began in 1874, when bad weather kept residents from traveling to the mainland to celebrate Iceland’s new status as a republic. They held a celebration of their own, and the rest is history. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　<BR>　　在冰岛的赫马岛上的韦斯文尼查(Vestmannaeyjar)镇，露营者们正在等待一个纷乱的国庆节庆祝活动开始。转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。这个为期三天的户外节日在每年八月的第一个周末举行，起始于1874年，当时的恶劣天气使得当地居民无法奔赴大陆庆祝冰岛成为共和国。于是他们就自己举办了庆祝活动，并一直延续至今。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/tent-field-660192-lw.jpg">
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　2007-08-14<BR>　　Mexico, 1999<BR>　　Photograph by Jonathan Tourtellot<BR>　　A large stone cross welcomes visitors to the San Ignacio Mission church near Creel, Mexico. <BR>　　The church, built by Jesuits in the 1700s, is often used by the region’s Tarahumara Indians as a gathering place and a market to sell their handicrafts to tourists. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Faces of Tourism," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　在墨西哥克雷厄尔附近的圣伊格纳西奥教会门前，一座巨大的石制十字架迎接着来访者。这座教堂在十八世纪由耶稣会士所建，现成为当地的塔拉乌马拉印第安人聚集的场所和向游客兜售手工艺品的市场。<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/stone-cross-church-660875-lw.jpg">
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2007-08-13<BR>　　Peru, 1981<BR>　　Photograph by Steve Raymer<BR>　　Three vicu;ntilde;as graze in tall grass in Peru’s Pampa Galeras Reserve. <BR>　　Prized for their soft, fine wool, vicu;ntilde;as had been hunted to near-extinction by the late 1960s. Government protections in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, and international trade restrictions on vicu;ntilde;a wool have helped the species rebound. Despite a continued threat from poachers, they are now considered at low risk for extinction. <BR>　　<BR>　　(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wild Carg the Business of Smuggling Animals," March 1981, National Geographic magazine) <BR>　　<BR>　　三只小羊驼(vicu;ntilde;as)正在秘鲁的潘帕伽勒拉斯保护区的草丛里觅食。小羊驼的皮毛柔软顺滑，非常珍贵。到上世纪六十年代末期，几乎被捕猎殆尽。转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。秘鲁,玻利维亚,阿根廷和智利等国政府对其采取了保护行动，国际贸易上对小羊驼毛交易也进行了限制，以助于该物种的回升。尽管小羊驼持续受到偷猎者的威胁，但目前认为其灭绝的风险已经较低。<BR>　　<BR><BR><IMG src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/vicuas-grazing-272173-lw.jpg">
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