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Petrohué Falls, Chile
Photograph by George F. Mobley

The gentle falls of the Petrohué River frame the graceful slopes of Osorno Volcano, part of the Andes Mountain. The scene is but one memorable view within Chile’s Vicente Perez Rosales National Park.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Chile, Republic on a Shoestring,” October 1973, National Geographic magazine)
译文:

Petrohué瀑布,智利
摄影:George F. Mobley

Petrohué河上的众多小瀑布构造出了安第斯山脉奥索尔诺火山优美的斜面。这张照片仅仅是智利Vicente Perez Rosales国家公园中一处令人难忘的景色。

(照片来源于《智利，鞋带上的共和国》(1973年10月,国家地理杂志)未发表部分)

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Northern Lights, Trapper Creek, Alaska
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

Spectacular sky shows brighten the long winter nights for Alaska’s year-round residents. This display of northern lights sets the horizon aglow at Trapper Creek. Stars of the Big Dipper, upper left, wheeling through the December sky, show as streaks in this ten-minute exposure. Residents of the region witness dozens of auroras yearly; those in the Point Barrow area farther north see as many as a hundred.

(Photo shot on assignment for “Nomad in Alaska’s Outback,” April 1969, National Geographic magazine)
译文:

北极光,Trapper Creek,阿拉斯加
摄影:Thomas J. Abercrombie

这个壮观的天空秀为阿拉斯加的常住居民照亮了漫长的冬夜。北极光映红了Trapper Creek的地平线。经过10分钟的曝光，左上角的北斗七星在12月的天空中留下了数条旋转的纹路。这个地区的居民每年都可以目击数十次极光；而在更北边巴罗角地区则可以看到上百次。

(照片来源于《阿拉斯加内陆的流浪者》(1969年4月,国家地理杂志))

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Diver in Coral Garden, Dominica Island, Caribbean Sea
Photograph by Bruce Dale

Off Scotts Head, Dominica Island, a sunken garden of sponges and coral rewards a visitor, part of a growing stream of divers discovering Dominica’s marine life. With one of the most vibrant underwater ecosystems in the Caribbean, Dominica offers scuba divers aquarium-clear water with visibility that can reach 100 feet (30 meters).

(Photo shot on assignment for “Dominica,” June 1990, National Geographic magazine)
译文:

在珊瑚花园里潜水,多米尼加岛,加勒比海
摄影:Bruce Dale

随着对于潜水探访多米尼加海洋生物不断增长的热潮，一位到访者对多米尼加岛天涯海角附近一个由海绵和珊瑚组成的水下花园非常满意。拥有加勒比海最具活力的水下生态系统之一，多米尼加为水肺潜水者们提供了能见度达到100英尺(30米)，如水族馆般清洁的水体。

(照片来源于《多米尼加》(1990年6月,国家地理杂志))

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Panda Yawning, Kunming, China
Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) yawns in its enclosure at the Yuantong Zoo in Kunming, China. Wild pandas live only in remote, mountainous regions in central China. These high forests of bamboo (their primary food) are cool and wet—just as pandas like it.

(Photo shot on assignment for the National Geographic book Journey into China, 1982)
译文:

打哈欠的熊猫,昆明,中国
摄影:Jodi Cobb

中国昆明圆通动物园里，一只巨大的熊猫(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)在围栏里打哈欠。野生的熊猫只生活在遥远的华中山区。这些高原竹(它们的主要食物)林凉爽湿润，所以熊猫喜欢。

(照片来源于1982年国家地理书籍《中国游记》)

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Cliff Divers, Mazatlan, Mexico
Photograph by W.E. Garrett

A daring diver times his plunge with an incoming wave as he plummets from a cliff in Mazatlan, Mexico. When the surf surges in, 12 feet (3.7 meters) of water lies below; outgoing seas leave half that depth.

(Photo shot on assignment for “South to Mexico City,” August 1968, National Geographic magazine)
译文:

悬崖跳水者,马萨特兰,墨西哥
摄影:W.E. Garrett

墨西哥马萨特兰一处悬崖上，一位勇敢的跳水者选择合适的时机跳下：当他坠落时，正好有一个浪头迎面而来。当海浪涌向悬崖时，绝壁下的水深达到12英尺(3.7米)；浪潮退去后则只剩下一半深。

(照片来源于《南至墨西哥城》(1968年8月,国家地理杂志))