国家地理杂志精美摄影.doc

解读国家地理杂志精美摄影 Meltwater sculpted the dagger-like shaft of ice near a cave in Matanuska Glacier in Alaska#39;s Chugach Mountains. Matanuska is an active glacier, advancing about one foot (0.3 meters) every day. 意译：冰河融化后的水雕刻造型，很像一把冰制的匕首或短剑杆状物，它靠近一个洞穴在马塔怒损卡河――冰河，位于美国阿拉斯加州的（Chugach）山脉。马塔怒损卡河是一个活跃的冰河，它每天前进大约一英尺（0.3米）。 Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Safe for the moment from predaceous leopard seals, chinstrap penguins are the second most abundant species in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic. 意译：南极洲的企鹅都聚结在纯洁冰的冰山上，靠近圣烛节岛的南部三文治岛内。为了安全免受海豹的攻击，南极企鹅是第二类盛产于南极洲或亚南极区。 Palm trees cast lacy contours against a star-speckled sky in Coromandel Forest Park, New Zealand. Sprawled across 180,387 acres (73,000 hectares) in northeastern New Zealand, Coromandel Forest Park is home to stunning vistas: luxuriant forests, velvety fields, gnarled volcanoes, and rushing rivers. 意译：棕榈树呈现花边的轮廓，相反产于印度东部的乌木（Coromandel）森林公园有一些斑点样的星空，新西兰。乌木蔓生180，387英亩在新西兰东北地区，乌木森林公园是极好的街景：丰产的森林，天鹅绒般的原野，扭曲的火山，和许多急流。 A paraglider casts a shadow over the dunes of Niger#39;s Ténéré desert. A south-central tract of the Sahara, the 150,000-square-mile (400,000-square-kilometer) Ténéré is one of Africa#39;s most forbidding regions. Hot, dusty harmattan winds blow across the bone-dry desert, which receives an annual rainfall of about 1 inch (25 millimeters). 意译：一把滑翔伞投射的阴影在非洲中西部国家――尼日尔的（Tenere）沙漠。它是一个位于撒哈拉沙漠的南部中心的沙漠，合计达到十五万平方英里（四十万平方公里），（Tenere）沙漠是非洲最为可怕的地方之一。酷热环境、满是灰尘的、干燥的热风越过极为干燥的沙漠，在那里每年的降雨量大约是一英寸（25毫米）。 Easter Island, 1979 Photograph by Gordon Gahan Giant stone moai stand on Easter Island#39;s stony slopes. Earlier explorers believed the stone statues were worshipped as gods by native Polynesians, but Captain James Cook and his men speculated in 1774 that they were constructed to honor ancestors, a view still held by many today. 意译：主标题：复活节岛，1979 巨石雕像竖立在耶稣复活节岛的石斜坡面，最早的探险家认为石雕像是本土玻利维亚人们崇拜神灵而作，但是一位船长