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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 从本期开始，国家地理每日壁纸正式改为月刊:) 每天一张，以当日日期为编号，以便广大爱好者收藏。</strong></font></p><p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>2006-04-01<br/>　　<br/>　　Himalaya Mountains, Nepal, Date Unknown<br/>　　Photograph by Barry C. Bishop<br/>　　As two Sherpas cross a pole, National Geographic Expeditions members sit on the rocks below. Thirty-two Sherpas were used on the 185-mile (297.2-kilometer) expedition from Banepa, near Kathmandu, to Everest. <br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Six to the Summit," October 1963, National Geographic magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　<br/>　　两个夏尔巴人(西藏的一个种族)在独木桥上走过，国家地理探险队的队员们正坐在下面的石头上。有32名夏尔巴人参加了在从加德满都附近的Banepa到珠穆朗玛峰的远征，其间距离为185英里(297.2公里)。</strong></font><br/></p>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Off Roat醤, Bay Islands, Honduras, Date Unknown<br/>　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey<br/>　　Silent beauty beneath the waves lured Leah Riley from a desk job of selling insurance in Oregon, to the Bay Islands, where she co-manages a resort, teaches scuba diving, and leads tours. Off Roat醤, she explores coral formations that, diving enthusiasts say, compare in splendor to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. <br/>　　<br/>　　—From "Honduras: Eye of the Storm," November 1983, National Geographic magazine <br/>　　<br/>　　寂静曼妙的海底世界使得Leah Riley放弃了原来在Oregon的推销保险的工作，来到Bay Islands跟人合伙经营着一处旅游胜地，做起教人潜水和导游的行当。她在Off Roat醤的海底开发出一片珊瑚群，据潜水发烧友说，那里的壮观程度堪与澳大利亚的大堡礁媲美。<br/></strong></font><br/>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Machu Picchu, Peru, <br/>　　Photograph by Bates Littlehales<br/>　　With no written records, historians can only wonder why the Incas built such a mysterious place. Some believe the self-contained Machu Picchu could have been a secret ceremonial city. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Five Worlds of Peru," February 1964, National Geographic magazine)<br/>　　<br/>　　由于没有任何文字记录，历史学家们只能对为何印加人建造出如此神奇的地方而感到惊讶了。一些人认为，这座自给自足的城市Machu Picchu，当年有可能是一处举行秘密典礼的地方。 <br/></strong></font>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Costa Rica, 1967<br/>　　Photograph by Kip Ross<br/>　　Often caught in fishing gear, and wanted for their eggs, meat, oil, and shell, green sea turtles are listed on the Endangered Species Act. Breeding populations found in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico are listed as endangered; the green sea turtle is listed as threatened in all other areas where it is found. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Imperiled Gift of the Sea: Caribbean Green Turtle," June 1967, National Geographic magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　海龟经常遭到捕捉，而且其龟蛋、龟肉、龟油和龟壳都是紧俏货，这些使得海龟已经上了在濒危物种法案的黑名单。在佛罗里达州和墨西哥的太平洋沿岸所发现的海龟繁殖种群属于濒危动物，而在其他所有地方发现的海龟则属于具有灭绝危险的动物。</strong></font><br/>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Key West, Florida, 1981<br/>　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey<br/>　　Key West, the southernmost city of the United States, has developed an eclectic culture all its own with tourism a central part of its economy. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book America's Atlantic Isle's, 1981) <br/>　　<br/>　　美国最南端的城市Key West，发展出一种折衷主义(指糅合了各种来源不同的特色和风格)的文化，其全部的经济是以旅游业为中心的。</strong></font>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 2000<br/>　　Photograph by Chris Johns<br/>　　The vibrant scarlet petals of the Fireball lily, Blood lily, or scadoxus multiflorus, may draw attention away from the animals in Tempe Elephant Park, South Africa. Everything about this flower is large:approximately 200 types of these flowers have blossoms that measure nearly 25 centimeters (10 inches) in diameter. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Without Borders: Uniting Africa抯 Wildlife Reserves," September 2001, National Geographic magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　南非的Tempe Elephant公园里的Fireball百合，Blood百合还有scadoxus multiflorus的花瓣都是鲜艳的猩红色，这也许会引起那里动物的注意。关于这种花的评价只有一个字－－大，这类花中将近有200种开花时的直径可达25厘米(10英寸)。<br/></strong></font>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Yukon River, North America, 1997<br/>　　Photograph by Jay Dickman<br/>　　The sun casts a glow on this mountain terrain surrounding the Yukon River. Winding from sea to sea, the Yukon begins only 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean, flowing north and west to the Bering Sea. <br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Untamed Yukon River," July 1998, National Geographic magazine)<br/>　　<br/>　　太阳将一缕光辉抛洒在环绕着Yukon河的山岭上。Yukong河在两个海洋之间蜿蜒流淌，仅有35英里(56公里)长，起自太平洋，流向西北方的白令海。</strong></font><br/>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Beqa Island, Fiji, 1993<br/>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<br/>　　Tantalizing sunsets, warm beaches, and plenty of activities have made Fiji a tourist hot spot. Tourism has taken over sugar as Fiji's leading industry. Additionally, Fiji is growing in popularity with charter-boat sailors, surfers, and windsurfers. <br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Two Worlds of Fiji," October 1995, National Geographic magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　诱人的夕阳，和煦的沙滩，处处洋溢的活力，这些使得斐济成为旅游者们向往的地方。旅游业现在已经取代制糖业成为斐济的主导产业。此外，自驾船，冲浪和帆板等运动都使得斐济名扬四海。<br/></strong></font>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Giverny, France, 1989<br/>　　Photograph by Farrell Grehan<br/>　　Looking a lot like one of his paintings, this water-lily pond in Giverny, France, is one of the many legacies left by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Monet began painting in Giverny, a village on the Seine some 45 miles (74 kilometers) west of Paris, in 1883. <br/>　　Few people know that he also designed the gardens he immortalized on canvas, such as this pond and garden near his Giverny home. <br/>　　<br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Giverny," March 1989, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　Claude Monet是一位法国印象派画家，图中这个看起来好像他的作品一样的睡莲池位于法国的Giverny，是其留下来的众多遗产之一。Giverny是巴黎以西大约45英里(74公里)塞纳河旁的一个小村庄，在1883年，Monet就是在那里开始他的绘画生涯的。</strong></font><br/>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Scotland, 1968<br/>　　Photograph by Winfield Parks<br/>　　A herd of grazing sheep cross a road in the mountainous glens and lochs of the Scottish Highlands. In the 18th century, sheep took over the Highlands, replacing cattle as the farmers' mainstay. Sheep's wool is an important source of income for the locals. <br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Scottish Highlands," August 1968, National Geographic magazine)<br/>　　<br/>　　在苏格兰高地，一群放牧的绵羊正穿过峡谷中的公路。在18世纪，绵羊取代了牛的位置，成为高地上的农民的主要产业。羊毛是当地的一个重要的收入来源。</strong></font></p><p>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>　　Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), 1983<br/>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<br/>　　Residents of Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), participate in the Water Throwing festival marking the Buddhist new year. <br/>　　Celebrants in the Water Festival merrily douse each other with water by whatever means are available. The purifying ritual, which takes place in April each year, commemorates the participants' belief that water washes away the misdeeds of the previous year. <br/>　　<br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Time and Again in Burma," July 1984, National Geographic magazine<br/>　　<br/>　　缅甸曼德勒市的居民正举行泼水节，这象征佛教的新年。参加泼水节的人们兴高采烈的用各种办法互相弄湿。这种净化典礼每年四月举行一次，其参与者都带有这样的信念：水可以洗去前一年所做的恶行。</strong></font></p><p>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, 1995<br/>　　Photograph by Sam Abell<br/>　　The Australian rainforest, concealed by clouds, is a land full of songs and stories of ancestral beings who traveled across the continent at the dawn of time. <br/>　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cape York Peninsula," June 1996, National Geographic magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　<br/>　　这片在云雾中若隐若现的澳大利亚雨林，充满了歌谣和传说，讲述着万物伊始时祖先们横跨大陆的那段时光。</strong></font></p><p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong><br/>&nbsp;</strong></font></p>

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<font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu Province, China, 1980<br/>　　Photograph by James L. Stanfield<br/>　　Two-humped, or Bactrian, camels roam wild in the Gobi. This one has its shaggy winter coat, which it will shed when the weather warms. Bactrian camels have tough feet for crossing rocky land. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Desert, 1999) <br/>　　<br/>　　图中的双峰骆驼正在戈壁中散步。这头骆驼现在穿着厚厚的冬装，当天气转暖的时候它的厚毛就会脱掉。双峰骆驼拥有结实的脚掌，足以应付坎坷崎岖的道路。</strong></font><br/>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Easter Island, Chile, 1978<br/>　　Photograph by James P. Blair<br/>　　The famous stone monoliths of Easter Island weigh an average of 14 tons each. Most were carved from compressed volcanic ash between 1400 and 1600 AD. <br/>　　Multiple theories exist as to how these massive statues—thought to represent the spirits of the islanders' ancestors or chiefs—were moved into position miles from where they were quarried. Scientists have also long puzzled over why production of the statues ceased so abruptly, with hundreds left lying half-finished in the quarry. One theory is that deforestation, swelling population, and the intense dedication of resources to building and transporting the monoliths led to the collapse of the islanders' society and economy. <br/>　　<br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book, Mysteries of the Ancient World, 1979) <br/>　　<br/>　　<br/>　　在著名的复活节岛上的巨石雕塑平均每个重达14吨。大部分都是在公元1400年到1600年间，由压缩的火山灰雕刻成的。<br/>　　这些雕塑被认为是岛上居民的祖先或酋长的精神象征，关于古人是如何将这些笨重巨大的雕塑从几英里外的采石场运过来的，存在着多种理论。此外，为何这项工程如此突然的停止，在采石场留下了几百个半成品，这也长期令科学家们感到困惑。其中一个理论认为，森林的滥砍，人口的膨胀，以及建造和运输这些巨石雕像所造成的资源大量占用，最终导致岛上居民的社会和经济的崩溃。</strong></font></p><p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong><br/>&nbsp;</strong></font></p>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>Roatán, Honduras, Date Unknown<br/>　　Photograph by David Alan Harvey<br/>　　Honduras continues to be one of the least urbanized countries of Central America despite rapid urban growth rates. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Honduras: Eye of the Storm," November 1983, National Geographic magazine)<br/>　　<br/>　　尽管拥有较快的城市增长率，洪都拉斯仍旧是中美洲中城市化最少的国家之一。</strong></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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<p><font face="楷体_GB2312" size="4"><strong>　Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1998<br/>　　Photograph by Karen Kasmauski<br/>　　Pacific salmon are born in fresh water, but spend most of their adult lives in saltwater. As adults, the only time they return to fresh water is to spawn (in the same stream where they were hatched). Soon after spawning, the adult Pacific salmon will expire. <br/>　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In the Wake of the Spill: Ten Years After [Exxon Valdez]," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine) <br/>　　<br/>　　大马哈鱼在淡水中出生，但它们成年后的大多数时光却是在咸水里度过的。成年之后，大马哈鱼只在排卵的时候回到淡水(那条孵化出它们的河流)。产卵之后，大马哈鱼很快也就寿终正寝了。</strong></font></p><p><br/>&nbsp;</p>

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