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Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001
Photograph by Tino Soriano
The Lady of the Hill stands in her illuminated belvedere as the sun descends on Lisbon, Portugal, below. This vantage, called Miradouro da Nossa Senhora do Monte, is the highest of the seven peaks that nestle Lisbon. Built by seafarers where the Tagus River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon was once Europes wealthiest capital and the center of world exploration.  
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Soul of Lisbon," January/February 2002, National Geographic Traveler magazine)  

意译：主标题――葡萄牙，里斯本，2001年。――杜罗河（欧洲西南部）的贵妇人。
这位贵妇人站在山丘上她那明亮的望景楼上，当葡萄牙里斯本市的太阳落下的时候。
这个美景是最高的七个山顶偎依在里斯本。建筑者是一位航海家，那里塔霍河流入大西洋，而里斯本市过去是富人的首府和全世界探险中心。
引自：“美国国家地理杂志”――刊出当天的图片(2007年10月19日）。

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Kashmir Dancers, Pakistan, 1988
Photograph by George F. Mobley
Dancers engage in what looks like hand-to-hand combat in Karimabad in Pakistani Kashmir. The dance, performed to hypnotic music played by local musicians, begins slowly and builds to a dramatic, saber-waving crescendo.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Mountain Worlds, 1988)
意译：主标题――克什米尔（南亚）舞蹈少女，巴基斯坦，1988年。
舞蹈少女从事那看起来像极为接近的白刃战的格斗舞，在（Karimabad）是属巴基斯坦克什米尔。
这种舞蹈表演开始却是慢节奏催眠的音乐，播放的是当地的音乐人，开始时是慢慢地以构造一种戏剧性的挥动马刀致意，那时音乐的声音也渐渐增强。

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Like dancers in formation, this group of soft coral shines green in the western Pacific. Soft coral polyps differ from hard coral polyps in that they have eight tentacles while hard corals have multiples of six. Soft corals dont leave behind a hard skeleton when they die, as reefmaking hard corals do.
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
意译：像舞蹈少女的组合，这一组位于西太平洋的柔软珊瑚虫闪耀绿色的光亮。柔软的珊瑚虫不同于硬珊瑚虫，前者有八条触须而硬珊瑚虫达到软珊瑚虫触须的六倍。软珊瑚虫永不离开它们硬的骨架或骨骼直至它们死亡，就像暗礁是硬珊瑚虫所为。

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A master of innovation and a pioneer of high-tech underwater photography, Emory Kristof has helped National Geographic chart the waters of deep-ocean photography since beginning as an intern at the magazine in 1963. In his April 1998 story, "Testing the Waters of Rongelap," Kristof examined marine life, including these longfin bannerfish, in the nuclear weapons-contaminated waters surrounding the Marshall Islands. Photograph by Emory Kristof
意译：主标题――长鳍鱼（旗帜鱼）。
在西太平洋马绍尔群岛，对核武器污染的海水进行测试检查海产品的影响（包括对长鳍鱼）。一位名叫（Emory Kristof）的人，曾经协助国家地理学制定了海图，在深海洋拍照开始这一实践，1963年他刊登在国家地理杂志。1998年4月他的实验报告题目：“测试核污染检查海洋的生态变化及海洋生物的生活状况，在马绍尔群岛一带的影响”。

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A time-lapse exposure captures the streaks made by stars over sandstone formations in Utah. Photographers capture "star trails," the movement of stars across the night sky, by keeping the camera shutter open for hours instead of seconds.
Photograph by Bruce Dale

意译：使用延时的曝光手段，捕捉到这些环形线条呈现在太空之中，它是许多星星在美国犹他州越过沙岩而构成的太空奇观。

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Salt piles line the shoreline of Lake Retba, Senegal. The high salinity content of the lake provides a livelihood for salt collectors. Photograph by Robert Haas
意译：在西非的塞内加尔国的（Retba）湖，有一条用盐堆积起来的海岸线。这个湖里所含的盐是高盐度容量，能够供应盐征收者的生计。

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Roiled seas and big waves characterize the frigid waters around Antarctica. Most of the surface of Antarctica is harsh and barren, but the waters that surround it bustle with specially adapted plants and animals.
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
意译：激怒的海洋――南极洲周围的海洋波涛汹涌。大部分的南极洲地域都是荒芜贫瘠的环境，但是南极洲的海洋激浪滔天，却特别适合海洋动植物的需要。

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The windswept ice of Victoria Land in Antarctica stretches for hundreds of desolate miles. This area receives less precipitation than most of the worlds hot deserts.
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
意译：在南极洲的维多利亚陆地，被风吹扫的冰雪绵延达数百英里的荒凉地区。这个地域的降雨、雪量很少，但多于世界酷热的沙漠。

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Sharp eyesight and raw speed (faster than any other land mammal) make the cheetah a formidable hunter.
Photograph  
意译：主标题――印度豹（产于南亚和非洲）特写。
印度豹具有精明的视力和极快的速度（更快于任何其它陆地上的哺乳动物），只有猎人才是使印度豹感到敬畏的。

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Sand dunes loom at Sossus Vlei in Namibias Namib Desert.
Photograph by Cary Wolinsky  
意译：由于风吹而成的沙丘在纳米比亚沙漠逼近（Sossus Vlei）地区。

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Eroded gypsum forms the dunes of White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.
Photograph by Michael Nichols
意译：主标题――( Tularosa)－盆地－－沙丘。
在美国新墨西哥州，有一个怀特沙滩的国家的纪念碑，因石膏受到侵蚀而形成的沙丘。

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Slate yields to brilliant lichens in Merced Falls, California.  
Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff
意译：在美国加利福尼亚州的（Merced）瀑布的板岩上生长着灿烂的青苔。

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Great white sharks are torpedo-shaped with powerful tails that can propel them through the water at up to 15 miles (24 kilometers) per hour.
Photograph by Brian J. Skerry
意译：主标题――大白鲨。
大白鲨像是鱼雷攻击手成形，它们有强大有力的尾部，而能够快速推进它们自己通过水域达到每小时24公里。