Motorbike, Hat Yai, Thailand, 1981Photograph by Steve Raymer
A soggy street in Hat Yai, Thailand, dissolves into streaks in this motion-blurred photo of an umbrella-shrouded couple on a motorbike.
The Sukhothai kingdom, considered the forerunner of the modern Thai nation, was founded in the 13th century when Thai-speaking peoples migrated from southeast China to the River Yom, 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of Bangkok.
意译：摩托车，泰国，1981年。在一条浸水的街道摩托车加速前进，还因为打着雨伞的一对情侣在摩托车上，更加使得照片模糊不清。泰国王国，考虑建设一个现代化的国家，他们在十三世纪时时从南中国移民到离曼谷北部大约370公里的（Yom）河流。
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Clarence River Boat, Australia, 1996
Photograph by Medford Taylor
Two fishermen navigate the fog-fringed Clarence River near the town of Grafton in New South Wales, Australia. Settlement along the 245-mile-long (394-kilometer-long) Clarence, began near Grafton in 1832 after a convict who had escaped into the area won his freedom by leading timber barons to copious cedar stands along the river's banks.
意译：克拉伦斯河划船，澳大利亚，1996年。两位渔夫划船在有烟雾的克拉伦斯河上，接近澳大利亚的新南威尔士小镇。这是一块殖民地，1832年时候有一位逃亡者来到这里，他得到一位英国最低位置的男爵贵族的领导，沿着河边种植了许多的雪松。
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Elephant Seal Cuddle, South Georgia Island, 1998Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Using a piece of vegetation as a makeshift pillow, a pair of elephant seals cuddle on the beach.
Elephant seals cannot move easily on land, because of their girth. The animals spend 90 percent of their time underwater.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Epic of Survival: Shackleton," November 1998, National Geographic magazine)
意译：象海豹在拥抱，美国南乔治亚州的岛屿，1998年。
象海豹用一片植被作为一个枕头，一对的象海豹拥抱在海滩上，象海豹不能轻易移动在陆地，因为它们的腰身太大导致不灵活移动。因此它们要花费90％的时间在海底生活。
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Marais Dancers, Paris, France, 2002
Photograph by William Albert Allard
A couple dances at a nightclub in Marais, Paris.
Established as a grand 17th century Parisian neighborhood, Marais reclaimed its chic character in the 20th century, emerging as a quirky, fashionable place to see and be seen.
意译：一对舞蹈的爱好者，在巴黎的夜间俱乐部跳舞。建立在十七世纪的豪华的巴黎人的夜间俱乐部（Marais），直到二十世纪更加显露出时髦的舞姿。
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Underwater Exploration
Two divers off the coast of France peer into Denise, a small, two-man diving saucer that is part of Jacques Cousteau’s oceanic ship Calypso. Photograph by Luis Marden
意译：海底探险。两位法国男子潜水员，沿着海岸进入丹尼斯海域，潜入深水中接近一艘科考用的海洋船（Calypao）号。
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Underwater Exploration
A scientist in an ice-covered observation tube studies the diving behavior of nearby emperor penguins in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photograph by Maria Stenzel
意译：海洋下的探险。一位科学家在南极洲的海底的冰穴洞覆盖下，仔细观察皇帝企鹅的声音。
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Mount Merapi Steam, Java, 1971
Photograph by Dean Conger
Mount Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia. Its most recent eruption began in 1992 and ended in 2002. Because it erupts so often, the flanks of the volcano are often covered in ash, creating fertile soil that attracts farmers despite the obvious hazards.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Java—Eden in Transition," January 1971, National Geographic magazine)
意译：(Merapi)山的蒸汽雾，爪哇，1971年。这座山是十分活跃的活火山，位于印度尼西亚的爪哇地区，从1992～2002年先后爆发喷射烟雾及火焰。因为它经常爆发并喷射大量的火山灰，所以在山腰部被火山灰覆盖。但是从另外一个方面，火山灰对农民是有吸引力的，它可以使农田得到肥沃的物质，但是农夫在那里劳动是危险的事情。
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Safely situated in a shark cage, photographer Bill Curtsinger and his assistant snap photos of gray reef sharks flitting through the waters of the Marshall Islands off Rongelap Atoll. Emory Kristof, a leader in the field of remotely operated and robot cameras, captured this image with a shark-proof robot camera. Photograph by Emory Kristof
意译：摄影师比尔和他的助手，为了安全的观察海水中的鲨鱼的活动，制作了一个观测铁笼。这里的鲨鱼是巡游在马歇尔群岛和其环珊瑚岛礁。摄影师用他们的遥控机器人照相机摄影，因此就更加安全。
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It takes more than high-tech wizardry to capture deep-ocean creatures on film. Dragged alongside the unmanned submersible SeaRover, liquid tuna and chum attracted this rosy rockfish, swimming by a basket sea star in the waters of Monterey Bay, California.
意译：那是使用高科技技术来捕获深海的动物的影片。潜入无人居住的深海之中，金枪鱼是最富有吸引力的，还有岩鱼，正在巡游的是篮海星在水中，这是蒙特里杰海湾，加利福尼亚州。
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With the help of high-intensity lighting, high-resolution cameras, and the submersible Alvin, Kristof and his crew captured dramatic imagery in the dark, superheated depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. At these nadirs, chemosynthesis—the thermal and chemical energy given off by deep-sea vents—gives life to creatures like the eelpout fish and tubeworms pictured here. Photograph by Emory Kristof通过用高强亮度照明灯光，高清晰的照相机，然后潜入深水中，他的全体人员获取生动的图片在黑暗环境下。他们是在大西洋中部地域的最底层，有一种化学的能量在海底释放出来，给海底的动物以生存的条件，譬如：粘鱼类、管状蠕虫都已经摄进图片之中。
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