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Patterns in Nature: Landscapes Mud tracks ripple like melted chocolate after a flood washed through a slot canyon in Arizona. Photograph by Bill Hatcher 意译：自然界的美景。在亚利桑那州，当一场洪水冲洗穿过狭小的峡谷后，泥泞留下的轨迹很像巧克力。

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Patterns in Nature: Landscapes Sulfur, salt, and other minerals color the crater of Ethiopia’s Dallol volcano. Photograph by Bill Hatcher 意译：自然界的美丽风光。位于埃塞俄比亚的（Dallol宽干谷，属尼日利亚）火山喷发火山灰后，造成由硫磺、盐、和其它颜色的矿石的坑坑，真是色彩斑斓。

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Hudson Bay Polar Bears, Canada, 1996 Photograph by Flip Nicklin "Most [female polar bears] keep their young [such as the cub at the bottom in this picture] with them for two and a half years, but many Hudson Bay mothers wean their cubs a year earlier. That allows them to breed every two years instead of the usual three. Perhaps the large number of seals at Hudson Bay influences this fecundity. The abundance of seal carcasses left on the ice might make it possible for young bears to scavenge at an earlier age and become independent sooner." 意译：美国纽约州东部的河流（Hudson）海湾的北极熊，加拿大，1996年。大部分的雌性北极熊，会保护它们的小宝宝，让幼兽在雌性北极熊的怀里大约要两年半的时间。但是在这里熊妈妈给小宝宝断奶只有一年期，这样雌熊的繁殖期由通常的三年变为两年。可能由于这里的海豹很多使得雌熊得到丰富的营养食品而提高它们的繁殖力。那些海豹的死尸，又给那群小熊能够更早的独立。

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With 3,219 kilometers (1,996 miles) of coastline, Thailand offers many unspoiled beaches with crystal-clear waters. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine) Photograph by Jodi Cobb 意译：泰国有许多没有损坏的海滩，那里有水晶般清晰的海水，海岸线长达3219公里。

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Patterns in Nature: Plants A leaf's veins stand out in deep relief. Photograph by James L. Stanfield 意译：自然界的植物样板。一片树叶的纹理立起来像浮雕。

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Patterns in Nature: Plants The seeds of the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) are the source of castor oil as well as the deadly poison ricin. Photograph by Jozsef Szentpeteri 意译：自然界植物的模式。这是蓖麻子豆形植物，蓖麻子的油的致命原因是蓖麻毒素。

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Patterns in Nature: Plants The hairpin banksia (Banksia spinulosa) is native to eastern Australia. Photograph by Jason Edwards 意译：自然界的图案。那个发卡样是巴克西木属植物，来自东部澳大利亚本土生的品种。

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Patterns in Nature: Aerial Views Flamingos take flight at Lake Magadi in Kenya Photograph by Robert Haas 意译：航空浏览自然界。火烈鸟群飞翔在肯尼亚的（Magadi）湖面上。

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Patterns in Nature: Aerial Views Snow covers an orchard in the United States. "No orchard's the worse for the wintriest storm; but one thing about it, it mustn't get warm," wrote Robert Frost in his poem "Good-bye, and Keep Cold." Photograph by Richard Olsenius 意译：航空浏览自然界。大雪覆盖了美国的一个果园。果园不能承受寒冷的风暴，它必须得到温暖。一位诗人写诗说：“再见吧，继续保持严寒”。

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Patterns in Nature: Aerial Views Sea ice covers the Arctic Ocean, smallest of the Earth's oceans, most of the year. Photograph by Norbert Rosing 意译：从航空看自然界。海洋的冰块覆盖在大西洋，造成地球的海洋变小了，特别是在今年。

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