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【国际摄影--环球视野】去年地球长这样！ “2015地球的景象”：美国国家地理杂志发表令人屏息的照片，让摄影师带你看世界。 Visions of Earth （2015）：Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. Browse through visions of the world as seen througha photographer''''s eye. Photograph by Massimo Vitali December 2015 Norway—The sheer drop-off and lack of guardrails don’t stop visitors—some 200,000 a year—from trekking two hours to perch on Preikestolen, aka Pulpit Rock. The flat granite slab in the Ryfylke region juts nearly 2,000 feet above the waters of the Lysefjord. Photograph by Shizuo Kambayashi, AP Images December 2015 Japan—As part of an annual Christmas event, a diver dressed as Santa Claus swims with a zebra shark at the Sunshine Aquarium. The facility is located on the top floor of a Tokyo high-rise. It has no reindeer but about 15,000 animals of some 450 species. Photograph by Camille Seaman December 2015 Antarctica—Strong winds and heavy swells set two icebergs on a collision course near Franklin Island. Seen from a Russian ship, the bergs rise perhaps 200 feet above the surface and plunge some 800 below. They may have calved from the Ross Ice Shelf. Photograph by Vincent Laforet November 2015 United States—From 7,500 feet up, the nocturnal grid of New York looks more like a circuit board than a city. The glow of LED bulbs—seen here illuminating Times Square and other parts of midtown Manhattan—accounts for the blue-violet hues. Photograph by Paul Nicklen November 2015 Norway—Meltwater gushes from an ice cap on the island of Nordaustlandet, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. The Arctic is warming faster than any other place on Earth. Photograph by George Steinmetz November 2015 Brazil—Lit by morning sun, smoke from burning trees obscures the Amazon rain forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In recent decades nearly a quarter of the forest in Mato Grosso has been cleared for farming, releasing millions of tons of stored carbon into the air. Photograph by Sash Fitzsimmons October 2015 United States—As a big wave breaks off the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, two worlds appear. On the right, a surfer enters the barrel. On the left, submerged photographers track his progress. Heavily touristed, the North Shore is also a proving ground for local surfers. Photograph by Edward Burtynsky, Toronto October 2015 Mexico—From a thousand feet above, the arid Colorado River Delta looks like a green-trunked tree with brown branches. As freshwater has dwindled over the past century—due to damming and diversion—wildlife, wetlands, agriculture, and fisheries have too. Photograph by Claire Thomas October 2015 Egypt—The Giza Pyramids, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, elicit a yawn from a camel named Alex. Built 4,500 years ago, the pharaonic tombs are marvels of architectural ingenuity. The largest comprises 2.3 million stone blocks and stands 481 feet tall. Photograph by Heather Perry September 2015 United States—Like pasta boiling in a pot, four-inch-long American eels bound for Asian fish markets wriggle in a glass dish. This species—spawned in the Sargasso Sea and swept to Maine by the Gulf Stream—lives most of its life in freshwater.
Photograph by Manish Swarup, AP Images September 2015 India—Dusted in yellow-green powder, five villagers on Nandgaon celebrate Lathmar Holi, a playful, pre-Holi festival rooted in Hindu mythology. The annual two-day event includes mock altercations between the men and women of two villages.
Photograph by Daniel Pinheiro September 2015 Brazil—On the Brazil-Argentina border, a blizzard of butterflies descends on the banks of the Igua?u River. Mineral-rich ponds that form when the river is low attract these pierids, which absorb water and secrete the excess—a process known as puddling.
Photograph by Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Agence Vu August 2015 Peru—Masked, costumed performers parade through Puno during the annual Diablada (Dance of the Devils)—part of the multiday, centuries-old Fiesta de la Candelaria. A mix of Andean religious ceremonies, it symbolizes the struggle between good and evil.
Photograph by Malin Fezehai August 2015 Israel—Positioning themselves for a photo shoot in Haifa, two Eritrean expats and their wedding party are a vision in white. Israel is home to 34,000 asylum-seekers from Eritrea. Only four have been granted refugee status under a controversial immigration law.
Photograph by Pete Oxford August 2015 Fiji—Off the southern coast of Viti Levu, bull sharks—some more than ten feet long—are drawn by a chum lunch dropped from above. Eight species of sharks and at least 400 other, smaller types of fish live in the Shark Reef Marine Reserve.
Photograph by Jennifer Jo Stock July 2015 Indonesia—Off the east coast of Sulawesi, on the bottom of the Lembeh Strait, the wide-eyed face of a foot-long stargazer emerges through black volcanic sand. These fish, named for the eyes atop their heads, ambush their prey.
Photograph by Vilhelm Gunnarsson July 2015 Iceland—Beneath the Breieamerkurj?kull glacier—part of Vatnaj?kull, one of the largest ice caps in Europe—a man in a boat is dwarfed by the walls of an ice cave. Summer melting expands the tunnel, and the river swells to fill it.
England—The gnarled landscape of Wistman’s Wood—moss-draped boulders, ferns, grass, lichen-covered dwarf oaks—is shrouded in fog and myth. Fairies, druids, and hellhounds are said to haunt this part of Dartmoor National Park.
Photograph by Filip Singer, EPA June 2015 Ukraine—At the Kachalka outdoor gym in Kiev, a former Soviet gymnast shows he’s still limber at 83. The makeshift fitness area—several acres of salvaged metal, rubber, and wood in the restive capital—has been free to use since it opened in the 1970s.
Photograph by Luca Locatelli, Institute June 2015 Singapore—Man-made “supertrees” range Jthree-year-old ecotourism site promotes clean water, solar energy, sustainable practices, and botanical diversity.
Photograph by Paul Souders, Biosphoto June 2015 Antarctica—On Cuverville Island bright feet fill the frame as a long-tailed gentoo penguin leaps from near-freezing water to rocky shore. The largest colony of this species in the Antarctic Peninsula region—more than 9,000 breeding pairs—lives in this rugged spot.
Photograph by Julia Fullerton-Batten May 2015 South Korea—Traditions are bridged in modern Seoul. Styled for an artist’s project, a young woman wears hanbok—a centuries-old clothing style noted for its vibrant colors. The outsize sculpture is a nod to the big role fish play in Korean cuisine.
Photograph by Adriana Basques May 2015 Indonesia—In Cenderawasih Bay a whale shark’s maw gapes before an easy meal. Local fishermen believe this species—the world’s largest fish—is good luck, so they leave their nets filled with baitfish. That keeps these sharks in the bay year-round.
Photograph by Tong Yu, China Stringer Network/Reuters May 2015 China—A big family eats with the fishes at Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean World. The complex’s new 150-foot-long tunnel—made of glass that is 4.7 inches thick—offers a panoramic view of 50-plus types of fish, including zebra sharks and giant groupers.
Photograph by Landon Nordeman April 2015 United States—At the 140th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Sophie Gillotti displays her Kim Kardashian cell phone case. The celebrity wasn’t in attendance this year, but the 164,906 people who were saw California Chrome carry the day at Churchill Downs.
Photograph by Michael Northrup April 2015 United States—In Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park, a dog named Phoebe faces off with a dandelion. To make this shot, the photographer held the flowering weed at arm’s length, several feet from Phoebe’s face, and used his camera flash to make the seed head glow
Photograph by Corneliu Cazacu April 2015 Iceland—Wearing masks of silica mud at the Blue Lagoon Spa, playful Japanese pensioners pretend to be zombies. These warm geothermal waters—100°F to 102°F and rich in minerals—are said to soothe psoriasis and other skin afflictions of the living.
Photograph by Guy Martin, Panos March 2015 Turkey—A plastic curtain printed with a cityscape of Istanbul serves, when stretched taut, as a backdrop for a Turkish television show. TV dramas have become an important export for Turkey and are sent all over the Middle East.
Israel—Children frolic in the fountains at Jerusalem’s Teddy Park, named in memory of the city’s longtime mayor Teddy Kollek. The dancing jets of recycled water are coordinated with lights and music.
Photograph by Irina Werning March 2015 Argentina—For “Pelo Largo Querido,” a personal project featuring Argentines with exceptionally long locks, the photographer asked local women in Neuquén, Patagonia, to let their hair down.
Photograph by Joel Sartore February 2015 United States—In a lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, hibernating arctic ground squirrels pose medical mysteries. The species can lower its body temperature below freezing and avoid serious head injuries while in hibernation, which lasts seven months.
Photograph (panorama composed of multiple images) by JR February 2015 United States—Seen from above, a seamless sheet of white paper—folded into the shape of an eye—holds and beholds 81 dancers from the New York City Ballet. This 6,500-square-foot composite image was a collaboration with the French artist JR.
Photograph by Kersti Kalberg February 2015 Estonia—In the village of Kurtna, a pony named Rainbow basks in the winter sun. The four-year-old gelding is part Estonian native horse, part Shetland pony—two breeds known for their hardiness and versatility.
Photograph by Ingo Arndt January 2015 Costa Rica—Waking up on a tree branch near Guayacán de Siquirres, a red-eyed tree frog peers through a gold-striped, semitransparent eyelid. The scarlet eyes on this toxic, three-inch-long amphibian might be an example of startle coloration—a defense strategy some animals use to ward off predators.
January 2015 China—Seen from a flowering hillside, the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are a mosaic of color: green shrubs, red duckweed, and blue sky reflected in the irrigated fields. The Hani people have farmed these 41,000 acres—now a World Heritage site—on the slopes of the Ailao Mountains for 13 centuries.
Bulgaria—Fatme Inus wears face paint, tinsel, and many-hued sequins on her wedding day in Ribnovo. The colorful tradition, which symbolizes status change, is called gelina. It’s practiced by Bulgarian-speaking Muslims—also known as Pomaks—whose wedding celebrations span two days and involve hundreds of villagers. |
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