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2004-7-12 13:27 上传
Where: Heimaey island, Iceland
When: 1973
Photographer: Emory Kristof
Lava creeps over a house in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland's most important fishing port, forcing evacuation of its inhabitants as well as 5,000 others during Iceland's 14th volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "An Icelandic Village Fights for Its Life," July 1973, National Geographic magazine)
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2004-7-12 13:30 上传
Where: Papeete, French Polynesia
When: 1994
Photographer: Jodi Cobb
This view of downtown Papeete, the French Polynesian capital, belies the ever-present power struggle between the native Polynesians and the French government.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "French Polynesia," June 1997, National Geographic magazine)
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2004-7-12 13:31 上传
Where: Cornwall, England
When: 2004
Photographer: James C. Richardson
"Abandoned at the ##被过滤##et of World War l, the Lost Gardens of Heligan were restored in the 1990s to their Victorian roots. The Mud Maid was designed just as she appears here."
— From "Lost in Cornwall," July/August 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine
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2004-7-12 13:33 上传
Where: Minnesota, United States
When: 1992
Photographer: Maria Stenzel
"At a beeyard in Minnesota, Joe Tweedy and his men suit up and pull off supers—frame-filled boxes where the bees stash their surplus honey."
—From "America's Beekeepers: Hives for Hire," May 1993, National Geographic magazine
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2004-7-13 10:11 上传
Where: Paris, France
When: 1988
Photographer: James L. Stanfield
"In Paris, I.M. Pei's stark triangular anomaly marks the entrance to the Louvre Museum; once a royal palace, the Louvre has been a national museum since 1793."
-----from the National Geographic book Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs, 2003
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Where: Iceland
When: 1999
Photographer: Sisse Brimberg
"True wisdom, said a Viking poet, comes to one who 'has traveled far and knows the ways of the world.' The rich took horses on voyages, even into the afterlife: Horses were often buried with their owners."
—From "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Kenya, Africa
When: 1999
Photographer: Maria Stenzel
"To match the firepower of armed cattle raiders, an Ariaal warrior carries a rifle supplied by the government. 'Without guns we'd be sitting ducks,' says Joseph Lekuton, an American-educated Ariaal tribesman. Dependent on cows for the milk and blood that nourish them, the 10,000 Ariaal around Mount Marsabit remain largely nomadic, resisting government pressure to settle."
—From "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine
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Where: Northern Thailand
When: 1994
Photographer: Jodi Cobb
Cockfighting is a tradition in Thailand—some events are even televised. Recent efforts to reduce brutality in the sport include the banning of razor sharp metal spurs that would normally be attached to the rooster's natural spur.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Many Faces of Thailand," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)