国家地理 2006年四月

琉璃

2006-04-26
　　Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, 1995
　　Photograph by Sam Abell
　　This lonely mangrove clings to the earth with its massive roots. Cape York Peninsula is a land of extreme scorched in one season and sodden in the next. Five months of monsoon rains causes rivers to burst their banks, then they evaporate during seven months of withering drought.
　　(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cape York Peninsula," June 1996, National Geographic magazine)
　　图中这棵拥有结实巨大的根部的红树，独自坚守在大地上。Cape York Peninsula的土地在一个季节里非常干旱，在下一个季节里又完全湿透了。连续5个月的雨季导致河水冲出两岸，然后又在接下来的7个月旱季中完全蒸发了。

琉璃

2006-04-27
　　Sinaloa, Mexico, 1971
　　Photograph by Walter Meayers Edwards
　　"Festivals and celebrations are a part of life in Mexico. They are meant to honor, unite, and prolong tradition; many of the religious celebrations began before the Hispanic era."
　　—From the National Geographic book Great American Deserts, 1972
　　
　　"在墨西哥，节日和庆典已经成为生活的一部分。它们意味着光荣，团结，以及长期的传统；许多宗教庆典起始于西班牙时代以前"