听月水榭

During the first weekend of August, the residents of Vestmannaeyjar celebrate Iceland's first constitution in bold Viking style梬ith fire, song, and plenty of drink. Democracy took root on this rocky island in 930 A.D., when the Althing, predecessor to today's parliament, first met. "Icelanders have no other king than the laws," wrote an 11th-century cleric, and the proud descendants of the country's original settlers remain fiercely independent.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "In Search of Vikings," May 2000, National Geographic magazine)

Vestmannaeyjar,冰岛，1998
Sisse Brimberg摄
在每年八月的第一个周末中，Vestmannaeyjar的居民们会以伴有火焰、歌唱和豪饮的维京式的豪放风格来纪念冰岛第一部宪法的颁布。当今日的议会形式的前身Althing于公元930年时成立时，民主政治便在这座岩岛上生根发芽了。“冰岛人从此便只会臣服于法律之下”一位11世纪的牧师写道，这同时也代表了那些在风起云涌的独立运动之后幸存的原移民的自豪后代的想法。
（国家地理，“追寻维京”，2000年5月，图作而未刊）

"Brown and blue blend as water from Ginnie Spring mixes with river water tinted by plant tannins. While this natural dye is harmless, man-made pollution clouds the future of these fountains梐 fact Floridians must now confront."

(Text and photograph from "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)

Ginnie泉，佛罗里达州，1998
Wes Skiles摄
当Ginnie泉泉水与被植物单宁酸所染色的河水相混合时便形成了蓝褐相辉的景象。然而这种天然染料却是无害的，事实上那些威胁着这些泉水未来的人造污染物才是当前佛罗里达人所亟需面对的。
（国家地理，“揭秘北佛罗里达的泉水迷宫”，1999年3月，图作而未刊）

Parents watch their children play baseball from parked cars around the field as a darkening sky threatens a summer storm. In the background, Square Butte rises 2,400 feet (732 meters) above the surrounding plains.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Missouri Breaks," May 1999, National Geographic magazine)

Geraldine,蒙大拿州，1996
William Albert Allard摄
阴沉的天空预示着一场雷雨的临近，在球场边的停靠着的汽车中，家长们正关注着他们孩子们的棒球赛。而在远方天幕下的是耸立于附近平原之上的高2400英尺（合732米）的方形孤丘。
（国家地理，“密苏里山口”，1999年5月，图作而未刊）

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PS:"The Missouri Breaks"原来我实在不知道要怎么翻译，本人又没看过那期的国家地理（要我看过那要求不太高了吗？）。在网上查竟然还有这么一部电影，还是马龙白兰度演的，所以就取了这部电影的其中一个译名，个人觉得还是比较准确吧^_^