听月水榭

Paragliders float through the clouds that surround snowcapped Mount Fuji in Japan. At 12,388 feet (3,776 meters), Fuji is Japan's highest peak. But its relatively easy-to-scale flanks draw flocks of amateur climbers to its summit-some 400,000 every year.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fuji: Japan's Sacred Summit (Except When It's Not)," August 2002, National Geographic magazine)

云中的滑翔伞，富士山，日本，2002年

Karen Kasmauski摄

滑翔伞爱好者慢慢飞过环绕着日本积雪盖顶的富士山的云雾。12388英尺（合3776米）的富士山是日本最高峰。但它的山坡却比较容易攀登，这使得每年大约有400000业余登山者会登上其顶峰。

（图作而未刊，"富士山：日本圣峰（除了它不神圣的时候），2002年8月，国家地理杂志"）