听月水榭

The tiny village of Moriusaq stands on the frozen landscape of northwest Greenland. The sea ice near this settlement used to be thick enough to travel and hunt on for hundreds of miles for up to ten months. Recently though, climate change has reduced this crucial window to just a few weeks each year.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Last Days of the Ice Hunters," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)

苔原村庄，Moriusaq，格陵兰，2006年

David McLain摄

Moriusaq小村孤零零地坐落在格陵兰东北的冰原之上。接近这个定居点的海冰曾厚到可以在近十个月的时间里在上面旅行和狩猎数百英里。但近年来，气候变化已经让海冰这一通往外界的窗口减少到每年只出现寥寥数星期。

（图作而未刊，"冰原猎人的最后时日"，2006年1月，国家地理杂志）

These monumental stone pillars are among the incredible remains of the second century B.C. kingdom of Palmyra, Syria, an oasis and trade crossroads in the Syrian desert.

Roman forces sacked Palmyra in A.D. 273 after its powerful queen Zenobia challenged imperial rule. The city continued to be an important landmark after Roman conquest, hosting silk caravans from China, spice traders from India, and perfume merchants from Arabia.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine)

帕尔米拉遗址，叙利亚，1999年

Annie Griffiths Belt摄

这些不朽的石柱是公元前2世纪叙利亚帕尔米拉王国不可思议的遗址的一部分。这个王国位于叙利亚沙漠的一片绿洲之上，也是一个商路的交汇点。

当帕尔米拉王国强有力的皇后Zenobia挑战罗马帝国的统治之后，罗马军队于公元273年洗劫了这里。但在罗马人的征服之后，帕尔米拉城继续作为一个重要的商栈接待着来自中国的丝绸商队、来自印度的香料商和来自阿拉伯的香水商。

（图作而未刊，"阿拉伯的劳伦斯：英雄之旅"，1999年1月，国家地理杂志）

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Colosseum was built to host gladiator duels, battle reenactments, and other public spectacles. Now, the 50,000-seat stone-and-concrete amphitheater serves Rome in another capacity: as a traffic circle.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Ancient Appian Way," June 1981, National Geographic magazine)

车流经过古斗兽场，罗马，意大利，1981年

O. Louis Mazzatenta摄

将近2000年前，古斗兽场是为举行角斗士决斗、战役重现和其它公众表演而建。现在，这个有着50000个座位的用石头和混凝土建造的竞技场以另外一种功能为罗马服务：作为一个交通环。

（图作而未刊，"漫游古亚平道"，1981年6月，国家地理杂志）

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"）

Explorers pulled this ancient Byzantine coin from a Black Sea wreck near Sinop, Turkey. Millennia ago, the Black Sea was a freshwater lake. When the last ice age waned some 12,000 years ago, salt water from the Mediterranean breached the Bosporus Valley, transforming the Black Sea into its current state-a toxic, brackish, oxygen-deficient pool, perfect for preserving ancient wrecks.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Deep Black Sea," May 2001, National Geographic magazine)

拜占庭硬币，Sinop，土耳其，2001

Randy Olson摄

勘探者们把这拜占庭硬币从土耳其Sinop附近的一个黑海遗迹中挖掘出来。数千年以前，黑海曾是个淡水湖。当大约12000年前最近的一个冰川期结束后，地中海的咸水穿过博斯普鲁斯海峡，把黑海转变成了现今这个样子--一个有毒的、碱化的、缺氧的内海，这种环境极其适合保存古代遗迹。

（图作而未刊，"深深的黑海"，2001年5月，国家地理杂志）