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1989年，他决定收集100张出色的照片，结集出版成一本书。而后在他的激情的引导下，他开始在世界各地旅行，拍摄了大量的航空照片。
% a( ^9 L& r: Q! W1995年，在UNESCO的赞助下，他创建了航空杂志：Earth From Above 。让我们从空中，这个独特的视角，欣赏充满魅力的地球。' P9 S u3 A+ u4 v W& L
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" F' j- |& o4 ^, G* ]- Q+ L( KVillage near the Island of Panducan
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The Panducan region, in the Pangutaran group of islands, is
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neighboring countries. The region’s population is 95 percent
4 k1 V, _1 Q8 p% [: M) sMuslim, a minority in the country, and was for some time in
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are the Tausug, ’people of the sea currents.’ Living in small
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the Tausug were once smugglers and blacksmiths. Now they also ( [0 ]- ^, Z* {
cultivate rice, but they primarily live from fishing and 7 G3 u2 l- ~1 {9 B0 r7 C
trade. Unfortunately, the increasing spread of fishing using % ?# ?' I. Y2 V0 K+ w
cyanide or explosives has had devastating effects on marine . Y7 U$ Q$ Y, A1 t/ R
fauna, especially on the coral reefs.
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Village on stilts in Tongquil, Samales Islands& U& k0 l$ y5 J- S7 P
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The Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines, which
* N7 Y0 }( L2 tincludes the Samales Islands, is the home of the Badjaos. Some
: m8 m; R% P7 y6 mof them live on their boats, while others live in houses, as
4 E: e& H- v9 y2 fseen here, built on support posts planted in the sea. The 4 U$ L. }. t W. W! Q+ N1 }
villagers can dive to depths of several hundred feet without
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oysters. Some are engaged in fishing and sea trade.5 H' C: l5 M; Y( ?) `4 Y
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Wooded island on a lake on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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protected from permafrost by a temperate maritime climate. It
* H! t8 {9 a) f; joffers a landscape of forests and lakes with clear waters that
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them over. The lakes’ plentiful fish include trout and salmon.
1 ~; ^$ C9 }: P4 S# kThe fish swim upstream in summer, providing a valuable source % q" x7 _* s6 N; n. @
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With an area of 226,660 square miles (597,000 km2), Madagascar
, x% u' t6 K. A2 R6 o% [4 ais the fourth-largest island in the world. The western, most , L; z, \6 k0 Z% E/ `8 W) I- ]
arid part contains the strange mineral forest of Tsingy of * B; }+ p3 _# y6 E) f5 s' @% {
Bemeraha. This geological formation, called a karst, is the
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stone of the chalky plateau and carved out sharp ridges that 3 i, R& y+ x% \8 ~: C
rise to heights of 65 to 95 feet (20 to 30 m). Human
0 _# H, v* ?5 m( l. _8 M, ~penetration of the area has been difficult, which explains its
* {- h/ o7 u @4 U4 {name, ’tsingy’, which is Malagasy for ’walking on tiptoe.’ The
* T0 ^$ k9 U- l' fsite was declared a nature reserve in 1927 and a world 0 l" n; u- H. H9 E$ Y4 z
heritage site by UNESCO in 1990. Madagascar separated from the 4 J8 H+ @( _ a% p8 T1 u+ w% H k
continent of Africa more than 100 million years ago, and in
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autonomy. This makes the island one of the most striking / [2 d' }3 C1 f
examples of endemism, which is common to island environments: ' H4 Z* l+ C; I# a& O
more than 80 percent of the approximately 10,000 vegetal $ {9 z$ O: e+ G$ g$ D
species and nearly 1,200 animal species recorded are
' s0 `) M8 D( `indigenous to the island only; but nearly 200 Madagascan 4 @" i* g0 T/ D% R. V+ Y3 `5 j
species are endangered.
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On the edges of the Sahel, the caravan route crosses4 S# E" G G+ Z# y/ J4 S
Niger, Mali, Mauritania and the south of Morocco. A
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km/hour and only halts at dusk. Thus at Zagora, at
# [$ c' ^, k8 Hthe first dune of the Moroccan Sahara, is marked
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; s3 u7 d, s" V% hdays away by camel. Indomitable nomads, the Tuaregs
3 l9 a2 J/ T7 o* c& tare reputed to be fiercely independent and have
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One lorry is said to be equivalent to 250 camels!
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been detached from the ice sheets of Antarctica. The portion q' K5 T" }; |
protruding above the surface of the water is only part of the % g. B {1 U I' |+ u5 |5 S- f5 m' v
iceberg. Temperatures in Antarctica drop as low as -94 degrees + H2 V5 F: j+ V( a B7 v6 o9 c
farenheit (-70 degrees celsius), with winds gusting up to 200 % j* B$ {" `+ D( m( J
miles (300 km) per hour. Some areas of the continent are ' ?* e: D8 f' Y6 s1 i
covered by ice as thick as 13,000 feet (approx. 4000 m).
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from the sea. The island has topographic features similar to
+ | j5 a9 F8 _those of the Guilin region of China. The two regions also have
* e6 M2 Z8 W5 i x; J0 z5 Zsimilar landscapes. Shown here is the village of Koh Pannyyi,
1 F" }7 f, }, e! Z/ Q0 x* h3 z6 ^9 V$ iwhere about 400 people, mostly engaged in fishing, live in
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