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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。6 j0 d s& l X @3 B% N% z! X6 v! z! \
1995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。0 A6 d N1 R$ h" s J4 Y W3 ]
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/ v0 i9 G- F8 n: y7 r2 Y6 O% W$ iVillage near the Island of Panducan
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The Panducan region, in the Pangutaran group of islands, is
0 N$ T' m& G! v; ^part of the Sulu Archipelago that was long considered a den of
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9 J* X% @0 y# l! Ineighboring countries. The region’s population is 95 percent & s1 V! w5 j; }7 w: a& _* n
Muslim, a minority in the country, and was for some time in
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the Tausug were once smugglers and blacksmiths. Now they also
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trade. Unfortunately, the increasing spread of fishing using + I, N7 X$ N" ?7 h+ {7 z
cyanide or explosives has had devastating effects on marine
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Village on stilts in Tongquil, Samales Islands$ E4 O6 y, O8 V, Q( b) {
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The Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines, which
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5 t/ D3 W( K% F e( Sof them live on their boats, while others live in houses, as * I8 d4 |3 ]& h( |8 P
seen here, built on support posts planted in the sea. The ; R/ }9 g, p: x8 I) P
villagers can dive to depths of several hundred feet without
8 O O7 y! A+ s0 i- B5 Ascuba equipment, and live by gathering shellfish and pearl
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Wooded island on a lake on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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" ]3 B7 ?% a* ?5 p5 z5 F8 VThe Kenai Peninsula on the southern coast of Alaska is
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offers a landscape of forests and lakes with clear waters that
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) g* N a: X) D" s, B* }# ~Tsingy of Bemaraha, Majunga Region
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arid part contains the strange mineral forest of Tsingy of
% o. a/ C1 ]. }( MBemeraha. This geological formation, called a karst, is the
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penetration of the area has been difficult, which explains its
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continent of Africa more than 100 million years ago, and in " z) X7 a; C" R! g' c( P% \
that time its vegetation and animal life have evolved in full
+ c9 c9 C' d5 K8 \autonomy. This makes the island one of the most striking
6 N; N; @4 ~# `3 y# Z/ o' Kexamples of endemism, which is common to island environments:
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the first dune of the Moroccan Sahara, is marked
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suffered greatly from the gradual decline of the
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One lorry is said to be equivalent to 250 camels!
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) y. ^; Y+ e4 T* F) B- z1 x6 bAll icebergs drifting on currents in the Antarctic Ocean have" {/ H$ [/ ^# N" N+ @3 K
been detached from the ice sheets of Antarctica. The portion
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farenheit (-70 degrees celsius), with winds gusting up to 200
5 t- n# T/ R! M3 X8 hmiles (300 km) per hour. Some areas of the continent are
6 V8 e% G" s% I3 c" Fcovered by ice as thick as 13,000 feet (approx. 4000 m).* z: q5 k3 | L. A; z/ R! A; c) c
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Phuket Island off the Malay Peninsula is a well-known resort.
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those of the Guilin region of China. The two regions also have
/ m9 j, {! | \. a6 @4 n" Nsimilar landscapes. Shown here is the village of Koh Pannyyi, * b. `. ?- z) ?; q1 \ t; B8 H
where about 400 people, mostly engaged in fishing, live in
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