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) n8 n5 U% Y+ d9 dYann Arthus-Bertrand 一位法国著名的航空摄影师。' K; X, K3 R; I A' R
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。& t0 t* i6 j U8 t
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。) P0 m3 t: p8 g( f9 L
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Village near the Island of Panducan
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The Panducan region, in the Pangutaran group of islands, is
5 F, d) O9 B2 a+ b( p& dpart of the Sulu Archipelago that was long considered a den of
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Muslim, a minority in the country, and was for some time in
0 `5 ~$ r- ^) U# w6 E+ ~3 G# N1 yconflict with the central authorities. Among the population
8 X: u& [& _7 ]are the Tausug, ’people of the sea currents.’ Living in small , O/ R r4 S; k1 C4 v
hamlets of bamboo huts on stilts, scattered along the coasts,
) M; p# E2 W% K" C" Ithe Tausug were once smugglers and blacksmiths. Now they also 6 U0 @% n. R% u
cultivate rice, but they primarily live from fishing and
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cyanide or explosives has had devastating effects on marine
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Village on stilts in Tongquil, Samales Islands3 u8 T7 S& |; h4 w% X
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The Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines, which
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of them live on their boats, while others live in houses, as ) e5 b+ V, H, x: x. E- d% Z \
seen here, built on support posts planted in the sea. The $ p+ L- p1 q% Q; @
villagers can dive to depths of several hundred feet without
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& }: }, {) @2 \) p Loysters. Some are engaged in fishing and sea trade., e F$ J T3 G7 G. `; S$ \/ s
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Wooded island on a lake on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska+ A5 H/ R, j7 v8 l: p9 A, o" k
USA
5 T; O' i3 X" U7 {: g1 hThe 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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Tsingy of Bemaraha, Majunga Region. ^4 j& T8 H8 V0 T
MADAGASCAR
( ]1 u" Y O* }% F$ o s) n" J4 aWith an area of 226,660 square miles (597,000 km2), Madagascar
6 g6 w) n# I1 R- Cis the fourth-largest island in the world. The western, most
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result of erosion, as acid rains have gradually dissolved the
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penetration of the area has been difficult, which explains its
7 ]5 u( Y& E _. L$ E8 t& mname, ’tsingy’, which is Malagasy for ’walking on tiptoe.’ The
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2 n8 V; E# Z* O" L9 eheritage site by UNESCO in 1990. Madagascar separated from the ( {; r7 f3 j0 [; m; N
continent of Africa more than 100 million years ago, and in ' G, A6 l0 G6 Q+ Z5 F
that time its vegetation and animal life have evolved in full
) j1 @5 ~% f1 U7 d# T2 ?autonomy. This makes the island one of the most striking
9 m, N2 C, B f7 `6 [examples of endemism, which is common to island environments: " J. V* r# e! [' Q4 P: s! n# i; g; h. y
more than 80 percent of the approximately 10,000 vegetal
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indigenous to the island only; but nearly 200 Madagascan
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Camel Caravan
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km/hour and only halts at dusk. Thus at Zagora, at # E Q2 u/ X+ r$ U* q
the first dune of the Moroccan Sahara, is marked + K* C3 }* K# I% w: A* |, v
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days away by camel. Indomitable nomads, the Tuaregs
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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!9 r" r5 ?- Q7 w$ y, g0 G/ d
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Icebergs off the Adelie Coast
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/ M8 ~( p1 r1 A# X6 t. }6 VAll icebergs drifting on currents in the Antarctic Ocean have
% J) V' _+ k3 s/ v Pbeen detached from the ice sheets of Antarctica. The portion 2 ~4 P. j+ @8 t4 M
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iceberg. Temperatures in Antarctica drop as low as -94 degrees
+ ^9 j6 m0 r+ r: C& Z5 g9 ffarenheit (-70 degrees celsius), with winds gusting up to 200 : l7 a- V( o: N0 P1 z
miles (300 km) per hour. Some areas of the continent are % j7 _; N/ l" Q6 k; z% v: C, b" {
covered by ice as thick as 13,000 feet (approx. 4000 m).
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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
7 [4 T# Y& q% g- d6 ksimilar landscapes. Shown here is the village of Koh Pannyyi, ' ^: G9 Q* z* T
where about 400 people, mostly engaged in fishing, live in
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