美国《国家地理》每日一图 ：2014年8月

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隐藏的世界：地下堡垒


摄影：杰佛瑞・格斯奇（Jeffrey Gusky）, National Geographic

在贵妇小径的一座堡垒遗址，仍可看见猛烈砲击留下的痕跡。1917年4月，约有3万名法国士兵在10天内命丧此地。而地底下，法军与德军试图潜入彼此的地道，有时会在漆黑的通道裡短兵相接。

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极北之星：北极熊


摄影：Cory Richards, National Geographic

一隻北极熊像站哨般佇立在俄罗斯法兰士约瑟夫群岛的鲁道夫岛上。2013年夏天，跨学科的「原始海洋考察团队」到这片群岛进行考察。这组考察队希望能解开几个谜团：為什麼多年冰在融化？这又会带来什麼样的生态冲击？

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红衣女郎：火车站之夜


摄影：Davide U.，国家地理〈你的观点〉

位於义大利雷焦艾米利亚（Reggio Emilia）、由著名建筑师圣地牙哥‧卡洛特拉瓦（Santiago Calatrava）设计的AV Mediopadana火车站是一件「建筑界的大师杰作，」国家地理〈你的观点〉社群成员Davide U.写道。他补充说，晚上时火车站的灯光令这栋建筑更具魔幻气息。「各种人来来去去，从他们脸上可以看出许多情绪。这是我最喜欢拍照的地点之一。〔当晚〕我在那裡等了很久，当我看到这位穿著红衣、撑著红伞的女性时，就知道我找到自己一直在找的画面了。」

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自由落体：跃下的瞬间


摄影：Chester Boyes, 国家地理〈你的观点〉

在波士尼亚与赫塞哥维纳的莫斯塔城（Mostar），一位当地的跳水教练从「旧桥」（Stari Most）跳进底下的涅雷特瓦河（Neretva River）。「几百年来不断有人在这座桥上跳水，」国家地理「你的观点」社群成员 Chester Boyes 写道。「这天我们也想自己跳跳看。在我们尝试之前，教练先示范该怎麼跳。」

Boyes 注意到现场群眾的人数与活力，因此火速跑到河边，希望能捕捉到教练跳到半空中的身影。「我刚好赶上。」

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Sahara's Edge
Photograph by Rafal Ziejewski, National Geographic Your Shot

A camel caravan journeys across the dunes of Morocco's Erg Chebbi desert on the edge of the Sahara. Before capturing this scene, photographer Rafal Ziejewski had trekked two hours into the desert by camel and spent the night at a Berber camp. "On the way back I wanted to take some interesting photos of this amazing place," writes Ziejewski, a member of our Your Shot community. "[So] instead of taking a camel, I decided to walk. Getting off the beaten track gave me a lot of opportunities for great shots."

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Night on the Boulder River
Photograph by John Warner, National Geographic Your Shot

While hiking and camping in Montana's Beartooth Mountains, Your Shot member John Warner used a technique called light painting to illuminate the landscape as the Boulder River roared by. "It was pitch-dark and actually cloudy, hence the Morse code star trails," he writes. "During the five-minute exposure I walked upstream along the river's edge carrying two powerful flashlights." Through gaps in the foliage, Warner shined beams of light onto the water and the opposite bank as he walked. "I wish you could hear the deafening sound."

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Pyrgos Skies
Photograph by Laetitia Guichard, National Geographic Your Shot

A long exposure captures cloud movement over the coastal Greek village of Pyrgos. "The sky was perfect for this sort of treatment," says Your Shot member Laetitia Guichard. "Pyrgos is an authentic reflection of Greece—perfect for an artist and photographer."

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Close Encounter
Photograph by Sandro Lonardi, National Geographic Your Shot

While diving in the Galápagos Islands, Sandro Lonardi took a break between dives to snorkel with sea lions. "At first they were all on the island, but slowly they entered the water and started to play with us," says the Your Shot member. "They were a bit shy, but as I started to imitate them, they become more familiar and started to get closer and closer. It was a great moment."

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Spiritual Roots
Photograph by Julian Bound, National Geographic Your Shot

On a tour of Wat Mahathat, a temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, Your Shot member Julian Bound spotted a large stone Buddha head sitting encased in a tree. "Its roots are said to have grown around the sculpture during a time when the temple lay abandoned and overgrown," Bound writes. "Drawn to the uniqueness of the statue, I knelt down to take the shot as rich sunlight played across the Buddha's features, making sure to capture the ground before the tree to give depth and scale to the image."

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Morning Tea
Photograph by Vito Dozio, National Geographic Your Shot

Dawn comes to a tea plantation in Munnar, India, once a favorite summer retreat of British officials. Situated 5,200 feet and more above sea level, the Kerala hill station is awash in the green of its forests, grasslands, and plantations, and offers visitors the charm of discovery—from waterfalls and wildflowers to winding lanes.

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It's Tokay
Photograph by Iwan Pruvic, National Geographic Your Shot

A tokay gecko shows its true colors in the woods around Tangerang, Indonesia. Tokays are among the largest geckos and range from northeast India to the Malay Archipelago. Here, one of the tokay's ears can be seen as a small hole on the side of its head. It's possible, peering through the hole, to see through its head to the other side.

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The Weather at the Sea
Photograph by Cedric Delves, National Geographic Your Shot

It's bracing weather for a walk on a November afternoon in the town of Deal on England's North Sea coast. "Only a few people out, a number walking the dog," writes Your Shot member Cedric Delves. "Perhaps it was the weather, but having wrapped up, most appeared to have turned inward, to thoughts, worries, and all; only the dogs seemed wholly at ease, simply out and about for the fun of it.

"I thought I would try to capture something of this. These three came from different directions, at differing speeds … Fortunately all came together: the two people deep in their thoughts, going their separate ways, but the dog at ease, even giving me a direct, open, and sort of knowing look."

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Moody Hues
Photograph by Luca Venturi, National Geographic Your Shot

Atmospheric weather conditions in the Lofoten Islands village of Hamnøy gave Luca Venturi the opportunity to take advantage of a less than ideal forecast on a four-day photography trip. The Your Shot member had hoped to capture the aurora borealis on the Norwegian archipelago and found it necessary to adapt. "I came across a fishing village that I had dreamed of seeing in snowy conditions and decided to use the unusual lighting to portray its uncommon appearance," Venturi writes. "I tried to highlight the warm colors of the fishermen's houses and the surrounding vegetation against the more cold and tenuous ones of sky and sea."

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Croc Tail
Photograph by Mike Korostelev, National Geographic Your Shot

"I met this crocodile face-to-face underwater," writes Your Shot member Mike Korostelev. "There was only my underwater camera between it and me."

Having long dreamt of photographing a crocodile in its natural aquatic habitat, Korostelev traveled to Banco Chinchorro, Mexico, a biosphere reserve in the Caribbean Sea and a breeding ground for American crocodiles. "We lived in a fisherman's hut that stood right on the sea on stilts. During the day we searched for crocodiles, which swam out of mangroves to hunt fish. This one was quite friendly and showed its beauty all around."

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Falling River
Photograph by Rennis Kauffman, National Geographic Your Shot

A tight angle captures the McCloud River falling in tiers to an unseen swimming hole below. The Middle McCloud Falls are one of three on the clear, chilly river in northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest. From an overlook at the Middle Falls, visitors can take in Mount Shasta and Castle Crags among other natural features.

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Hats Off
Photograph by Huynh Jet, National Geographic Your Shot

"I was drawn to an older woman who was working very hard on crafting these hats," writes Your Shot member Huynh Jet, who captured this photo in a traditional dwelling in Duc Hoa, Long An Province, Vietnam. "I climbed on a ladder and stood there until I caught the moment when she put the threads into the hat. A big traditional family in Long An has made and sold hats for over a hundred years."

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Birds' Egg
Photograph by Barbara Ernst, National Geographic Your Shot

"Seven-acre Eastern Egg Rock is an Audubon research island off Boothbay Harbor, Maine, that's home to the world's first restored seabird colony," writes Barbara Ernst, a member of our Your Shot community. Puffins and guillemots nest on nearby granite boulders, while the interior habitat hosts eiders, nesting terns, and laughing gulls.

"We were circling the island by boat looking for puffins when the student interns (the only people on the island) climbed on top of the house and started waving to the only people they probably saw all day. They sleep in the small tents, and the little house you see is their kitchen/work area. I was drawn to the drama of the scene and the emotion of the story it told."

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Sun Salutation
Photograph by Kevin H., National Geographic Your Shot

A blue heron catches the last rays of a setting sun at Great Falls National Park in Maryland.

"I go there often because the herons make great subjects for long exposures against the falls," writes Your Shot member Kevin H. "After shooting for about a minute or two, I finally noticed one standing on the rocks. I loved how the glowing mist was drifting behind it and that the rocks were illuminated by the sunset."

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Those Lion Eyes
Photograph by Hannes Lochner, National Geographic Your Shot

When photographer Hannes Lochner set up his camera at a water hole in South Africa's Kalahari, he tried hiding it from curious lions because "they might play with it or carry it off," he writes. "On this particular evening, I was in my vehicle just as the sun was setting, the dust in the air creating a special kind of Kalahari light, and a pride of lions arrived. By repeatedly clicking the shutter, I coaxed the ever curious cubs forward."

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The Sea Life
Photograph by Matthieu Paley, National Geographic

The Bajau of Malaysia fish and dive for almost everything they eat. Some live in houses on the beach or on stilts; others have no homes but their boats.

Her face dusted in bedak sejuk, a cooling powder made of rice and pandan leaves, Alpaida paddles out to visit friends in stilt houses. The teen and her family belong to the tribal group known as the Sea Bajau because they live year-round on their lepa-lepas, handmade houseboats.