2. Foreword 序言
As the world keeps spinning, more and more exciting
occurences can be found. It never ceases to amaze me
how many incredible discoveries and sights the world
offers us on a daily basis. Here are 23 photos that lend
support to the fact that Earth, with its inhabitants, can be a
fascinating place!
地球不停地在旋轉,我們發現越來越多令人興奮的事情。世
界有很多不可思議的發現和景象,一直為我們每天帶來驚喜。
這裡有 23 張照片為人們堤供了一個事實,地球可是一個令
人神往的地方!
3. Blue ice, the stunning result of snow falling on a glacier and becoming compressed.
藍冰,積雪遭冰川壓縮的結果
4. That’s not a branch: a mammoth tusk is unearthed from the ground.
猛獁象牙從地面出土
5. Not Legoland: a housing complex in SanBuenaventura, Mexico.
不是樂高積木:在墨西哥 聖布埃納文圖拉 的一個住宅群。
6. This looks like a piece of art, but it’s a honeycomb.
看起來像藝術品,它是蜂巢。
16. What a difference a century makes:
the daily commute, then and now.
一個世紀以來,
從前和現在每天上下班有何區別?
17. Like ebony and ivory,
lavender and wheat fields
grow side by side in
perfect harmony.
像烏木和白象牙,薰衣草
和麥田完美和諧的相依成
長。
18. This is the barely-seen ili pika, a shy mountain
animal from China, who was recently spotted
for the first time in 20 years.
幾乎沒見過的伊犁鼠兔,來自中國的羞
澀山動物,最近20年第一次被發現。
19. A rare sight: a sunset and eclipse at the same time.
罕見景象 日蝕夕陽
20. An ice cave formed by volcanic hot springs.
由火山溫泉形成的冰洞
21. Stuyvesant Town is Manhattan's largest apartment complex.
史岱文森地區是曼哈頓最大的公寓住宅區。
25. To get an idea of how large the comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is... it
has been rendered next to a city.
為了解彗星 67P/ Churyumov-
Gerasimenko 有多大......將它致於一個
城市旁邊的想像圖。
26. Data derived from the following website
http://www.ba-
bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=15068
http://www.slideshare.net/changcy0326
Music:Acker Bilk Always on My Mind