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伯里圣埃德蒙兹镇的修道院公园，英国萨福克郡 Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England (© Charles Martinez/Amazing Aerial Agency)

绝妙的对称性 Stunning symmetry

Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England

Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds comprise a living, vibrant park, and just not because of their 14 acres of colorful displays and ornate flowerbeds—they have changed with the times, all while still jealously guarding their history. The site here in the county of Suffolk, in eastern England, was originally home to a powerful Benedictine Abbey in medieval times—in fact, 2022 marks the 1000th anniversary of the storied abbey. You can still visit the abbey ruins and marvel at the 14th-century Great Gate and Norman Tower, which have survived through the ages. Nathaniel Hodson took the original Abbey Gardens and designed them as a botanic garden in 1831, using the Royal Botanic Gardens in Brussels, with its concentric circles, as his inspiration.

A century later, the people of Bury St Edmunds saw the popular park's circular beds replaced by 64 island beds in honor of George VI's coronation, which they celebrated in 1937, all set off by specially designed illuminations. A water garden and rose garden added more dimensions to the park, followed by an herb garden (the monks of yesteryear would be happy) and a sensory garden for the visually impaired. Today, gardeners plant about 20,000 plants in the spring to dazzle summer visitors, and then they do the same with 12,000 plants and 20,000 bulbs each fall in anticipation of a colorful display the next spring.

英国伯里圣埃德蒙修道院花园

伯里圣埃德蒙的修道院花园是一个充满活力的公园，但这并不是因为它们14英亩的彩色展示和华丽的花坛，它们随着时代的变化而变化，同时仍在嫉妒地守护着它们的历史。该遗址位于英格兰东部萨福克郡，中世纪时曾是一座强大的本笃会修道院的所在地。事实上，2022年是这座历史悠久的修道院的1000周年纪念日。你仍然可以参观修道院遗址，并惊叹于14世纪的大门和诺曼塔，它们历久弥新。1831年，纳撒尼尔·霍德森（Nathaniel Hodson）以布鲁塞尔皇家植物园（Royal botanic Gardens）及其同心圆为灵感，将修道院最初的花园设计为植物园。

一个世纪后，伯里圣埃德蒙兹的人们看到了受欢迎的公园的圆形床被64张岛屿床所取代，以纪念乔治六世的加冕典礼，他们在1937年庆祝了加冕典礼，所有这些都由专门设计的照明装置所衬托。一个水上花园和玫瑰园为公园增加了更多的空间，接着是一个草本花园（去年的僧侣们会很高兴）和一个视觉障碍者的感官花园。如今，园丁们在春季种植了约20000株植物，以吸引夏季游客的眼球，然后他们每年秋天都会种植12000株植物和20000株鳞茎植物，以期待来年春天的多彩展示。

一组月相照片 Composite photo showing the phases of the moon (© Delpixart/Getty Images)

人类迈出的一大步 One giant leap for mankind

National Moon Day

Bigger and brighter than anything else you can see from Earth in the night sky, the moon has inspired our calendar, our songs, our art, our stories, and our dreams. Today, on National Moon Day, we remember one dream that came true on this date in 1969: the day humans first set foot on the lunar surface. So far, it's the only place beyond our planet that humans have visited.

Fifty-three years ago, millions of people around the world watched NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong step out of the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle and onto the surface of the moon. Fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin followed him 19 minutes later, and the pair spent more than two hours exploring the landing site and collecting samples of lunar material. They and a third astronaut, Michael Collins—who flew the command module that took them back to Earth and did not have a moon walk of his own—spent eight days in space before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. The moon landing gave the US a victory in the Space Race with the Soviets.

The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting our planet about every 28 days, what we refer to as a lunar cycle. The moon has virtually no atmosphere, no evidence of life, no water, no sound, and very low gravity. It is literally a dusty ball of rock. Yet, the moon stabilizes Earth's wobble on its axis and therefore moderates our climate. Most scientists believe it was formed out of debris ejected from Earth after a massive collision with another planet-like body. If that's true, the moon is part of Earth, inextricably linked forever.

国家月球日

月亮比你在夜空中从地球上看到的任何东西都更大、更明亮，它激发了我们的日历、我们的歌曲、我们的艺术、我们的故事和我们的梦想。今天，在国家月球日，我们记得1969年这个日子实现的一个梦想：人类首次踏上月球表面的那一天。到目前为止，它是地球之外唯一一个人类去过的地方。

五十三年前，全世界数百万人观看了美国宇航局宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗走出阿波罗登月舱“鹰”登上月球表面。19分钟后，另一名宇航员巴兹·奥尔德林跟随他，两人花了两个多小时探索着陆点并收集月球物质样本。他们和第三名宇航员迈克尔·柯林斯（Michael Collins）在太空中度过了八天，然后坠入太平洋。迈克尔·柯林斯驾驶着指挥舱将他们带回了地球，他自己也没有进行过月球行走。登月使美国在与苏联的太空竞赛中取得了胜利。

月球是地球上唯一的天然卫星，大约每28天绕地球一周，我们称之为月球周期。月球几乎没有大气层，没有生命迹象，没有水，没有声音，重力很低。它实际上是一个尘土飞扬的岩石球。然而，月球稳定了地球在其轴线上的摆动，因此缓和了我们的气候。大多数科学家认为，它是由与另一个类似行星的物体发生大规模碰撞后从地球上喷出的碎片形成的。如果这是真的，那么月球是地球的一部分，永远是密不可分的。

基姆湖上的淑女岛，德国巴伐利亚州 Aerial view of Fraueninsel island in Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany (© Malorny/Getty Images)

“巴伐利亚海”中的岛屿 Island in the "Bavarian Sea"

Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, Bayern

Just 15.5 hectares in size, the Fraueninsel is still the second-largest island in the Chiemsee after the Herreninsel - admittedly, there are only three inland islands in total, and the tiny Krautinsel as the third in the group is also uninhabited. The car-free Fraueninsel, whose appearance is mainly characterized by the Benedictine monastery of Frauenchiemsee (also known as Frauenwörth), founded in 782, can be reached all year round with the passenger ships of the Chiemsee shipping company.

The only settlement on the Fraueninsel is called Frauenchiemsee. It consists of about 50 houses in which around 250 people live. The name of the place and the island are often used synonymously. Chiemsee, which covers almost 80 square kilometers, is Bavaria's largest lake and Germany's third-largest after Lake Constance and Müritz. In the absence of its own seashore, an affectionate nickname for Lake Chiemsee has emerged among the Bavarian population over time: it is very often referred to as the "Bavarian Sea".

Fraueninsel、切姆西、拜仁

面积只有15.5公顷的弗劳尼塞尔岛仍然是基姆塞岛上仅次于赫雷宁塞尔岛的第二大岛屿——不可否认，总共只有三个内陆岛屿，而作为该群岛第三大岛屿的小克劳蒂塞尔岛也无人居住。无车Fraueninsel的外观主要以建于782年的Frauenchiemsee（也称为Frauenwörth）本笃会修道院为特征，可以通过Chiemsee航运公司的客船全年到达。

关于Fraueninsel的唯一解决方案称为Frauenchiemsee。它由大约50座房屋组成，其中约有250人居住。这个地方和这个岛的名字通常是同义词。基姆塞湖占地近80平方公里，是巴伐利亚州最大的湖泊，也是德国仅次于康斯坦斯湖和缪里兹湖的第三大湖。由于没有自己的海岸，随着时间的推移，基姆塞湖在巴伐利亚人中出现了一个亲切的昵称：它通常被称为“巴伐利亚海”。

布满奇石的青海岛，日本北长门海岸国定公园 Omijima Island in Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Japan (© Sean Pavone Photo/Adobe Stock)

海上阿尔卑斯山 Alps of the sea

Marine Day in Japan

The striking coastline of Omijima Island has earned it the nickname 'The Alps of the Sea.' Its sheer cliffs and dramatic angles certainly echo the skyscraping peaks in that European mountain range. But a visit to Omijimi Island will take you to the other side of the world, to Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, in Yamaguchi, Japan. Year-round scuba diving adventures reveal a world under the waves just as beautiful as the one above the surface.

日本的海洋日

大尾岛引人注目的海岸线为它赢得了“海洋阿尔卑斯山”的绰号它陡峭的悬崖和引人注目的角度肯定与欧洲那条山脉上的群峰相呼应。但是，游览大米岛将把你带到世界的另一边，日本山口的北长门凯根准国家公园。一年到头的水肺潜水冒险揭示了波浪下的世界和水面上的世界一样美丽。

北狼丘里的"波浪谷"，美国亚利桑那州 'The Wave' sandstone formation in Coyote Buttes North, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona (© Dennis Frates/Alamy)

乘风破浪 Ride the wave

The Wave at Coyote Buttes

By showing you this coveted sight, we're saving you a bit of an ordeal. For a close-up view like this of 'The Wave,' a whorled sandstone formation in the northern Arizona wilderness, you'd have to navigate a rugged and mostly trail-free hiking route in typically scorching temperatures. You'd also need to have a permit in your pocket. To protect the landscape, only a small number are available, offered through a daily lottery. But maybe for you the journey is at least as important as the destination? If so, this is just one hike of many in the expansive Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, which protects more than 100,000 acres of Arizona and Utah canyonland.

郊狼丘上的波浪

通过向你们展示这一令人垂涎的景象，我们为你们省去了一点磨难。要想近距离拍摄“The Wave”，这是亚利桑那州北部荒野中的一个螺纹砂岩地层，你必须在典型的酷热天气下，沿着崎岖不平、几乎没有足迹的徒步路线行走。你还需要口袋里有许可证。为了保护景观，只有少数人可以通过每日彩票获得。但也许对你来说，旅程至少和目的地一样重要？如果是这样的话，这只是帕里亚峡谷朱红色悬崖国家纪念碑中众多徒步旅行中的一次，该纪念碑保护着亚利桑那州和犹他州超过10万英亩的峡谷地。

阿罗内镇的村落，意大利翁布里亚大区 The village of Arrone in Umbria, Italy (© Maurizio Rellini/eStock Photo)

时光倒流...... Step back in time...

Arrone in Umbria, Italy

Close your eyes and picture a charming medieval Italian village, perched on a hill, church bells marking the hours, a hazy spread of patchwork fields fading into the distance. Well, that's the ancient village of Arrone. (On second thought, we probably didn't need the photo.) Arrone looks over the Valnerina, a valley carved by the river Nera, which twists its way through Italy's scenic Umbria region, known as the Green Heart of Italy.

When you stroll through the narrow alleys between 9th-century stone houses, it's like entering a time warp. Gaze out from the fortifications, imagining battles of the past. You'll easily spot the iconic square clock tower, with an ancient olive tree on top—it's what remains of the fortress built by the founders of the village, the Arroni family.

As you're walking through the past, make sure to visit both of Arrone's churches. Since you're at the top of the village—'la Terra,' to locals—explore the modest 13th-century San Giovanni Battista church and its stunning works of art. Check out the bell tower, too: The 'Campanari di Arrone' (bell ringers of Arrone) are guardians of traditional bell-ringing methods. In the village's lower section, you'll find the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, which is filled with gorgeous frescoes dating to the early-16th and 17th centuries. And don't forget to marvel at the 16th-century glazed terra-cotta sculptures. So many ways to explore history in such a little village.

意大利翁布里亚的阿隆

闭上眼睛，想象一个迷人的中世纪意大利村庄，坐落在一座小山上，教堂的钟声标志着时间，一片朦胧的错落有致的田野渐渐远去。嗯，那是阿隆的古村落。（仔细想想，我们可能不需要这张照片。）阿隆俯瞰瓦纳里纳，这是一个由内拉河雕刻而成的山谷，内拉河蜿蜒穿过意大利风景秀丽的翁布里亚地区，被称为意大利的绿色心脏。

当你漫步在9世纪石头房子之间的狭窄小巷时，就像进入了一个时间隧道。从防御工事向外凝视，想象过去的战斗。你很容易就能看到标志性的方形钟楼，上面有一棵古老的橄榄树，这是阿罗尼家族的创始人建造的堡垒的遗迹。

当你回顾过去时，一定要参观阿隆的两座教堂。既然你在“la Terra”村的顶端，当地人就可以探索13世纪的圣乔瓦尼·巴蒂斯塔教堂（San Giovanni Battista church）及其令人叹为观止的艺术品。也可以去看看钟楼：“坎帕纳里·迪·阿隆”（阿隆的敲钟者）是传统敲钟方法的守护者。在村庄的较低部分，你会发现圣玛利亚阿桑塔教堂，教堂内有16世纪和17世纪早期的华丽壁画。别忘了惊叹16世纪的釉面陶俑雕塑。在这样一个小村庄里，探索历史的方式有很多。

巨人堤道上的玄武岩柱，英国北爱尔兰 Basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (© Olimpio Fantuz/eStock Photo)

巨石中的巨石 Rocks rock!

International Rock Day

Today is International Rock Day and we're giving due respect to these geological wonders. It might seem odd to sing the praises of rock, but think about it. Rocks have been with humankind since the beginning. From tools to housing to weapons, they've been key to our survival. A period of our history was so reliant on rocks that it will be forever known as the Stone Age. We would not be where we are today without the many minerals found on our planet, so rock on!

To celebrate, we're going to focus on one marvelous rock in particular: basalt, the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth. Here at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, there are roughly 40,000 interlocking hexagonal columns of basalt formed after an ancient eruption. According to one Gaelic legend, however, this was built as a battleground for two giants, Ireland's Finn MacCool and Scotland's Benandonner. Another legend suggests MacCool built the causeway to cross the North Channel to meet a Scottish lover.

Revered as one of the United Kingdom's greatest natural wonders, the Giant's Causeway is one of the most popular tourist spots in Northern Ireland. If you can't make the journey, thanks to the way basalt naturally forms these polygonal columns, you could find some to construct a walkway of cobblestones to battle your own giants. At the very least, you'd have a sturdy rock that lasts the test of time.

国际岩石日

今天是国际岩石日，我们对这些地质奇观给予应有的尊重。歌颂摇滚乐似乎有些奇怪，但想想看。岩石从一开始就与人类同在。从工具到住房再到武器，它们一直是我们生存的关键。我们的历史中有一段时期是如此依赖岩石，以至于它将永远被称为石器时代。如果没有在我们的星球上发现的许多矿物质，我们就不会达到今天的水平，所以继续前进吧！

为了庆祝，我们将特别关注一种神奇的岩石：玄武岩，地球上最丰富的火山岩。在北爱尔兰的巨人堤道上，大约有40000个联锁的六角玄武岩柱，它们是在古代火山爆发后形成的。然而，根据盖尔人的一个传说，这里是两个巨人的战场，爱尔兰的芬恩·麦克库和苏格兰的贝南多纳。另一个传说是，麦考尔建造这条堤道是为了穿过北海峡去见一位苏格兰情人。

巨人堤被誉为英国最伟大的自然奇观之一，是北爱尔兰最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。如果你不能完成旅程，多亏了玄武岩自然形成这些多边形柱的方式，你可以找到一些用鹅卵石建造的走道来对抗你自己的巨人。至少，你会有一块坚固的石头，经得起时间的考验。

悉尼奥林匹克公园里的湾标瞭望台，澳大利亚 Bay Marker Lookout, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia (© ai_yoshi/Getty Images)

螺旋上升…… Spiraling upward...

Bay Marker Lookout, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia

It's an easy, circular trail to the Bay Marker Lookout, but you have to make it under your own steam—sorry, no cars allowed. This is one of the five Sydney Olympic Park Markers, cone-shaped earth mounds installed for the 2000 Olympics in Australia. They are cleverly placed to look from the air like the Australian flag's Southern Cross. From the ground, the Bay Marker gives a stunning full-360-degree view of Wentworth Common—a large grassy park—and the larger Olympic Park and stadium. You can also look over Homebush Bay (the community and the body of water) to the north. It's a dramatic melding of urban landscape, the city skyline, the wetlands and greenery, rivers, and beaches.

澳大利亚悉尼奥林匹克公园海湾标志了望台

这是一条通往海湾标志了望台的简单的环形小道，但你必须在自己的蒸汽下到达。对不起，不允许开车。这是悉尼奥林匹克公园为2000年澳大利亚奥运会安装的五个圆锥形土墩之一。它们被巧妙地放置在空中，看起来像澳大利亚国旗的南十字。从地面上看，海湾标志物可以360度全方位俯瞰温特沃斯公园（Wentworth Common），这是一个长满青草的大型公园，以及更大的奥林匹克公园和体育场。你也可以在北边俯瞰Homebush湾（社区和水体）。这是城市景观、城市天际线、湿地和绿化、河流和海滩的戏剧性融合。

巴塞罗那城市上空，西班牙 Barcelona, Spain (© SW Photography/Getty Images)

城市规划永不停歇 Urban planning never stops

World Population Day

The bustling city streets of Barcelona seem as good a place as any to mark World Population Day. More and more of us are heading to the city. It's estimated that 2007 was the first year in which more people lived in cities than in rural areas. If current trends continue, by 2050 about two-thirds of the world population will be living in cities. City planners and government officials will need to account for this rapid increase as power grids, water supplies, public transit, and emergency services will all be stretched.

World Population Day was created by the United Nations in 1989 to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. After hundreds of thousands of years, the world human population finally reached 1 billion around the year 1804. In just over 200 years since then it has exceeded 7.7 billion. It's expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100. How many is too many? What standard of living can we expect for people when the population exceeds 10 billion? And how many people can the planet sustain while also allowing nature to thrive? These are among the questions policy makers will confront as they consider the future of our world.

世界人口日

巴塞罗那繁华的城市街道似乎是纪念世界人口日的最佳场所。我们中越来越多的人正前往城市。据估计，2007年是城市人口比农村人口多的第一年。如果目前的趋势继续下去，到2050年，大约三分之二的世界人口将生活在城市。由于电网、供水、公共交通和应急服务都将捉襟见肘，城市规划者和政府官员将需要对这一快速增长做出解释。

世界人口日是联合国于1989年设立的，目的是使人们关注人口问题的紧迫性和重要性。几十万年后，世界人口终于在1804年左右达到10亿。从那以后的200多年里，它已经超过了77亿。预计2030年将增长到约85亿，2050年将增长到97亿，2100年将增长到109亿。多少是太多？当人口超过100亿时，我们能期望人们的生活水平如何？在允许自然繁荣的同时，这个星球还能维持多少人？这些是决策者在考虑世界未来时将面临的问题之一。

鸟瞰视角下的彩色船只，土耳其欧鲁旦尼斯 Aerial view of colorful boats in the Mediterranean Sea in Ölüdeniz, Turkey (© den-belitsky/Getty Images)

绚丽多彩的海滩 A beach of many colors

Ölüdeniz, Turkey

Whether you love snorkeling, scuba-diving, swimming, paragliding, or simply soaking up some sun, Ölüdeniz on Turkey's Turquoise Coast will fit the bill. The village and beach resort are named for the Blue Lagoon that's set off from the ocean by a long sandbar. (The literal translation of Ölüdeniz is 'Dead Sea,' reflecting the calm water, but for marketing purposes, the gorgeous color is more complimentary.) Much of the area is protected inside a national park, and the Ölüdeniz beach proudly holds the Blue Flag certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education, which recognizes high environmental and quality standards.

When you're all beached out, head for the hills. Ölüdeniz is one of the best paragliding spots in the world, so launch yourself from the impressive Mount Babadağ—just 3 miles from the seaside—and enjoy spectacular views of the lagoon, the beach, the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, and the scenic hills and valleys fading into the distance. Once you're back on solid ground, take a trip to the marvelous Butterfly Valley—it's easy, just jump on a taxi boat or drive the lovely local road that hugs the coast. Hopefully you'll spot a variety of butterflies as you hike through the natural canyon. Whether you go by air, land, or sea, there are so many ways to celebrate nature and diversity in this gorgeous part of the world.

欧鲁旦尼斯，土耳其

无论你喜欢浮潜、水肺潜水、游泳、滑翔伞，还是仅仅是晒晒太阳，土耳其绿松石海岸的欧鲁旦尼斯都是合适的选择。这个村庄和海滩度假胜地以蓝色的环礁湖命名，环礁湖由一个长长的沙洲与大海相望。（欧鲁旦尼斯的直译是“死海”，反映了平静的海水，但出于营销目的，华丽的颜色更具互补性。）大部分地区在国家公园内受到保护，而欧鲁旦尼斯海滩自豪地持有环境教育基金会的蓝旗认证，该基金会承认高环境和质量标准。

当你们都在海滩上时，往山上走。欧鲁旦尼斯是世界上最好的滑翔伞景点之一，因此，从令人印象深刻的巴巴达山出发——距离海边仅3英里，欣赏泻湖、海滩、爱琴海和地中海的壮丽景色，以及远处逐渐消失的风景如画的丘陵和山谷。一旦你回到坚实的地面上，就可以去奇妙的蝴蝶谷旅行。这很容易，只要跳上一艘出租车，或者开着可爱的当地公路，环抱海岸。希望你在穿越自然峡谷时能看到各种各样的蝴蝶。无论你乘飞机、陆路还是海运，在这个美丽的地方，有很多方式来庆祝大自然和多样性。