2021-03-16
Giant panda cub in Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China (© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures)
碧峰峡熊猫基地的大熊猫宝宝，中国四川 (© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures)
It's National Panda Day!
Giant panda cub in Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China (© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures)
碧峰峡熊猫基地的大熊猫宝宝，中国四川 (© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures)
It's National Panda Day!
2021-03-17
Inisheer, the smallest of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland (© Chris Hill/Minden Pictures)
阿伦群岛三座岛中最小的伊尼希尔岛，爱尔兰戈尔韦湾 (© Chris Hill/Minden Pictures)
If you were to find yourself wandering across the tiny island of Inisheer on March 17, you'd almost certainly hear someone greet you with a hearty 'Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!' That's because nearly all the island's 260 residents would want to wish you a happy Saint Patrick's Day in their native Irish tongue. The smallest of the three Aran Islands that are strung across the mouth of Galway Bay in western Ireland has been inhabited from prehistory, with artifacts of Bronze Age, Pagan, Celtic, Early Christian, Norman-Irish, Pastoral, Maritime Navigational, and more recent settlements scattered around its 1,400 acres. The tiny drystone wall subdivisions of the fields are a result of a long tradition of splitting family farms between all the children. After a few generations, farms were reduced to the garden-size patches you can see here.
Inisheer, the smallest of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland (© Chris Hill/Minden Pictures)
阿伦群岛三座岛中最小的伊尼希尔岛，爱尔兰戈尔韦湾 (© Chris Hill/Minden Pictures)
If you were to find yourself wandering across the tiny island of Inisheer on March 17, you'd almost certainly hear someone greet you with a hearty 'Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!' That's because nearly all the island's 260 residents would want to wish you a happy Saint Patrick's Day in their native Irish tongue. The smallest of the three Aran Islands that are strung across the mouth of Galway Bay in western Ireland has been inhabited from prehistory, with artifacts of Bronze Age, Pagan, Celtic, Early Christian, Norman-Irish, Pastoral, Maritime Navigational, and more recent settlements scattered around its 1,400 acres. The tiny drystone wall subdivisions of the fields are a result of a long tradition of splitting family farms between all the children. After a few generations, farms were reduced to the garden-size patches you can see here.
2021-03-18
Mount Etna erupting in 2013, Sicily, Italy (© Wead/Alamy Live News)
2013年正在喷发的埃特纳火山，意大利西西里岛 (© Wead/Alamy Live News)
Seen here with its explosive summit socked away in the clouds, Mount Etna towers over the Italian isle of Sicily as the tallest volcano in Europe—and maybe the crankiest, given its near-constant eruptions. The island peak has been highly active for perhaps half a million years and can still be counted on for a spectacular eruption every few years. This photograph shows Etna erupting in 2013.
Mount Etna erupting in 2013, Sicily, Italy (© Wead/Alamy Live News)
2013年正在喷发的埃特纳火山，意大利西西里岛 (© Wead/Alamy Live News)
Seen here with its explosive summit socked away in the clouds, Mount Etna towers over the Italian isle of Sicily as the tallest volcano in Europe—and maybe the crankiest, given its near-constant eruptions. The island peak has been highly active for perhaps half a million years and can still be counted on for a spectacular eruption every few years. This photograph shows Etna erupting in 2013.