2021-04-01
A pair of ostriches courting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa (© Tina Malfilatre/Minden Pictures)
卡格拉格帝边境公园中一对正在求偶的鸵鸟，南非 (© Tina Malfilatre/Minden Pictures)
April Fool ! This year, to celebrate the Day of Jokes, Puns and Kind Mockery, we are heading to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park where these two ostriches are courting like only ostriches can (and understand something). Extending over 38,000 km2 in the Kalahari region of South Africa and Botswana, the park combines two former national parks, the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. Both were designed to protect the oryx gazelle, now the park’s emblem.
A pair of ostriches courting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa (© Tina Malfilatre/Minden Pictures)
卡格拉格帝边境公园中一对正在求偶的鸵鸟，南非 (© Tina Malfilatre/Minden Pictures)
April Fool ! This year, to celebrate the Day of Jokes, Puns and Kind Mockery, we are heading to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park where these two ostriches are courting like only ostriches can (and understand something). Extending over 38,000 km2 in the Kalahari region of South Africa and Botswana, the park combines two former national parks, the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. Both were designed to protect the oryx gazelle, now the park’s emblem.
2021-04-02
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Barreirinhas, Brazil (© WIN-Initiative/Getty Images)
伦索伊斯马拉年塞斯国家公园，巴西巴雷里尼亚斯市 (© WIN-Initiative/Getty Images)
From the air, the mesmerizing tapestry of sandy dunes and lagoons you see here gives Lençóis Maranhenses National Park an otherworldly, desert-like appearance. Located in the sparsely populated Northeast corner of Brazil, this park gets far too much annual rainfall—nearly 50 inches—to be considered a desert. In fact, heavy rain is part of what makes this place unique: Nearly 70% of its annual rainfall comes between January and May, filling the park's nearly 40,000 lagoons to the brim with fresh rainwater. Why doesn't the water sink into the sand? A layer of impermeable bedrock beneath the dunes prevents that from happening.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Barreirinhas, Brazil (© WIN-Initiative/Getty Images)
伦索伊斯马拉年塞斯国家公园，巴西巴雷里尼亚斯市 (© WIN-Initiative/Getty Images)
From the air, the mesmerizing tapestry of sandy dunes and lagoons you see here gives Lençóis Maranhenses National Park an otherworldly, desert-like appearance. Located in the sparsely populated Northeast corner of Brazil, this park gets far too much annual rainfall—nearly 50 inches—to be considered a desert. In fact, heavy rain is part of what makes this place unique: Nearly 70% of its annual rainfall comes between January and May, filling the park's nearly 40,000 lagoons to the brim with fresh rainwater. Why doesn't the water sink into the sand? A layer of impermeable bedrock beneath the dunes prevents that from happening.
2021-04-03
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Sakhalin Island, Russia (© Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
阿尼瓦角的灯塔，俄罗斯萨哈林岛 (© Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
Seemingly against all odds, the Aniva Lighthouse stands atop this rocky outcrop where it once lit the way for vessels navigating the fierce currents, hidden rocks, and frequent fogs of Cape Aniva on the island of Sakhalin. Russia's largest island, Sakhalin lies off the mainland's Far East coast, due north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The island was hotly contested by both Russia and Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the late 1930s, when the Aniva Lighthouse was built, Russia controlled the northern half of Sakhalin while Japan controlled this, the southern part—so it was a team from Japan that built this lighthouse.
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Sakhalin Island, Russia (© Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
阿尼瓦角的灯塔，俄罗斯萨哈林岛 (© Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock)
Seemingly against all odds, the Aniva Lighthouse stands atop this rocky outcrop where it once lit the way for vessels navigating the fierce currents, hidden rocks, and frequent fogs of Cape Aniva on the island of Sakhalin. Russia's largest island, Sakhalin lies off the mainland's Far East coast, due north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The island was hotly contested by both Russia and Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the late 1930s, when the Aniva Lighthouse was built, Russia controlled the northern half of Sakhalin while Japan controlled this, the southern part—so it was a team from Japan that built this lighthouse.