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Joe Petersburger
匈牙利 國家地理雜誌圖集
自然生態 單幅 第一名
一隻翠鳥(魚狗)在捉魚時閉上瞬膜。當翠鳥潛入水中時,這層半透明的眼瞼可以保護其眼睛免於受傷,但仍能讓牠清楚看見水中的獵物。
Joe Petersburger
Hungary, National Geographic Image Collection
1st Prize Nature Singles
A kingfisher catches a fish, closing its third eyelid. When the kingfisher dives, this lid protects the eye from damage, yet is still sufficiently transparent for the bird to follow its prey underwater.
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Paul Nicklen
加拿大 國家地理雜誌
自然生態 系列報導 第一名
南極洲的南喬治亞島是一片綿延160公里長的山脈與冰河,一半被冰雪覆蓋,另一半則遍佈岩石跟凍原類的植被。鄰近的海域有許多磷蝦,讓這個島嶼成為野生動物的避風港。這些微小卻富含蛋白質的甲殼動物是整個南極食物鏈不可或缺的一環,但牠們本身的食物來源,也就是生長在海冰底部的浮游生物,卻因為覆冰量縮小而日漸減少。
Paul Nicklen
Canada, National Geographic
1st Prize Nature Stories
South Georgia, Antarctica, is a 160-km-long arc of mountains and glaciers, half covered by snow and ice, half by rock and tundra-like vegetation. A high density of krill in the surrounding seas helps make the island a haven for wildlife. These small, protein-rich crustaceans are a vital part of the entire Antarctic food chain, but their own food source – phytoplankton growing on the underside of sea ice – is disappearing as ice cover shrinks.
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