卡西洛夫河冰川融水滋养的湛蓝河水，阿拉斯加州，美国 The blue, glacier-fed waters of the Kasilof River, Alaska, USA (© jared lloyd/Getty Images)

冰川孕育之河 Born of glaciers

阿拉斯加州卡西洛夫河由冰川补给的蓝色河水

从空中俯瞰，卡西洛夫河宛如一条绿松石色的丝带，蜿蜒穿过阿拉斯加州的基奈半岛。鲜艳的蓝色河水源于从图斯图梅纳湖向下游输送的冰川粉砂；该湖是阿拉斯加州最大的淡水湖之一。河流全长约17英里，最终注入库克湾。它虽比著名的邻河基奈河短，却同样不同凡响。

卡西洛夫河发源于冰塑地貌，与当地的渔业文化始终密不可分。长期以来，这条河一直是德纳伊纳人的重要资源，后来又成为商业捕捞、生计捕捞和休闲垂钓的重地。如今，垂钓者为洄游的鲑鱼而来，游客则可探索附近的休闲场所、露营地和自然步道。卡西洛夫社区本身是半岛西海岸的一座小渔镇；这里的河流、森林和河口栖息地滋养着丰富的野生动物。无论从漂流艇上还是空中观赏，卡西洛夫河都能让人鲜明地窥见阿拉斯加的冰川起源，以及这片土地与水之间绵延不绝的联系。

The blue, glacier-fed waters of the Kasilof River, Alaska

Seen from above, the Kasilof River winds like a ribbon of turquoise through Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The vivid blue water comes from glacial silt carried downstream from Tustumena Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the state. Flowing about 17 miles before emptying into Cook Inlet, the river is shorter than its famous neighbor, the Kenai, but no less remarkable.

The Kasilof begins in a landscape shaped by ice and remains closely tied to the region's fishing culture. Long an important resource for the Dena'ina people, the river later became central to commercial, subsistence, and recreational fishing. Today, anglers come for salmon runs, while visitors explore nearby recreation sites, campgrounds, and nature trails. The community of Kasilof itself is a small fishing town on the peninsula's west coast, where river, forest, and estuary habitats support abundant wildlife. Whether viewed from a drift boat or from the air, the Kasilof offers a striking glimpse of Alaska's glacial origins and enduring connection to the water.

斋浦尔附近琥珀堡内的 Sattais Katcheri 大厅，拉贾斯坦邦，印度 Sattais Katcheri Hall in Amber Fort near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (© R.M. Nunes/Getty Images)

可览美景的历史胜地 History with a view

印度拉贾斯坦邦斋浦尔附近的琥珀堡

大多数初次到访印度拉贾斯坦邦斋浦尔的游客都知道这座城市有“粉红之城”的美誉，但更早的王都以琥珀堡为中心。这个王朝的大部分政治与建筑史正是在那里书写的。琥珀堡的营建历时一个多世纪，始于1592年拉贾·曼·辛格一世统治时期，之后由历代卡奇瓦哈统治者续建；他们统治的王国后来成为斋浦尔土邦。王室于 1727 年迁往新规划的斋浦尔城，但琥珀堡仍继续承担礼仪功能。

从建筑上看，这座堡垒将拉杰普特式防御特色与受莫卧儿风格启发的拱门、庭院、彩绘表面和大理石装饰融为一体。图中的Sattais Katcheri大厅因其27根柱子而得名。这座建筑被认为曾用于行政事务。堡内还有觐见厅、王室庭院以及装饰华丽的镜宫。探索这片宏大的建筑群，感受“Padharo Sa”的热情好客，也别忘了留点肚子品尝一盘达尔巴蒂楚尔玛——烤小麦面团、扁豆和一种香甜松散的甜点。

Amber Fort near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Most first-time visitors know Jaipur, in Rajasthan, India, as the Pink City, but the earlier royal capital was centered on Amber Fort. That's where much of the dynasty's political and architectural history was shaped. The fort developed over more than a century, beginning under Raja Man Singh I in 1592 and continuing under later Kachwaha rulers who controlled the kingdom that eventually became Jaipur State. The royal family moved to the newly planned city of Jaipur in 1727, but Amber continued to serve ceremonial functions.

Architecturally, the fort combines defensive Rajput features with Mughal-inspired arches, courtyards, painted surfaces, and marble detailing. The Sattais Katcheri Hall, seen in the image, takes its name from its 27 pillars. The structure is associated with administrative purposes. The fort also includes audience halls, royal courtyards, and the ornate Sheesh Mahal. Explore the sprawling complex, experience the warmth of 'Padharo Sa,' and save room for a plate of dal baati churma—baked wheat dumplings, lentils, and a sweet crumbly dessert.

熊耳国家纪念区附近的雪松台地和骡子角，犹他州，美国 Cedar Mesa and Muley Point near Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA (© Jeff Clay/Tandem Stills + Motion)

写在大地上的故事 The stories written across the land

美国国家公共土地日

熊的耳朵、着火的房屋和遍布急转弯的道路有什么共同之处？它们都是犹他州东南部公共土地故事的一部分。

在国家公共土地日，雪松台地及附近的骡子角展现出古老历史与高地沙漠风光的非凡交融。熊耳国家纪念区拥有重要的文化和自然资源，其中包括反映数千年人类历史的考古遗址。它的名字源于两座形似熊耳的孤峰。

National Public Lands Day

What do a bear's ears, a house on fire, and a road packed with hairpin turns have in common? They're all part of the story of southeastern Utah's public lands.

On National Public Lands Day, Cedar Mesa and nearby Muley Point offer a remarkable mix of ancient history and high-desert scenery. Bears Ears National Monument encompasses important cultural and natural resources, including archaeological sites that reflect thousands of years of human history. Its name comes from twin buttes that resemble a bear's ears.

Rising to roughly 6,500 feet, Cedar Mesa is carved by deep canyons, including Grand Gulch, an archaeological treasure trove. Mule Canyon's House on Fire gets its name from sandstone that glows orange in morning light. Nearby Muley Point overlooks the San Juan River, Valley of the Gods, Monument Valley, and Navajo Mountain. Reaching it via the steep, unpaved Moki Dugway gives new meaning to the word 'switchback.'

庆祝中秋节的中国灯笼 Chinese lanterns for Mid-Autumn Festival celebration (© LeeYiuTung/Getty Images)

当月亮也来赴会 When the moon joins the party

中秋节

如果满月是你家宴上的贵宾，会是什么情景？这正是中秋节的意蕴，中秋节也被称为月亮节。这个节日在农历八月十五庆祝，是中国文化中最重要的节日之一。它的源头可追溯至3,000多年前周朝时期的祭月仪式。最广为人知的传说讲述了嫦娥服下长生不老药后飞上月宫的故事。

月饼是这一节日最具代表性的美食。圆圆的外形象征着圆满与团聚。民间传说称，元朝时期，反抗者曾把推翻蒙古统治者的秘密消息藏在月饼里。

这个节日还催生了牵线结缘的习俗，因此被比作月亮版的情人节。尽管中秋月以明亮著称，科学却告诉我们，它不一定是一年中最亮的月亮。传说、灯笼和月饼汇聚于此，这个节日确实值得人们抬头仰望。

Mid-Autumn Festival

What if the full moon were the guest of honor at your family dinner? That is the idea behind the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival. Celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, it is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. Its roots trace back more than 3,000 years to moon-honoring rituals during the Zhou Dynasty. Its best-known legend tells of Chang'e, who drank an elixir of immortality and rose to the moon.

Mooncakes are the celebration's signature treat. Their round shape symbolizes completeness and reunion. Folklore claims that rebels once hid secret messages to overthrow the Mongol rulers inside mooncakes during the Yuan Dynasty.

The festival has also inspired matchmaking customs, earning comparisons to a lunar Valentine's Day. And while the Mid-Autumn moon is celebrated for its brightness, science says it is not necessarily the year's brightest. With legends, lanterns, and mooncakes, this festival has plenty to look up to.

黑色熔岩海滩鸟瞰图，埃尔戈尔福，兰萨罗特岛，加那利群岛，西班牙 Aerial view of black lava beach, El Golfo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (© Westend61/Adobe Stock)

火山灰与浪花相遇 Ash meets splash

黑色熔岩海滩， 加那利群岛，西班牙

在西班牙加那利群岛的兰萨罗特岛，大自然的地质创造力尽情挥洒。赭黄与铁锈色条纹交错的悬崖之下，深色沙滩与大西洋相接，这是延续数百万年的火山活动留下的杰作。这段地质故事中有一章发生在距今并不久远的年代：1730年至1736年间，兰萨罗特岛各处出现了众多火山喷口，熔岩覆盖数十平方英里的土地，掩埋了道路、村庄和农田。

图中的海滩坐落在埃尔戈尔福旁边，这是岛屿西岸的一个小渔村。村庄毗邻洛斯火山自然公园，而船只、海鲜餐厅和拍岸浪涛一如往常，仿佛眼前的景色再平常不过。附近著名的绿色潟湖查尔科德洛斯克利科斯位于一座部分坍塌的火山口内，并通过地下裂隙与大海相连。湖水那令人难以置信的翡翠色部分源于藻类，让碧绿湖水、黑色沙滩与蓝色大海同框，构成一幅色彩鲜明夺目的画面。无需滤镜。埃尔戈尔福自带专属调色盘。

Black lava beach, El Golfo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

On Lanzarote, part of Spain's Canary Islands, geology got carried away. Dark sand meets the Atlantic beneath cliffs streaked with ocher and rust, the handiwork of volcanic activity spanning millions of years. One chapter of this story arrived remarkably recently: between 1730 and 1736, numerous vents opened across Lanzarote, sending lava over dozens of square miles and burying roads, villages, and farmland.

The beach in the image sits beside El Golfo, a tiny fishing village on the island's western shore. The settlement borders Los Volcanes Natural Park, while boats, seafood restaurants, and crashing waves carry on as if this scenery were perfectly ordinary. Nearby, the famous green lagoon Charco de los Clicos occupies a partially collapsed volcanic crater linked to the sea through underground fissures. Its improbable emerald color comes partly from algae, bringing green water, black sand, and blue sea into one strikingly vivid frame. No filter required. El Golfo comes with its own color palette.

地坛公园秋日美景，北京，中国 Beijing autumn ditan park view beautiful fall (© by Wei/Adobestock)

金秋平分，地坛染黄 Golden leaves of the Autumn Equinox

地坛公园银杏大道，北京，中国

金色地毯通常只出现在童话世界里，但在金秋时节的北京，它们却铺展在你的脚下。地坛公园（方泽坛）著名的银杏大道汇聚了200多株历史悠久的银杏树。每当秋风掠过，数以万计的扇形金叶翩翩飘落，将这座古老的皇家坛庙铺垫成一片如梦似幻的金黄海洋。

地坛始建于明代嘉靖九年（1530年），曾是明清两代帝王在秋分时节祭祀“皇地祗”神明的地方。如今，当太阳直射赤道、昼夜再次平分，这座庄严的皇家坛庙不再只有岁月的肃穆，而是在光影与斑斓色彩中蜕变为自然与历史交融的避风港，静静诉说着古都数百年的时空变迁。

在清晨和煦的秋阳下，朱红的宫墙、古朴的黛瓦与熠熠生辉的金叶交相辉映，勾勒出绝美的高古意境。正如文学大师史铁生在《我与地坛》中所描绘的那样，地坛始终守护着这份宁静与包容，倾听着风吹落叶的沙沙响声，邀请每一位游人在喧嚣的现代都市深处放慢脚步，体味岁月留下的温润与悠长。

瓜兹曼山口附近的秋日山杨林，犹他州，美国 Fall aspen trees near Guardsman Pass, Utah, USA (© Danita Delimont/Shutterstock)

金色时节 The golden season

瓜兹曼山口，犹他州，美国

在犹他州瓜兹曼山口附近，季节的变化以金色写满山坡。为美国西部染上色彩的山杨中，有许多是美洲山杨——北美分布最广的本土树种。眼前看似由一棵棵独立树木组成的森林，往往有着截然不同的真相：许多山杨形成彼此相连的无性系群落，树干从共享的根系网络中长出，并与相邻树干拥有相同的遗传密码。

即使叶片变黄飘落，这个生物体仍有很大一部分在地下存活。山杨可以依靠根系熬过冬季，静静地为未来的生长做准备。秋分或许宣告夏季结束，但在这些非凡的林地中，生命从未真正停歇。

Autumn equinox

The autumn equinox marks a turning point in the Northern Hemisphere. Occurring each September, it is the moment when the sun crosses the equator heading south, and day and night are nearly equal in length. After this celestial balance, daylight gradually shrinks as the journey toward winter begins.

Near Guardsman Pass in Utah, the change is written across the mountainsides in gold. Many of the aspens coloring the American West are quaking aspens, the most widely distributed native tree species in North America. What appears to be a forest of individuals is often something else entirely: many aspens grow in connected colonies, with trunks emerging from a shared root network and carrying the same genetic code as their neighbors.

Even as their leaves turn yellow and fall, much of the organism remains alive below ground. Aspens can persist through winter via their root systems, quietly preparing for future growth. The autumn equinox may signal summer's end, but in these remarkable groves, life never truly pauses.

日落时分的埃菲尔铁塔，巴黎，法国 Eiffel Tower at sunset, Paris, France (© Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)

终获巴黎青睐的铁塔 The tower that won Paris over

法国巴黎日落时分的埃菲尔铁塔

几乎没有哪座城市像巴黎这样被赋予如此多的浪漫想象。然而，这座法国首都的历史并非始终像埃菲尔铁塔背后的落日霞光一样绚丽。铁塔为1889年世界博览会而建；这届世博会纪念法国大革命爆发一百周年，而铁塔最初计划作为博览会入口处的核心建筑。由工程师古斯塔夫·埃菲尔及其团队设计的这座钢铁地标，从战神广场拔地而起，高度接近1,000英尺，并成为当时世界上最高的建筑。

许多当地人曾批评这一大胆设计，但它很快便激发了公众的想象力。世博会期间，数百万人前来参观这座纪念建筑，并欣赏他们此前从未体验过的全景视野。

如今，游客可以沿塞纳河漫步，探访这座不断重塑自我的城市中的古老街区和各类博物馆。夜幕降临，埃菲尔铁塔在夜空下熠熠生辉，依然是法国创造力、雄心与韧性的有力象征。

Eiffel Tower at sunset, Paris, France

No other city is nearly as romanticized as Paris. Yet the French capital's history has not always been as rosy as the sunset glowing behind the Eiffel Tower. Built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, or the World's Fair, which marked the centennial of the start of the French Revolution, the tower was originally intended to serve as the fair's entrance centerpiece. Designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel and his team, the iron landmark rose nearly 1,000 feet above the Champ de Mars and became the tallest structure in the world at the time.

Many locals criticized the bold design, but it quickly captured the public's imagination. During the World's Fair, millions came to see the monument and enjoy panoramic views unlike any they had experienced before.

Today, visitors can stroll along the Seine and explore old neighborhoods and museums throughout a city that continues to reinvent itself. As evening falls and the Eiffel Tower glows against the night sky, it remains a powerful symbol of French creativity, ambition, and resilience.

温纳茨山口，峰区国家公园，英格兰 Winnats Pass, Peak District National Park, England (© Daniel_Kay/Getty Images)

穿越山口腹地 Through the heart of the pass

英格兰峰区国家公园温纳茨山口

在英格兰峰区，一条蜿蜒的长路从已有3亿多年历史的岩石间穿过。如此漫长的地质时间尺度本就令人惊叹，而这条路还穿越了温纳茨山口：这是一道狭窄的石灰岩峡谷，高耸的峭壁展现出远古海洋曾经覆盖英国这一地区的痕迹。

然而，温纳茨山口只是英国首座国家公园——峰区国家公园的亮点之一。在这里，葱郁的石灰岩谷地逐渐过渡为一望无际的砂岩荒原，山丘下还隐匿着洞穴系统。游客可以沿壮观的山脊徒步，探索曾由铅矿工开采的地下洞窟，也可以漫步于卡斯尔顿和贝克韦尔等风景如画的社区。英格兰很少有地方能在一片景观中汇聚如此丰富的地质多样性和户外探险体验。无论从狂风劲吹的山顶远眺，还是身处洞窟深处，峰区都是一个每次转弯都会展现新景象的地方。

Winnats Pass, Peak District National Park, England

A long, winding road cuts through rocks more than 300 million years old in England's Peak District. As if that geological timescale were not remarkable enough, the road passes through Winnats Pass, a narrow limestone gorge whose towering cliffs reveal the ancient seas that once covered this part of Britain.

Yet Winnats Pass is only one highlight of the Peak District National Park, Britain's first national park. Here, green limestone valleys give way to sweeping gritstone moorlands, while hidden cave systems run beneath the hills. Visitors can hike along dramatic ridges, explore underground caverns once worked by lead miners, and wander through picturesque communities such as Castleton and Bakewell. Few places in England pack so much geological diversity and outdoor adventure into a single landscape. Whether viewed from a windswept hilltop or from the depths of a cavern, the Peak District is a place where every turn reveals something new.

桑特奈葡萄酒产区葡萄园中的索林风车，伯恩丘，勃艮第，法国 Sorine windmill and vineyards, Santenay wine region, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)

为丰收举杯 A toast to the harvest

桑特奈葡萄酒产区，伯恩丘，勃艮第，法国

每年夏末秋初，法国最令人期待的传统之一——“vendanges”葡萄采摘季——如期而至。采摘时间因葡萄酒产区而异，并取决于天气状况、日照以及果实的成熟度。对许多葡萄园而言，采收仍主要依靠人工，工作人员会仔细挑选一串串葡萄，用于酿造法国一些最负盛名的葡萄酒。

在勃艮第伯恩丘南端的桑特奈，这一景象格外壮观。正如今天的画面所示，一排排葡萄藤沿起伏山丘铺展，山坡上方矗立着索林风车；这座修复后的19世纪地标俯瞰着周围的乡野和葡萄园。

几个世纪以来，葡萄采收一直塑造着法国人的生活。它的重要性甚至在法国共和历中留下回响：共和历以收获葡萄来命名其第一个月份，提醒人们葡萄酒酿造与法国历史交织得何等深厚。随着篮筐渐渐装满、葡萄园披上秋日色彩，农业、传统遗产与庆典在这个季节交融为一种独具法国特色的仪式。

Santenay wine region, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France

Each year, late summer and early fall bring one of France's most anticipated traditions: the 'vendanges,' the grape-picking season. The timing varies from one wine region to another and depends on weather conditions, sun exposure, and the ripeness of the fruit. For many vineyards, harvest is still a hands-on effort, with teams carefully selecting bunches destined for some of the country's most celebrated wines.

The scene is especially striking in Santenay, at the southern end of Burgundy's Côte de Beaune. Here, rows of vines stretch across rolling hills beneath the Sorine windmill, a restored 19th-century landmark that overlooks the surrounding countryside and vineyards, as seen in today's image.

Harvesting grapes has shaped French life for centuries. Its importance even echoes in the French Republican calendar, which named its opening month after the gathering of the crop—a reminder of how deeply winemaking is woven into the nation's history. As baskets fill and the vineyards glow with autumn color, the season blends agriculture, heritage, and celebration into a uniquely French ritual.