Earth’s Most Striking Scenes, As Seen From Above 在那片天空邂逅，我的地球奇景

在那片天空邂逅，我的地球奇景...



Earth Day is Friday, April 22,and Proof is celebrating all week. This is the fourth post in a five-day seriesabout our planet. Help us honor the planet by sharing a photo on Instagram with #NatGeoEarthDay.The editor’s picks will appear on the site on Earth Day.

地球日，是4月22日，星期五，国家地理杂志《Proof》栏目举办了为期一周的庆祝活动。这是《5日纪：我们的星球》中的第4篇。通过在Instgram上由#NatGeoEarthDay分享照片来表达我们对地球的敬意。编辑精选将在地球日公布于此站点。

Twenty-three years ago, German photographer Bernhard Edmaier was working as a geologist. He was fascinated with theEarth and its ever changing structures, but something about spendinghis life doing research underground just didn’tsit right. Edmaier decided to combine his burgeoninglove of photography with his obsession withcrust, mantle, and core. His solution?Aerialphotography.

23年前，德国摄影师伯恩哈德·埃德迈尔作为一名地质学家参加工作。他为地球和不断变化的地质结构而深深着迷，但他意识到仅为研究地下地质这些工作而付出终生并不是正确选择。埃德迈尔决定将萌生的摄影热情与他着迷的地壳、地幔和地核现结合。怎么做呢？他选择采用航空摄影。



Comb Ridge, Utah. These jagged sandstone layershave been tilted and eroded by water.

梳岭，犹他州。流水冲击和侵蚀造就锯齿状的砂岩层。

“From the aerial perspectiveI can most effectively tellthe narrative of a landscape,” he says. “When it comes to large structures such as mountain ranges or a chain of volcanic cones on a fissure in the Earth’s crust, itis much better to shoot them from the air than from the ground. So it is areally reasonable practice to get airborne and directthe pilot to the right position for my aerial work.”

“从空中透视，可以更有震撼力的展现地质风貌，”他说。“当遇见大型地质结构，比如山脉或者地壳裂隙处的火山锥链，从空中拍摄比在地面拍摄有更好的效果。所以采用空降或者指示飞行员到正确方位进行空中作业是非常适合的做法”



Landeyjarsandur, Iceland. The water moving acrossthe moor lands isbright yellow as a result of dissolving iron mineralsout of the dark volcanic soil which it transports to the coast.

Landeyjarsandur，冰岛。水流迂行于荒滩，溶走黑色火山土中的铁矿物，为海滩献上一抹明媚的黄色。

Edmaier approaches his work meticulously, using his geologist smarts to research and stake outa location for the perfect shot. Instead of spending hours in the air lookingfor the right location or composition, Edmaier already has hisphotographs planned out. He uses tools such as Google Earth and satelliteimages and reaches out to local scientists and commercial pilots.

埃德迈尔为工作精心尽力，利用他地质学家的智慧探寻和标出拍摄的最佳位置。为避免在空中花费数几个小时寻找合适位置或构图，埃德迈尔已先将照片构思好。为做好这些，他利用谷歌地球和卫星图像，并与当地科学家和商务飞行员进行交流。



Huns Mountains, Namibia. The dark Huns Mountains, cut by deep canyons,are situated in southNamibia.

匈奴山，纳米比亚。深灰色的匈奴山，坐落于纳米比亚南部，深谷纵横交割。

“Quite often, I already have the eligible pictureof the selected motif in mind, which also means that I do notshoot hundreds of photos with the option to select one good shot among theunusable ones,” he says. “So I think many ofmy images are somehow anticipated compositions.”Whetherhis compositions are expected or not, thesheerimpressivenessof the landscapesis enough to make you stop in your tracks.

Having a detailed plan also helps the project in otherways.

“很多时候，在我心中已经为所选主题确定了合适的图片，这也让我不必拍摄数百张照片再沙里淘金，”他说，“所以我觉得自己拍摄的很多照片一定程度上取决于前期构图。”无论他的构图达到预期与否，这些精粹撼人的景观足以让你驻足欣赏。

详细的计划也利于项目的其他方面。



Searles Lake, California. Masses of red,salt-loving algae live in the swamps on thebanks of Lake Searles, a salt lake in the Mojave desert.

瑟尔斯湖，加利福尼亚州。瑟尔斯盐湖位于莫哈韦沙漠，红色、嗜盐藻类群生于湖畔沼泽中。

“Knowing the ‘right’ locationallows me to keep the flight time as short as possible—an important aspect, asmy photo projects have been predominantly self-financedso far,” he says. “Especiallysincethe charter rates for helicopters are enormous. Duringmy photo flights there is somethinglike a running counter in mybrain.”

“确定‘正确’的拍摄地址能让我尽量减少飞行时间，一个重要方面是，迄今为止，我的摄影项目主要是自费，”他说。“主要是因为直升机的租用率巨大。在我的航拍飞行途中脑子里有个像计数器的东西在嗡嗡作响。”



Nizina Glacier, Alaska. Huge chunks of iceinterspersed with moraine rubble floatin the muddy meltwater lake at the front of Nizina Glacier.

尼兹纳冰川，阿拉斯加州。尼兹纳冰川下，大量的冰块夹杂着碎石碛漂浮在泥汤般的融雪湖上。

As to why Edmaier thinks aerial photography matters, he says that for him it is “the technical means to create a betterunderstanding of natural processes on our planet. Only from a bird’seye view I can manage to depict these phenomena accordinglyto my vision of an ‘ideal’ composition.”

至于埃德迈尔为什么想用航拍方法，他说，对他而言，这种技术提供了一种更好的方式让我们了解地球的自然过程。仅从鸟瞰，我就能够设法描绘那些基于我‘理想’构图视角的景象。



Long Island, Bahamas. As the tide recedes, the clear blue water gathers in tidal inletscarved in the limestone sediment, and flows into deeperbasins.

长岛，巴哈马。随着潮水退去，清澈湛蓝的海水在嵌刻于石灰沉积岩的潮口处汇集，并流向更深的水域。

He hopes that his work will help people see theEarth’s shape and structures in a new light.

“Generally speaking, my photoprojects havealways been supposed to providea window to geological processes,”he says. “In our imagination, the Earth or the Earth’s surface is somethingeternal or with very little changes. But the opposite is true. Infiniteprocesses are continuously remodeling the surface and interior ofthe Earth.

他希望他的工作有助于人们对地球的形状的和结构有新的认识。

“一般来说，我的照片项目一直应该为地质过程提供一个窗口，”他说。“在我们的印象中，地球或地球表面的东西是永恒的或者很少变化。但事实正好相反，无止尽的过程持续改变着地球的表面和内部。”



Lava skylight, Hawaii. A hole in the roofof a lava tunnel iscalled a skylight by volcanologists.

岩浆天窗，夏威夷。火山学家称在熔岩河顶部的洞口为天窗。

“In showing fractures, rockfolds, erosional patterns,coastlines, and of course volcanoes and glaciers, etc., I have been trying tovisualize these geological and geomorphic processesand make them a bit more comprehensible to all.”

“当看到裂隙、岩石褶皱、侵蚀样貌、海岸线，当然还有火山和冰川等，我一直努力设想这些地质和地貌过程，并对他们在整体认识上更进一步。”



Maelifellsander, Iceland. Bright green moss hascolonized a hill in the middle of Maelifellsandur,a black desert of lava and volcanic ash in Iceland.

Maelifellsander，冰岛。Maelifellsandur，冰岛上一片遍布熔岩和火山灰的黑色沙漠，在其中部的小山丘上，青苔已然定植，焕发着生机勃勃的鲜绿色。

原文链接：http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/21/earth-edemaier-aerial-pictures/

Viewmore of Bernhard Edmaier’s photographs on his website. You canpurchase his most recent book, WATER, here.

欣赏更多伯恩哈德·埃德迈尔的摄影作品请访问他的网站：http://www.bernhard-edmaier.de/en/portfolio.html。也可购买他的新著作《WATER》。

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