横断山脉倒挂金钟花 Fuchsia Flowers, Hengduan Mountains

Fuchsia Flowers, Hengduan Mountains, China
倒挂金钟花，横断山脉，中国，2002


中文注释：（网友翻译，有待改进，请跟帖发表自己看法）
在中国的横断山脉间倒挂金钟花正在鲜艳的盛开。在20世纪初，这种花与许多其他种类的植物被英国的探险家们收集起来并带走，而如今这些植物已经在英国、美国以及世界上其他国家被广泛的种植。

科学家们将中国中南部的高山峭壁比作“空中的岛屿”，因为那些与世隔绝的高山将许多当地独有的动植物保护了起来。

图片为《国家地理杂志》2002年4月号“中国的横断山脉”而摄，文章为此而编写，未刊发。



英文注释：
Fuchsia Flowers, Hengduan Mountains, China, 2002
Vivid fuchsias bloom in China's Hengduan Mountains. Early 20th-century British explorers collected these and thousands of other plants that today are lovingly cultivated in the gardens of England, the United States, and other countries around the world.

Likened by scientists to "islands in the sky," south-central China's steep, isolated peaks help preserve numerous plant and animal species unique to their locales.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "China's Hengduan Mountains," April 2002, National Geographic magazine)





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