国家地理:Wings Over The Gulf 波湾战机 - 5
Threat posed by Iraq's Scud ballistic missiles. Militarily, Scuds were insignificant. But politically, Scud attacks on Israel and Saudi Arabia could have torn the coalition apart. The political importance of hunting down the Scuds was so great that t
国家地理:The Coliseum 古罗马竞技场
The solution lay in three key architectural innovations that formed the secret of Rome's great monuments. The most important, is the arch. The arch is an almost perfect design for bearing heavy loads. And that design is so simple. A series of wedge -
国家地理:Giraffe: Tall Tale 长颈鹿
What do you know about giraffes? Well, you almost certainly know they are the tallest quadrupeds on earth, capable of growing up to 19 feet tall. You may know that this height allows these vegetarians to eat the very nutritious leaves of the acacia t
国家地理:Wings Over The Gulf 波湾战机 - 6
F15-E. They started to come out only at night. They started to take advantage of environmental conditions which made it difficult for us to see them. And they began to move their operations' areas farther north. The intense air attacks on Scud sites
国家地理:Child Marriage 印度童婚
Wedding season in North India is a popular time to break the law. Child marriage is a union outlawed by the state and it's about to seal the fates of four youngsters. The Panjiya family plans to marry off two daughters. Thirteen-year-old Bendu and he
国家地理:Picky Frog Mom 挑剔的青蛙妈妈
Here in the South American rainforest, you're watching what should be a joyous event, the laying of hundreds of eggs by a mother frog. In truth, only a very few of these eggs will blossom into full frogdom. Drought will take a toll, and predators wil
国家地理:Wings Over The Gulf 波湾战机 - 7
The F-117 is a product of Lockheed's Advanced Development Projects group, which for decades has designed the most top-secret planes in the air force inventory, including the SR-71 Blackbird. In many ways, the Blackbird was the first stealth aircraft,
国家地理:Knife Dancing 韩国巫堂舞
In South Korea, a land where Buddhism and Christianity reign, many still turn to the old folk beliefs of Shamanism, believe in a world inhabited by spirits. But to become a Korean Shaman, a believer must pass an initiation, called the naerim kut, a r
国家地理:Mother Fish Mouthful 慈鲷鱼妈妈
When mom tells these babies it's a scary world out there, so be careful, she's saying a mouthful. Cichlid fish here in Africa's Lake Tanganyika have a big problem with predators. Other fish will do whatever it takes to get cichlid babies and gobbl
国家地理:Wings Over The Gulf 波湾战机 - 8
Very roomy. For a single-seat fighter it's spacious. Plenty of room to lay out stuff we carry with us. The nose is cut and you won't see any perpendicular surfaces go around. The four probes in the front are not machine guns. And they are not hologra
国家地理:Sierra Madre Tourism
I can't believe I am looking for Fuji in the middle of a typhoon. I have three more days to go before I have to leave back for the States, and hopefully between now and then I will be able to see the mountain. The mountain dominates everything and yo
2007-08-02, Save The Koalas 拯救考拉熊
It's the picture postcard symbol of Australia. 'Cause they're nice and furry and cuddly. They are looking like toys. I'll be really hard put to find another mammal that is so recognizable internationally and so beloved. But love alone, the expert
2007-08-04, Dogfights: P-51 Mustang P-51野马战斗机
In 1940, North American Aviation designed the legendary P-51 Mustang in response to the British need for a high-performance fighter aircraft. The Mustang featured the most advanced laminar flow wing and a ducted cooling radiator positioned under the
2007-08-07, Speed Eating Champion 速食大赛
Eat slowly, chew your food thoroughly, eat with a fork. These table manners dont apply in the world of competitive eating, or sometimes called speed eating. The goal here--eat as much as you can in a short period of time. Ladies and gentlemen, so it
2007-08-09, Mom Grizzly Teaches Her Cubs 熊妈妈授课
We are set up to film the salmon, but they keep darting away. Hey! What the heck? Grizzly bear paw whacks camera out of position and jettisons it downstream. Now that was not supposed to happen. Hey! Here is the bear. And here she is again with her c
