環球之旅:美國國家公園的絕美風景

1. Great Smoky Mountains 大煙山國家公園
Clouds obscure a valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The nation's busiest park, Great Smoky Mountains draws more than nine million visitors a year, twice the number of any other national park. It's located in Tennessee and North Carolina. Fog casts a veil over Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains at 6,643 feet. The park preserves the world's best examples of deciduous forest and a matchless variety of plants and animals.

雲霧籠罩着大煙山國家公園的一個山谷。大煙山國家公園這個全國最火爆的國家公園每年吸引了900多萬遊客，這可是其他國家公園遊覽人數的兩倍。大煙山國家公園位於田納西州和北卡羅來納州交界處。煙霧籠罩着大煙山的最高峯克林格曼斯穹丘（Clingmans Dome），它海拔6643英尺（約合2024.78米）。這個國家公園保存着世界上最大的落葉林和難以計數的動植物。

2. Grand Canyon大峽谷國家公園
The setting sun strikes the Grand Canyon's North Rim. Nearly five million people travel to the canyon each year.

夕陽照在大峽谷的北坡上。每年有近500萬人遊覽大峽谷國家公園。

3. Yosemite 約塞米蒂國家公園
The 317-foot Vernal Fall is seen from a gorge in California's Yosemite National Park. In addition to waterfalls, the park boasts deep valleys, ancient sequoias, and hundreds of animal species. Winter sunlight appears to set Yosemite National Park's Horsetail Fall aflame. The third most visited national park, Yosemite is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

遊客能在加州約塞米蒂國家公園的咽喉處往裏看到落差爲317英尺（約合96.62米）的春天瀑布（Vernal Fall）。除此之外，這個國家公園還有深幽的峽谷羣、古老的紅杉數和成百上千種動物。冬日的陽光讓約塞米蒂國家公園的馬尾瀑布（Horsetail Fall）看起來似乎是燃燒着。這個遊覽人數第三多的國家公園已被納入聯合國教科文組織世界遺產目錄。

4. Yellowstone 黃石國家公園
Fog from a nearby hot spring nearly conceals two bison grazing on winter grasses in Yellowstone National Park. The park is also home to elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and other Rocky Mountain fauna.

溫泉附近的霧氣幾乎將黃石國家公園冬日牧場的兩頭野牛完全籠罩住。這個國家公園也是麋鹿、加拿大盤羊、大灰熊和落基山脈其他動物羣的棲息地。

5. Rocky Mountain 落基山國家公園
Sweeping vistas are a main attraction at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The park contains 150 Lakes and 450 miles of streams, plus ecosystems ranging from wetlands to pine forests to montane areas to alpine tundra. A wide variety of animals inhabit the park, including beaver, elk, and bighorn sheep, as well as many bird species.

包羅萬象的遠景是位於科羅拉多州的落基山國家公園的一個主要的吸引人之處。這個國家公園包括150個湖泊和450英里河流以及從溼地到松林、從山丘到高山凍原等各種生態系統。這個國家公園裏棲息着包括海狸、麋鹿、加拿大盤羊以及各種鳥類等動物。

6. Olympic National Park 奧林匹克國家公園
Rock outcroppings called sea stacks are home to birds and other animals on the Pacific shore of Washington's Olympic National Park. The shore is one of three distinct ecosystems within the park. Olympic National Park encompasses 1,441 square miles of the Olympic Peninsula. Because of the park's relatively unspoiled condition and outstanding scenery, UNESCO has declared it both an international biosphere reserve and a World Heritage site.

出露地表之上被稱之爲海蝕柱的岩石是華盛頓州奧林匹克國家公園太平洋沿岸鳥類和其他動物的家園。海岸只是這個國家公園三種不同生態系統中的一種。奧林匹克國家公園佔據着奧林匹克半島1441平方英里的土地。因爲這個國家公園相對未受損的自然條件和爲人矚目的景色，聯合國教科文組織已將其納入國際生物圈保護區和世界遺產名錄。

7. Grand Teton 大提頓國家公園
Autumn brings vibrant color to a valley in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. Though visitors can enjoy the park year-round, September and October bring pleasant days, brisk nights, fewer crowds, and a better chance of seeing elk than in summer. The peaks of the Teton Range are seen at sunrise from Schwabacher Landing, a popular viewing point. Unencumbered by foothills, the regal and imposing peaks make one of the boldest geologic statements in the Rockies.

秋天爲懷俄明州大提頓國家公園的峽谷帶來奪目的色彩。儘管遊客全年都可遊覽這個國家公園，但是每年九十月能讓遊客體驗到愉快的白天、輕快的夜晚和較少的遊人；相比於夏天還有機會在這裏看到麋鹿。日出時分能從這個國家公園裏著名的觀景點施瓦巴克爾平臺（Schwabacher Landing）看到提頓山脈諸峯。這些華麗莊嚴、不受山麓丘陵阻礙的山峯在落基山脈書寫了一份最醒目的地質聲明書。

8. Zion 錫安國家公園
Rising in Utah's high plateau country, the Virgin River carves its way through Zion Canyon to the desert below. The park's striking vertical topography—rock towers, sandstone canyons, and sharp cliffs—attracts 2.5 million visitors a year.

發源於猶他州高原的維京河（Virgin River）沿着錫安峽谷（Zion canyon）一路流向不毛之地。這個國家公園引人矚目的垂直地貌——石塔、砂岩谷和陡峭崖壁——每年吸引250萬遊客前來遊覽。

9. Acadia National Park 阿卡迪亞國家公園
Sea and mountain meet at Acadia National Park in Maine. Most of the park is on Mount Desert Island, a patchwork of parkland, private property, and seaside villages. Eagle Lake is visible from a wooded hill at Acadia National Park. The park has more than 120 miles of hiking trails, which range from easy strolls along the ocean to steep climbs up Cadillac and other mountains

山與海在緬因州的阿卡迪亞國家公園交匯。這個國家公園大部分是在山漠島（Mount Desert Island）上。從阿卡迪亞國家公園一個多樹木的山丘能看到鷹湖（Eagle Lake）。這個國家公園有120多英里步道，它從平緩的路面開始，沿着大海陡直地爬上卡迪拉克（Cadillac）和其他山。

10. Cuyahoga Valley 庫雅荷加谷國家公園
Although Brandywine Falls draws most of the tourists to Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park, less crowded Blue Hen Falls, pictured here, offers an oasis in the middle of a heavily forested valley.

儘管布蘭迪維因瀑布（Brandywine Falls）吸引着大多數遊人前往俄亥俄州的庫雅荷加谷國家公園——這裏沒有人滿爲患的藍母雞瀑布（Blue Hen Falls）的照片——但是它爲樹木叢生的峽谷提供了綠洲。