这次“历程分享”大赛由国家公园基金会(National Park Foundation)赞助，这是一家非营利性组织，它为政府运营的美国国家公园管理局(National Park Service)筹集资金并提供支持。

在2014年的摄影大赛中，众多达到标准的美国业余摄影师提交了22000幅图片，该基金会于4月30日宣布了获奖者名单。【请见英文简报】

卡梅伦·泰勒(Cameron Teller)以其在北极国家野生动物保护区(Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)严酷荒凉的景色中拍摄的北极熊妈妈和宝宝的照片而一举夺魁。她的照片将被印制到公园年卡上面，每年有50万名游客使用这一年卡访问联邦政府的游憩园区。

在美国接任由八国政府组成的北极理事会(Arctic Council)主席职位之际，这张图片恰逢其时。同时，科研人员和公众也越来越认识到这一区域是一个独特的生态系统，并且也是地球气候变化的一个指示器。

加州(Californian)的埃里克·达布瑞奥(Eric DaBreo)以一幅旧金山(San Francisco)金门大桥(Golden Gate Bridge)的景色照片获得第二名。这座桥梁将一座欣欣向荣的城市与一个休闲区、森林家园、众多的海滩和历史遗迹连接在一起【请见英文介绍】。这张照片展示了城市居民怎样与自然区域紧密相连。

位居第三位的是一幅置身于山地景观中美洲野牛的照片，它捕捉的是山雨欲来的自然景色。在这幅照片中，来自得州(Texas)的乔丹·摩尔(Jordan Moore)展示了在白色雪山的环绕下，一头野牛在黄石湖(Yellowstone Lake)畔独自徜徉。

在19世纪，大量的野牛以雷霆万钧之势成群地奔驰在西部平原(Western Plains)上，但狂热的狩猎者杀死了大批的野牛，致使其数量锐减，再加上早期定居者在野牛漫游生存的土地上进行耕种并将土地用围栏隔开，从而使野牛遍地的景象成为绝迹。此类狩猎活动在一个世纪以前已被制止，一些团体正致力于保护和恢复美洲野牛种群的数量。稀少的野牛数量提醒我们，不计后果地使用土地会造成不可逆转的损失【请见英文资料】。

请到“分享历程”大赛（Share the Experience contest）网站浏览其他2014年入选的国家公园图片以及先前的获奖图片【请见英文网页】。

如您有兴趣来美国访问的话，网上有大量的信息可以帮助您做好准备，选择旅游目的地以及申请旅游签证。【请参见如何为申请旅游签证的面谈做好准备以及探索美国英文网站】


Photo contest shares the American experience

U.S. national parks and the spectacular vistas they preserve have been called “America’s best idea.” Four million online viewers saw why in a 2014 photo contest.

The Share the Experience contest is sponsored by the National Park Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money and support for the government-run National Park Service.

Eligible amateur U.S. photographers submitted 22,000 images in the 2014 contest, and the foundation announced the winners April 30.

Cameron Teller’s portrait of a polar bear mother and cub in the stark landscape of theArctic National Wildlife Refuge took first place. Her photograph will be featured on an annual pass used by 500,000 visitors to federally owned recreational lands.

The image is timely, coming as the United States has taken chairmanship of the eight-government Arctic Council. At the same time, scientific researchers and the public increasingly recognize the region as a unique ecosystem and an indicator of Earth’s changing climate.

Californian Eric DaBreo won second place with a view of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge links a thriving city to a recreation area, home to forests, beaches and historical sites. The photo demonstrates how urban dwellers can remain connected to natural areas.

The third-place image, an American bison in a mountain landscape, captures the country’s sometimes tempestuous relationship with nature. Jordan Moore of Texas submitted a photo of a lone bison in front of Yellowstone Lake, flanked by snow-capped mountains.

Massive herds of bison thundered across Western plains in the 19th century until overzealous hunters decimated the population, and early settlers plowed and fenced the land the buffalo roamed to survive. The hunting stopped more than a century ago, and a number of groups are now working to conserve and restore American bison populations. Their sparse numbers remind us that reckless land use can cause irreversible damage.

See other top national park images of 2014 and earlier winning images from the Share the Experience contest.

And if you’re inspired to visit the United States yourself, there’s plenty of information online to help you make preparations,  choose travel destinations and apply for tourist visas.