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BEST OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8!

Since its founding all the way back in 1888, National Geographic has become synonymous with outstanding photography, and its annual photography contest attracts submissions from around the world. Visual storytelling is the heart of National Geographic. Here are more of their year's best winners. Enjoy! :)       This picture is not a photo of painting, landscape nor I have used any Photoshop except minor cropping, rotation and converting from raw to jpeg. It is colored threads/wool hanging from the wall in an amazing way with a nail head coming out in between. I tried to create a feeling of moon and sea. - by Aditya Vardhan Tibrewala       King of the Hill: An American Bison on the National Bison Range, Moiese, Montana. - by Mark Mesenko       The view from our hotel room in the San Blas district of Cusco. This area of town overlooked the rest of the city and gave us a breathtaking view as the sun and rain mixed one evening. - by Blake Burton       Imagine yourself as this lone tree, standing in the snow waves. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. - by Victor Liu       Living in Seattle I am spoiled by its beautiful skyline and the iconic Space Needle. This was not my first attempt capturing the moon with the Space Needle. After one failed attempt, I went back the next day for a second attempt and was treated with perfect conditions. As the moon rose above the horizon I was in disbelief as to how big it was, dwarfing the entire Space Needle observation deck. - by Hai Nguyen       This picture was taken at the majestic Iguazu Falls, Misiones, Argentina. The flight of this flock of swifts across the huge waterfalls portrays the sense of freedom and wildness that belongs to this fantastic world wonder. - by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini       While on safari in Kruger National Park we watched a coalition of four male cheetahs crossing the plain. This one got distracted and fell behind. Once he noticed the others were gone, he sprinted to catch up. I caught him nicely with a slow shutter pan. - by Douglas Croft       Kauai is a wild and magical place. It invokes a sense of freedom, appreciation, and love. At this particular beach waves rebound and crash off of lava rocks and cliffs forming into interesting shapes. - by Lace Andersen       A young bat and his mother in flight in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel. - by Gilad Guy       Long necked Padaung tribe woman wearing neck rings on Inle Lake, Myanmar. They come down from the mountains to sell their handmade jewelry and woven bags to tourists. - by Cynthia MacDonald

A fascinating and breathtaking view of the Cappadocia morning breeze, in Turkey. - by Reynaldi Herdinanto       Cowboy, the real deal. Photo taken near J Bar L Ranch in Montana. This gentleman and his friends were riding across the state using only the real deal old school equipment. - by Jesper Anhede       Pergamon was an ancient Greek city in Aeolis, today located 16 miles (26 km) from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus. Some ancient authors regarded it as a colony of the Arcadians, but the various origin stories all belong to legend. - by Mehmet Fatih Yaldiz       Taken during the Belle Fouche prescribed burn at Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming. - by Drew Gilmour       This great white shark struck directly from below with such force that it leapt entirely clear of the water. Gansbaai, South Africa, where this image was taken, is one of the only places in the world where the sharks exhibit this behavior. - by Thomas Pepper       A one-horned gazelle looks up at just the right moment in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. - by Kellie Reifstenzel       A scientist climbs out of an ice cave formed by volcanic vents near the summit of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica. - by Alasdair Turner       "The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft; and gathering swallows twitter in the skies." (John Keats). The Duke of Westminster's Drive, in Chester, England. - by Robert Reginald Williams       Shooting New Taipei City night scene, in the distance, a huge, strange cloud, from time to time issuing a strange flash reflection like a a beautiful watercolor painting.       This church was built about 200 years ago on the banks of Hemavathi River near Hassan, India. About 25 years before, Gorur Dam was built, and every year the monsoons fill up the reservoir and flood the church, submerging it. Every Cycle takes away part of this holy place until nothing will remain. Hopefully this picture would provide a view of what man makes and how nature takes it away. - by Gurdyal Singh       A very hungry humming bird drinking from the mouth of a person in Wyoming during an extreme drought in 2012. - by Sundell Larsen Source

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