Traveler Photo Contest 2013 – National Geographic

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1. Reynisdrangar or basalt columns in the sea Reynisfyadl under a mountain near the village of Vik in southern Iceland. According to legend, these columns were once trolls, who was dragged to the shore three-masted ship, but turned to stone at dawn from sunlight and turned into a sharp rock. (© Florin Szoke / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

2. People came out to swim on surfboards at dawn in the town of Byron Bay, Australia. (© Ming Nomchong / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

3. The monks begin service at a very young age. This monk was trying to “fly” out of the abundance of energy. (© Bonnie Stewart / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

4. Code, we have returned with an underwater excursion during their trip to the Great Barrier Reef, the wind died down, and the surface of the ocean looked like a mirror. The line between the sky and the water has worn off, and the only seaplane brings a sense of reality of the landscape. (© Christian Roth / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

5. At the foot of the active volcano Bromo in Java is a Hindu temple Pura Luhur Poten, which is often buried in the fog with the coming of dusk. On this day Bromo volcano threw a thick cloud of dust. (© Tim Jenka / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

6. The female spider Nephila pilipes pursues male. After mating, the females of most species of spiders eat the males. (© Chandana Gunasekara / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

7. Leo listens to the sounds in the distance, assessing the potential threat. (© Micky Robinson / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

8. I took this picture during his trip to California. I am from the Channel Islands and the journey made a strong impression on me. When you live on a small island, traveling to such a vast country like the U.S., there is something incredible. (© Alex Lacey / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

9. I have seven years of waiting for the right weather conditions to catch the moment. Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. (© Frank Heumann / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

10. A fly sits on the head of a snake in the department of Choco, Colombia. (© Robin Moore / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

11. Mursi woman of the people standing near the hut in his village in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. (© Jorge Fernandez / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

12. The eruption of the Chilean volcano Puyehue began June 4, 2011. A year later, people and animals are used to the constant emission of ash. This picture was taken on the second night after the eruption in Lago Ranco. (© Francisco Negroni / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

13. I took this picture from the top of 97-story John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois. Fog creeping into the city from Lake Michigan. (© Bob Gaudet / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

14. After a full day we climbed the mountains of the National Park Joshua Tree, a friend asked me, “Can we be photographed naked in a jump out on the stone? ‘. (© Tom James / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

15. I noticed the rings when the morning walking through the Taipei with his son. They were hanging outside the shop that sold bottled gas. (© Maarten Deurvorst / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

16. The sun illuminates the lonely standing tree in Paluze, Washington. (© Jesse Summers / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

17. Napali Coast on Kauai – one of the most beautiful places on Earth. (© Karen Lejeal / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

18. My girlfriend and I went to Mount Rogers, Virginia, to see the wild horses. This horse is thinking that I have a treat, and came up to me from behind while I stroked the other horse. (© John Brasher / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

19. I photographed this whirlpool in the ocean while trying to capture the largest I’ve seen of sea turtles off the coast of Whitehaven Beach, Australia. (© Vincent Archer / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

20. Sheikh Zayed Mosque is reflected in a fountain. Abu Dhabi, UAE. (© Dhafer Al shehri / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

21. As a reward for hosting the Grand Canyon rainy day stretches before me this beautiful view. (© Cathy Smart / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

22. This picture was taken on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Every day at sunset here are going cliff-divers. (© Josh Baker / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

23. A small island off the coast of luck in Miami Beach, Florida. (© Joao Santos / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

24. This picture was taken in the natural park Sierra de Grazalema in Spain, where a small eutrophic freshwater ponds grow algae. Algae live among herbaceous plants, and when the ponds are covered by a crust of ice, make beautiful patterns. (© Andres Miguel Dominguez / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

25. Every year at the beginning of summer in the national park Great Smoky Mountains in a massive flight of fireflies. I put the camera on the half-hour exposure. I danced around the tens of thousands of fireflies, and I was the only spectator of this light show. (© Cheng Niu / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

26. I arrived in Nairobi to make a movie for the NGO. During the filming of slum Mathare, I went to school to hide from the heat, and saw these sleeping children. (© Joe Saade / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

27. This picture was taken in a very foggy night near Point Cabrillo, Mendocino, California. Old blacksmith’s house could be seen only when it is illuminated by the light of the lighthouse. (© Melissa Loeffler / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

28. I’ve always wanted to swim with humpback whales. When the whale swam past me, I felt that he was really looking at me. Amazing, unforgettable moment! Swimming with whales popular in Tonga. I will repeat it. (© Conni Weise / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

29. The representative of the Seychelles Renny Bijoux take part in the expedition “Greenpeace” to the North Pole. (© Christian Aslund / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

30. Chukotka has always survived on hunting sea mammals. The most important thing for them – to get a walrus. Even now, hunters are hand harpoons. For a foreigner it’s exhausting, but quite an interesting ride. (© Uno Johansson / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

31. Iranian Shiite Muslims in a trance mourn the feast of Ashura, a day of commemoration of the martyr Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam. Smearing mud is an important part of the local ritual. The picture was taken in the city of Bijar, Iran. (© Guido Dingemans / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

32. I found this abandoned building in Iceland. The roof was gone, but the walls were still strong. (© Adrian Fiorino / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

33. Tokyo view from the lookout tower, “Tokyo Sky Tree”. In the picture can be seen of the Sumida River and Arakawa, different bridges, Tokyo Bay and Rainbow Bridge. (© Yoshiki Nakamura / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

34. In the rainy season the Kalahari desert is teeming with insects. Near my tent was hanging lantern, which attracted beetles. Took advantage of a gecko.(© Hannes Lochner / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

35. Rhino and two zebras under cloudy sky in the savanna in Kenya. (© Robin Moore / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

36. Swimming with jellyfish in Palau’s like a dream. (© CheanChong Lim / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

37. Taking a walk through the mountains in the Badlands National Park, we went on this path. What has she got, the more easily break down. I decided to stay here, but my husband wanted to continue their journey. He went on and fell near the place where he stands in this photo, but got up quickly. (© Jane Speleers / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

38. Unaware of the fact that each of us waited for his moment of glory: it is – mining for breakfast, and I – one of my best shots. (© Leopoldo Islas Flores / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

39. I took this picture during his first trip to Africa. Giraffe against the orange sky. (© Dave Young / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

40. Deserted subway platform in Stockholm, Sweden. (© Valentijn Tempels / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

41. Gushing geyser Old Faithful. (© Yang Li / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

42. In the plains of the Kalahari Desert eland sometimes debilitating hunger. This is good news for the Lions. Cannes comes to watering places and become easy prey. (© Hannes Lochner / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

43. Sea instead of the sky. I took this picture from the top of the mountain on the island of Capri. (© Diako Mardanbeigi / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)