Wulan Butong Grassland
Photograph by Van Hanwood
"This place seems like an ancient battlefield in
the morning," says Van Hanwood of this picture taken in Wulan Butong in
the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and submitted to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. "The fog floats on the grassland."
Photograph by Yuga Kurita, National Geographic Your Shot
"I live on the north side of Fuji, and spring
comes earlier on the south side, so I traveled to the south to admire
the cherry blossoms with Fuji before spring came to my town," says Yuga Kurita, a member of our Your Shot community.
Photograph by Thomas Bannenberg, National Geographic Your Shot
A porcelain crab peers out from a sea anemone in
this picture by Your Shot member Thomas Bannenberg, who captured the
creatures in waters off the Philippines. Despite its name, the porcelain
crab has a strong exoskeleton that it periodically sheds and regrows.
Hugging the Ice
Photograph by David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic
In a picture that appears in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic
magazine, a lone harp seal hugs thinning ice near the Madeleine Islands
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pups spend their first month on an ice
floe, a precarious nursery as ice shrinks in the gulf.
Photograph by Paul Nevin, National Geographic Your Shot
"With my police escort I had arrived at my
lodgings at dusk, perched on the edge of a massive escarpment in Yemen's
Wadi Doan," says Your Shot contributor Paul Nevin.
"In the fading light and on the valley floor I could see this
fortresslike village. Having imagined how it might present under a
rising sun, I was up at first light. Below me, shepherds and their goats
made the only sounds. The sun rose, bathing the escarpment in golden
light. It seemed like an eternity before it finally gilded the top of
the village—magic."
Photograph by Jian Gao
Women take pictures of themselves with their cell
phones in front of the Shanghai skyline in this picture submitted by
Jian Gao to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
Photograph by Sreekumar Krishnan, National Geographic Your Shot
"The Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, is approximately 11 square miles" says Your Shot contributor Sreekumar Krishnan.
"It sees the migratory bird influx in late September, and by the time
summer hits the area, you'll see considerably fewer birds there."
Photograph by David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic
In this picture originally published in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic
magazine, a pair of Atlantic wolffish—named for their fangs—cozy up in a
den in Bonne Bay, off the west coast of Newfoundland. The female
departs after laying eggs, leaving their care to the male.
Photograph by Shane Kalyn
"There is an ethereal, otherworldly feeling to
this photograph, as this little island in the middle of Tumuch Lake in
northern British Columbia appears as if it's floating in the clouds,"
says Shane Kalyn, who submitted this photo to the National Geographic Traveler
Photo Contest. "To bring us back to Earth, a fish has left a ripple in
the water on the left-hand side of the shot. The scene was amazing to
witness, let alone be lucky enough to photograph—totally the right place
at the right time."
Photograph by Willem Kuijpers, National Geographic Your Shot
Your Shot member Willem Kuijpers
captured this shot during the 24-hour I Misteri procession in Trapani,
Sicily, during which the stations of the cross are carried through the
city on the Friday and Saturday of Holy Week. "I came across this
situation on the morning of Easter Saturday," Kujipers says. "The
participants were getting very tired and I had to wait a lot because of
the slow movement of the procession. The heavy stations are carried by
the guilds of the city, each accompanied by a music group playing
funeral music and a group of women and children."Kujipers has been attending such processions in Sicily since 2002.
Photograph by Stuart Chape
"The high cliffs of Svalbard drop steeply into
the sea," says Stuart Chape, who submitted this picture from Norway's
Arctic archipelago to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. "The eroded green cliffs, remnant snow, and aquamarine sea create an abstract visual impression."via... http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
