16,000 photographs submitted from 130 countries entered National
Geographic Photographs Contest 2010.
Some favorites were extracted for publishing. Scroll down to view
the winning photograph.
Unexpected danger in Kanana Camp, Botswana
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Snow Weasel, Minnesota USA
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Oia Santorini, Greece
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Piraputanga fish in Sucuri river, Brazil
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The Louvre, Paris
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The Pyramids, Egypt
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Al-Saleh Mosque, Yemen
Praying Mantis
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Thunderstorm in Montana, USA
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A lightning bolt strikes the antenna of The Center building in Central,
Hong Kong
Alone
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River Bank in Zhenyuan, Guizhou Province, China
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Mountain fog
Herring Gull with Guillemot Chick
Heavy load - little fly on a small white flower
Great Blue Heron with fish
Suradita Village, West Java, Indonesia - children playing with their
roosters
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Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Mount Everest climber
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Warminster, England
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Feeding Koi fish at Windows of the World, Shenzhen, China
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Oasis
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Bee, purple flower
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Czech Republic
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the Angolan Plateau
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Buddhist Monastery of Ki, Himalayas
Grand Prize Winner of 2010
National Geographic Contest
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Eruption of Gunung Rinjani, an active volcano in Indonesia
Winning photo taken by Aaron Lim Boon Teck of Singapore
Contest judge Joel Sartore said, This image best represented the craft
of photography.
Honourable Mention
Lion Lion in the Shadows
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