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  
  
 

Snow Weasel, Minnesota USA  
 


Oia Santorini, Greece  
 


Piraputanga fish in Sucuri  river, Brazil  
 


The Louvre, Paris  
 


The Pyramids, Egypt  
 


Al-Saleh Mosque, Yemen  
 

 
 Praying Mantis  
  
 

Thunderstorm in Montana,  USA  
 


A lightning bolt strikes the  antenna of The Center building in Central, Hong Kong  
 

 
 Alone  
  
 

River Bank in Zhenyuan, Guizhou  Province, China  
 


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  
  
  
 
Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada  
 


Mount Everest climber  
 


Warminster, England  
 


Feeding Koi fish at Windows of  the World, Shenzhen, China  
 


Oasis  
 


Bee, purple flower  
 


Czech Republic  
 


the Angolan Plateau  
 


Buddhist Monastery of Ki,  Himalayas  
 

Grand Prize Winner of  2010 
National Geographic  Contest

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