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Friday, May 6, 2016

AWESOME NATURE - GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER submissions to the Best Picture of the Year Contest

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Backdropped by sunlight, an enormous supercell forms over the town of Blackhawk, South Dakota - leading to flash flooding in the state
Backdropped by sunlight, an enormous supercell forms over the town of Blackhawk, South Dakota - leading to flash flooding in the state

A wooden shed is caught in winter's icy grip on a frigid night on the top of a hill in Lapland, Finland, as the Northern Lights appear
A wooden shed is caught in winter's icy grip on a frigid night on the top of a hill in Lapland, Finland, as the Northern Lights apper
 
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Photographer Reynold Dewantara snapped this dramatic picture as Mount Bromo erupted at Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia
Photographer Reynold Dewantara snapped this dramatic picture as Mount Bromo erupted at Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia
 
Tourists flock to Minobu, Japan, every year to see the cherry blossoms. Smoke from a bonfire adds a fantastic effect to this photograph
Tourists flock to Minobu, Japan, every year to see the cherry blossoms. Smoke from a bonfire adds a fantastic effect to this photograph
 
Photographer Gaby Barathieu witnessed one of nature's greatest wonders as the La Fournaise volcano erupted on Réunion Island
Photographer Gaby Barathieu witnessed one of nature's greatest wonders as the La Fournaise volcano erupted on Réunion Island
 
The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, in California's Death Valley National Park, play a visual trick in this image taken shortly after sunrise
The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, in California's Death Valley National Park, play a visual trick in this image taken shortly after sunrise
 
Christoph Schaarschmidt snapped this shot at Trollstigen, Norway, as the fog disappeared and a car drove along a winding road
Christoph Schaarschmidt snapped this shot at Trollstigen, Norway, as the fog disappeared and a car drove along a winding road
 
Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is illuminated by several bolts of lightning as a storm rolls through Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is illuminated by several bolts of lightning as a storm rolls through Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
 
Two lions collide - with one leaping into the air - during a play-fight at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa
Two lions collide - with one leaping into the air - during a play-fight at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa
 
During a snowstorm in Bryce Canyon, Utah, a single tree looks stark against the frozen landscape, where visibility was almost zero
During a snowstorm in Bryce Canyon, Utah, a single tree looks stark against the frozen landscape, where visibility was almost zero
 
The long drive and hike were more than worth it when Kenji Yamamura encountered this stunning scene in the Utah desert
The long drive and hike were more than worth it when Kenji Yamamura encountered this stunning scene in the Utah desert
 
This photo, called 'The Spaceship', was taken last December as Massimo Rumi sailed to Antarctica on a 54-ft long-haul steel vessel ship
This photo, called 'The Spaceship', was taken last December as Massimo Rumi sailed to Antarctica on a 54-ft long-haul steel vessel ship
 
Doris Landertinger's amazing photo shows a lone springbok grazing in front of a dune at Swakopmund, Erong in the Namibian Desert
Doris Landertinger's amazing photo shows a lone springbok grazing in front of a dune at Swakopmund, Erong in the Namibian Desert
 
Thierry Bornier waited a week to get the right conditions before capturing this early-morning shot of a village in the mist at Guizhou, China
Thierry Bornier waited a week to get the right conditions before capturing this early-morning shot of a village in the mist at Guizhou, China
 

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3573526/National-Geographic-Traveler-photographer-year-contest-s-stunning-entries.html
 
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