National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2013 (Part 2)
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is in full swing, although submissions won't close until June 30th. The winner of the photo contest will receive a trip for two to the Galapagos Islands. National Geographic Traveler magazine has shared another selection of photos submitted for this year's competition.
(Total 30 photos)
1. A fennec fox runs against the wind through the desert in Morocco. Fenech lives in the Sahara Desert and throughout North Africa. (© Francisco Mingorance/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
2. Thirty-meter waves rise in the raging sea near Seaham Lighthouse in County Durham, England. (© Owen Humphreys/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
3. Sadhu from Varanasi, India. (© Craig Stevenson/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
4. Segara Anak crater lake on Mount Rinjani on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. (© Dodi Sandradi/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
5. A flock of 12-14 hyenas pursued a herd of 7-8 elephants. Their target was an elephant. In the photo: an elephant protects her baby elephant from hyenas. (© Jayesh Mehta/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
6. Sunset from the top of Mount Lao Zhai on the banks of the Li River in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. (© James Bian/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
7. The air was so cold this autumn morning that drops of tree sap had time to solidify as they fell to the ground. Kingston, Ontario, Canada. (© Jay Foulds/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
8. Table iceberg floats in the Southern Ocean a few kilometers from the island of South Georgia. (© Sue Volek/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
9. A hummingbird drinks from a woman's mouth during a severe drought in Wyoming in 2012. (© Sundell Larsen/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
10. American bison in the National Bison Range in Montana. (© Mark Mesenko/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
11. View from the window of a hotel room in the San Blas area, Cusco. (© Blake Burton/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
12. I have seen alligators and turtles in the same pond before, but this combination is the first time! An alligator basks in the sun while sitting on the back of a turtle at the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. (© Mary Ellen Urbanski/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
13. Imagine yourself in the place of this lonely tree. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (© Victor Liu/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
14. A flock of swifts circles over the Iguazu Falls in the province of Misiones, Argentina. (© Francesco Filippo Pellegrini/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
15. During a safari in the Kruger National Park, we saw four cheetahs. One of them lagged behind a little and started to catch up with his relatives. I photographed him. (© Douglas Croft/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
16. This marvelous cloud over the city of Xinbei seems to be painted with watercolors. (© ?? ?/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
17. Padaung woman with rings around her neck on Inle Lake, Myanmar. They come down from the mountains to sell handmade jewelry and wicker bags to tourists. (© Cynthia MacDonald/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
18. Kauai Island. Near this beach, the waves wrap and break on the hardened volcanic lava, taking on bizarre shapes. (© Lace Andersen/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
19. A bat carries its cub in the city of Pardes Hana Karkur, Israel. (© Gilad Guy/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
20. Pygmy chimpanzees, perhaps our closest relatives, at the zoo in Jacksonville, Florida. (© Graham McGeorge/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
21. On the way to the recreation center "Ergaki", Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. (© Alexander Nerozya/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
22. Morning in Cappadocia, Türkiye. (© Reynaldi Herdinanto/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
23. The child accidentally got into the frame when I photographed the old part of the city in Jodhpur, India. (© Bruno Tamiozzo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
24. The eruption of the Puyehue volcano, Chile. (© Rival Gustavo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
25. A scientist rises from an ice cave near the top of Mount Erebus in Antarctica. (© Alasdair Turner/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
26. A thunderstorm approaches a field flooded with sunlight in Montana. (© James Lam/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
27. One-horned gazelle in the Masai Mara, Kenya. (© Kellie Reifstenzel/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
28. Cowboy. The picture was taken near the J Bar L Ranch in Montana. (© Jesper Anhede/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
29. Controlled fell near the Devil's Tower natural monument in Wyoming. (© Drew Gilmour/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
30. Spring came to Sweden and ice began to melt on Lake Vättern. My best friend and I went on a kayaking trip, where I took this funny picture. City of Yu, Sweden. (© Jesper Anhede/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)