The Most Stunning Pictures From The Year 2014 (160 pics)
Here are some of the photos that have been entered into National Geographic’s annual photo contest this year. Which one do you think is the best?
China
"Night fishing"- Kwok Tai
Jokulsarlon Glaier Lagoon, Iceland
"Dreamscape"- Francesco Riccardo Iacomino
Nicosia, Cyprus
"Sunward"- Hasan Baglar
Pengalengan West Java, Indonesia
"Morning Glory" - Cherly Jong
Mingun Village, Myanmar
"Novice Monks"- April Badilles
Waimea Canyons Park, Kauai, HI
"Colorful Waipo'o Falls"- John Lee
Vatican City, Italy
"Vatican Light"- Karen McDonald
Elmvale Zoo, Elmvale, Ontario, Canada
"King of the Zoo"- Cindy Rossit
Shellharbour, NSW, Australia
"Physalia Physalis"- Matthew Smith
Island of Bonaire, Kralendijk, Dutch Caribbean
"The Iguana's cave"- Lorenzo Mittiga
Strezlecki Desert, Australia
"A tree dreaming"- Christian Spencer
Mbabane, Swaziland, Africa
"Hope on the Horizon"- Christina Kehres
Ormond Beach, Florida, United States
"mother"- Catherine Runyan
Cappadocia, Turkey
"Balloons of Cappadocia"- Dipanjan Bhattacharjee
Weatherford, Texas
Entry for the 2014 National Geographic Photography Contest: "The Buckskin"-Bill Stipp
Plaosan Temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"Sunrise Plaosan Temple"-Bill Stipp
West Sumatra
"Achmad Sumawijaya"- Achmad Sumawijaya
Mt. Pilatus - Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
"Close to Heaven"-Mark Forder
Alpe di Siusi, Italy
"Alpe di Siusi"-Douglas Croft
Varanasi, India
"Cultural differences."- Rainier Jr Ona
Biei Hokkaido, Japan
"Iridescent Clouds"- Oh Kobayashi
Arundel, Quebec, Canada
"Amongst the Fallen Leaves"- Eric Ste Marie
Maasai Mara, Kenya
"Maasai Women"- Seth Langbauer
Oaxaca, Mexico
"Painted Ladies"- Daniel Kudish
Myanmar
"Temple of Gold"- Vince Lws
Jakarta
"Hello Friends"-Lessy Sebastian
Machu Picchu, Peru
"Machu Picchu Sunrise"- John Pena
Thanda Game Reserve, South Africa
"Angry Kitty"- Hamish Mitchell
St. Lucia, South Africa
"Up Close & Personal"- Hamish Mitchell
Myanmar
"Myanmar Woman"- Serena Woodward
Porth Elizabeth, South Africa
"Walking on the Savannah"- Jackson Albuquerque
Turkey
"Metal Worker"- Murat Y?lmaz
Andasibe, Madagascar
"Curious lemur"- Nicoletta Muscas
Isaan, Thailand
"Young Muay Thai Fighter in Buriram, Thailand"- Scott Hirano
Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico
"Stones and Manners"- Valerio Esposito
Geneva, Switzerland
"20'000 Leagues Under The Sea"- Marc Henauer
Basey, Samar Island, Philippines
"After Typhoon Haiyan"- Sergey Ponomarev
Homs, Syria
"Destroyed Homs"-Sergey Ponomarev
Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
"Hand-Tube Fireworks (TOYOHASHI GION)"- Hidenobu Suzuki
Poipu, Kaua'i
"Ha O Ka Mo'o (Dragon's Breath)"- Aaron Feinberg
Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i
"Phone Home"- Aaron Feinberg
Black Rock City, NV
"Thunderdome"- Aaron Feinberg
Marco Island, FL
"Eye Wonder"- Jean Hall
Rocklands, South Africa
"Malachite Sunbird"- Beau Kahler
Uyuni, Bolivia
"Floating Car"- Takashi Nakagawa
Brevard, North Carolina
"Searching for Love"- Spencer Black
Grundarfjor?ur, West Iceland
"Icy Night"- Isaak Schiller
Vatnajokull, South Iceland
"The Forgotten World"- Isaak Schiller
Litang, Sichuan, China
"Horse Rider"- Marc Ressang
Palamedu, Madurai, Tamilnadu
"Taking it by the horns"- Arun Maroon
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa
"Violet Breasted Roller"- Kathryn Duffy
Little Talbot Island State Park, Florida, USA
"Snowy in Florida...You're Having a Laugh"- Graham McGeorge
San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain
"Luminarias"- Bartlomiej Jurecki
Kilimanjaro Region - Tanzania
"The Taste of Nature"- Tim Frost
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
"Honoring the Past"- Panos Laskarakis
Ocean City, MD
"Immortal"- Chris Parypa
Bagan, Myanmar
"Teacher and Student"- April Badilles
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
"Connection"- Peter Mather
Antarctic Peninsula
"Pondering Weddell"- Kristian Parton
Chukotka, Russia
"Reindeer Herder"- Sasha Leahovcenco
Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida, USA
"Octopus Eye Closeup"- Howie Grapek
Burma, Kalaw
"Burmese Medicine Man"- Jason Van't Padje
Vava'u Kingdom of Tonga
"Emergence" - Craig Parry
Bronx Zoo, New York
"Heartbroken"- Kristyna Novakova
Sand Dunes at Wahiba, Sultanate of Oman
"Chance Encounter"- Sandra Bruttomesso
Fitzroy Island, Cairns, Australia
"Lunch Time"- Christian Miller
Tanzania, Africa
"Reflection in Beauty" - Julie Caverson
Gulf of Trieste, Adriatic Sea, Italy
"Cothyloriza and Miramare castle"- Adriano Morettin
Istead Rise, Kent, UK
"Ominous"- Russ Francis
Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada
"Let's Play!"- Jonathan Huyer
Monument Valley, Arizona
"West Mitten"- Benjamin Murto
Southwest Idaho
"Whooo you lookin' at?"- Glen Hush
Pilannesberg, South Africa
"Golden Glance"-Beca Arruda
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
"Burning Autumn"- Yuga Kurita
Madha, Oman
"The Winner"- Lal Nallath
Ke'e, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
"When Conditions are Right (wheel of life)"- Lee Scott
Montana, USA
"Focus"- Serhat Demiroglu
Zermatt, Switzerland
"Conquering the Alps."- Terence Kong
Arviat, Nunavut, CA
"Being this cute can sure be hard work"- John Rollins
Florida
"Melancholy Flamingo" - John Trent
Oxford, CT
"Apartments for Salamanders" - Andrey Antov
Inari, Kyoto, Japan
"The Lovely Inari" - Iker Deng
Bozeman, Montana - USA
"Siberian" - Michel Zoghzoghi
Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
"Blue and Red" - Marc Henauer
Saskatchewan River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
"Sunset Apocalypse"- Amanda Nand
Montreal
"Powder Color" - Christopher Dormoy
Vietnam
"Best friends" - Rehahn Croquevielle
Inle Lake, Myanmar
"Intha fishermen" - Michele Martinelli
Khwai River, Botswana
"The Dentist" - Hannes Lochner
Yellowstone National Park
"Grand Prismatic Spring" - Tsuyoshi Shirahama
Vik, Iceland
"Freedom" - Courtney Regan
Pastaza, Ecuador
"Chamanismo" - Abel Barroso
Bagan, Burma
"Another World" - Sabrina Dang
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
"Siesta" - Danka Lo
Athabasca Canyon
"Athabasca Canyon" - Candice Gordon
Glenfinnan Viaduct
"Glenfinnan Viaduct" - Vytenis Malisauskas
Shanghai, China
"Metropolitan Spaghetti" - Michael Sroslak
Port Moody, BC
"Turkey Tail Bracket Fungus" - Lance Isackson
Jokulsarlon, South-Iceland
"Natural Light Painting" - Stefan Brenner
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
"The Grand Teton" - YOUXI LIN
Elliston, Newfoundland
"Puffin Ballet" - Donald Gutoski
Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Traditional Mostar jumps from Old bridge" - Haris Begic
Luzzara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
"At the window" - Alberto Ghizzi Panizza
Namibia, Africa
"San Girl with Cheetah" - Beverly Houwing
Kolmanskop; Namibia
"Crooked Door in a Sand-filled Room" - Beverly Houwing
Luzzara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
"The mirror of the spider" - Alberto Ghizzi Panizza
Bagan, Myanmar
"Temples at Dawn" - Andy Ferrington
Plaza de Ponchos, Otavalo, Equador
"Otavalo Matriarch" - Leo Jansen
The Coast of South Georgia Island
"Transition" - Cheryl Schneider
Niagara Falls, Canada
"Niagara Falls" - Ed Norton
Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica
"Under the moon" - Fernando Martinez Belmar
Madeira, Portugal
"the way of light" - Barbara Seiberl-Stark
Oxford, CT
"Red and Green" - Andrey Antov
Sarapiqui, Heredia. Costa Rica
"Boat Billed Heron Portrait" - Alvaro Cubero
Sarapiqui, Heredia. Costa Rica
"Anolis capito" - Alvaro Cubero
Gabon
"The Rainforest?s Rainbow" - Jose Mingorance
Madagascar. National Park Berenti
"Actually, I'm in charge here" - Gudkov Andrey
Altay Mountains, Bayan Olgii Aimag, Mongolia
"Herding in the Altai" - Tariq Sawyer
Avila, central Spain
"Friendly bee-eaters" - Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
"Cooler than a school bus..." - Devashish Pradhan
Kinmen County
"Make up"
Puerto Rico
"La Cueva Ventana" - Omar AlQabandi
Chicago, IL
"Rarity" - Steve Zywica
Paucas, Huari, Ancash, Peru
"The eyes of the world" - Charlene Sanchez Tarazona
Tarangire, Tanzania
"Sassy" - James Friedland
Capoeira at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Capoeira at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" - Giovani Cordioli
Ontario, Canada
"You are not my lemmings, are you?" - Charles Han
Kocaeli, Turkey
"The Storm" - Aytul AKBAS
Milford Sound, New Zealand
"Milford Sound, New Zealand" - Tom Putt
The Pit Cenote, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
"Diving 'The Pit' in the Mexican Jungle" - Danny Kessler
Singapore, Singapore
"Meerkat in the Morning Sun"- Cami Senior
Meghalaya, India
"Memories"- Jayanta Roy
Thetford Forest, England
"Fox Glance"- Sam Morris
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand
"Crashing home"- Douglas Gimesy
Srimangal, Bangladesh
"Srimangal Tea Pickers"- Simon Urwin
Jigokudani,Nagano prefecture, JAPAN
"Sleeping"- Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Richmond Park, London, UK
"Stag Deer Bellowing- Prashant Meswani
South Africa
"Beauty"- Chris Fischer
Paro, Bhutan
"Tiger's nest (Taktsang)"- Thiago Casquilha
Hang Son Doong, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
"An Alien World"- Chris Miller
Darjeeling, India
"Obervatory Hill Monkey"- Normand Archambault
Mae Haad Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand
"Squid Lightning"- Nate Luck
Pixya, Yucatan, Mexico
"Cenote Noh Mozon"- Benjamin Magana
Masai Mara, Kenya
"Gaze of Death"- Kanwar Juneja
Masai Mara, Kenya
"Determinacion"- Daniela Werner
Page, Arizona, USA
"Window to the heavens"- Rachna Niranjan
Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England
"Raining"- Kutub Uddin
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
"Modern Frame of Spirituality"- Danny Cote
Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine
"The Star Gazers"- Manish Mamtani
Winners From the 2014 NatGeo Traveler Photo Contest: Julesburg, Colorado, USA
First Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "The Independence Day"- Marko Korosec
Mea Shearim. Jerusalem, Israel
Second Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel"-Agnieszka Traczewska
Gruner See at Tragoss, Austria
Third Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Diver in Magic Kingdom"- Marc Henauer
Old Bagan, Burma
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Light Source"-Marcelo Castro
Banos, Ecuador
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "End of the World" - Sean Hacker Teper
Summit of Tin-Merzouga, Tadrat, Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "A Well Earned Rest in the Sahara"- Evan Cole
Kaveripattinam, Tamilnadu, India
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Divine Makeover"- Mahesh Balasubramanian
Burough Market, London, England
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Ladies in Waiting"- Susie Stern
Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemian, Czech Republic
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Foggy, Small Town"- Duowen Chen
Jonathans Lodge, Qachas Nek, Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: ""Khotso" Peace at Devil's Knuckles"- Byron Inggs
Sequoia National Forest, CA
Viewer's Choice Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: "Among the Giants" - James Eimmerman
