ภาพประกวดงดงาม 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer

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  Polar bears rely on the sea ice to reach their seal prey. Global warming caused by humans has significantly impacted the sea ice, which is negatively affecting the Polar bears in many ways. Photographed in Kaktovik, Alaska. #

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  This picture was taken during Mt. Bromo eruption, the horse seems a little agitated due to the sound of the eruption. #

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  Spring in Japan. People love to walk in this blue carpet flowers (Nemophila blue flowers) at Hitachi seaside park in Ibaraki. #

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  A young Kazakh boy with his eagle which will perform at the traditional Eagle Festival held in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia. Eagle hunting is a heritage passed from father to son, generation after generation, by the Kazakh people of the Altai mountains. #

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  Amazing supercell produces over the town of Blackhawk, South Dakota, back on June 1, 2015. Flash flooding would occur near Rapid City. #

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  Romance is in the air. It was the time of day immediately following sunset. Photographed in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. #

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  From the air, it’s much easier to see how Lombard Street snakes through the streets of San Francisco. One of the most iconic landmarks of San Francisco—with its eight sharp turns is said to be the most crooked street in the world. #

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  This kookaburra has the perfect view of Sydney Harbour and the bridge in the background. This is quintessential Sydney and Australia. #

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  Two big bears locked in battle for survival over a single salmon. This was at the beginning of the salmon run when the salmon were scarce and when a bear caught a fish the bear was swarmed by other bears trying to steal his catch and big battles would erupt. Katmai National Park, Alaska #

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  The latest eruption of La Fournaise Volcano. Réunion Island. #

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  This image is an aerial selfie image. We laid down on the bridge covered with snow and flew the drone above us to take this image. #

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  The Kangaroo Island echidna only exists in the wild on Kangaroo Island (off South Australia.) While extensive historic clearing of its habitat has significantly reduced the population size, its main threats now come from feral cat predation and road mortality. With less than 5,000 adults, its conservation status has recently been listed as endangered by the Australian Federal Government. #

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  While on a road trip in Iceland, we stumbled across a sea of old lava flows that has, over the centuries, been blanketed in thick, green layer of moss. #

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  This alligator laid out in the middle of the waterway seeking what little sunshine was offered on this cloudy December day as we sailed by. I was struck by the poetic symmetry of reptile and its reflection in the swampy water. #

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  When I was on a field trip in the Canadian Rockies in winter, we encountered big wind gust, and five of my teammates were blown away about 100 meters. The snow got thrown high up to the sky, and it traveled across the lake with obvious trails. I held my tripod tightly and captured this scene, with my eyes full of tears and my mouth filled with snow. #

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  Taken in Linyanti area Botswana during an early morning drive. #

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  Jomblang cave in Yogyakarta, Indonesia—a place for heavenly light. #

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  Aerial view of fall colors at peak in the Adirondack Mountains. #

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  The whole trek our guides kept telling us “our side safe side, their side suicide” when we heard the Yak bells chiming in the distance. It was our reminder to find the safe side of the mountain so that we wouldn't find ourselves in the path of an oncoming herd. Here on the final approach into Everest Base Camp, it was hard to determine the safe side when the single track dropped off steeply on both sides. The yaks were burdened with expedition equipment ready for the 2016 summit season. #

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  The photo was taken on the tallest dunes in the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, before a thunderstorm. I knew there was supposed to be a thunderstorm in that area in the afternoon and I was lucky to capture nice dramatic effect with light and shadows. #

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  This amazing stacked architecture of Hong Kong shows the housing of its rather dense population. It's visually striking to understand that your whole horizon is built from people's lit windows. #

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  Crossing the road can be especially dangerous for any species. The Kangaroo Island kangaroo is the slowest moving kangaroo species which means that they are more vulnerable to being hit by cars—especially between dusk and dawn. Sadly each each year thousands are killed, injured or clipped, and left to die slowly. Despite this, and Kangaroo Island being one third National Park, it sadly doesn't have a reduced dusk to dawn speed limit to minimize this risk. #

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  A special place in the Faroe Islands where I can get in touch with nature and enjoy the silence broken just by birds crying and the ocean sounds. A touching experience for me that I live in a big crowded city. Coming in this place in winter time was pretty dangerous because of snow and steep cliffs but I didn't care about that. My desire to come here was too strong. Kalsoy island, Faroe Islands. #

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    Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), photographed near Debre Libanos, in Ethiopia. #

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    This photo was taken on a summer morning. The mountains were completely shrouded by clouds. For only five short minutes the clouds let the mountains breathe a bit before covering all again. #

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    A young Kalbelia woman from Rajasthan, India, poses for portrait. #

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    The Blue Pond, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. #

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    A first-row seat on beaches along Argentina’s Valdes Peninsula brings with it an adrenaline-packed experience with Mother Nature unplugged. It is here in Patagonia where Orcas have learned the unique skill of intentionally stranding themselves on the beach to catch sea lion pups. We spent 2 weeks, 10 hours per day, sitting on the beaches of a private sheep ranch straddling the northern coastline of the Valdes Peninsula. #

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    It was 5:29 in the morning. The man appeared to get the first train started. No customers were in the train or Aizu-Kawaguchi station in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Soon the train departed on time in the heavy snow. #

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    His siblings are all gone, decimated by mange, a disease introduced by humans to control wild canines in the early 1900s. Hungry and weakened by that same parasitic infestation, the last remaining pup of the Lamar Canyon wolf pack is struggling across the soft snow of an unusually warm February in Yellowstone National Park. #

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    A boat ferries monks with parasols across Taungthaman Lake, near Amarapura in Myanmar, at sunrise casting a reflection on the still water of the lake. #

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    In Cuba, we tried to stay off the beaten track and avoid typical ‘touristy’ tobacco farms. We randomly stumbled across Roberto's farm after his granddaughter came rushing out to greet us following a quick U-turn near their drive. So glad she did! Roberto had a fantastic story of generations of tobacco farming, the revolution—we spent a good hour sipping coffee and smoking cigars with him. Beautiful family in a beautiful country. #

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    This is taken on the Copenhagen Metro, from the front of the train going through a tunnel. I like the effect of motion and extra-terrestrial feel of this shot. #

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    In Ladakh, India, my sherpa spotted a single cat about 8:30 a.m. We climbed up the hill to the highest spot facing the cat, 400 meters away and another 50 meters higher, and we could not get any closer. We remained there despite the weather—30 mph wind, snow flurries, and brief breaks of sunshine. By 6 p.m. as the light started to dim out, I was left alone on the peak. A few minutes later I heard a cat calling, following the sound a second cat showed up. To my surprise, they embraced each other, a mother and her 3-year-old cub. #

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    This is a sacred moment from the Holy Week in Canary Islands, Spain. Older women meet at the Cathedrals’s with their “White Mantillas” in order to escort The Virgin Mary Procession. #

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    In the mangroves of Cuba, we had an incredible experience with this American crocodile. It was like swimming with a dinosaur. #

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    A bird’s eye view of a caravan of camels walking along Cable Beach, Western Australia, at sunset. #

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    During our road trip in Ireland, we made a stop at Connemara Park and we decided to climb Diamond Hill. The weather was really sunny and there was a lot of wind. For only one minute, we had this point of view with such epic colors, with the valley lit up. Three hikers was ready to disappear and I just had the time to take this picture which represents perfectly the very moment when we saw the beauty of the place. #

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    To take this image I had to camp in the wilderness of Greenland about 90 kilometers away from Kangerluusuaq right at the border of the inland ice. After days of walking and looking trough my telephoto lens I finally found the Musk ox. I approached very slowly because Musk ox are extremely shy. Then I made a huge mistake, I moved too fast and they could hear me. Immediately they built a wall and the adults protected the juveniles—the perfect moment for this shot. #

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    This photo was taken far out on the sea ice in the Davis Straight off the coast of Baffin Island. This mother and her yearling are perched atop a huge snow-covered iceberg that got “socked in” when the ocean froze over for the winter. To me, the relative “smallness” of these large creatures when compared to the immensity of the iceberg in the photo represents the precariousness of the polar bear's reliance on the sea and sea ice for its existence. #

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    Elephants hold onto each others’ tails as they walk the fields of The Crags Elephant Sanctuary, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. #

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    Young men having fun on the rooftop of the trains. There were too many people rushing home after the Bishwa Ijtema at Tongi train station, in Bangladesh. #

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    I was on a little airplane taking pictures of landscape in the amazing Donana while I saw a group of flamingos that just created a sort of marvelous blue painting while they were finding their food in the shallow water. I asked the pilot to make a turn positioning the plane perpendicular to the scene and I took this shot while they were taking off. #

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    Taken in Lombok Indonesia, a traditional horse race held every year. The jockeys are children aged 8 to 12, riding without the use of protective helmets or saddle. I kept my camera on the ground for a low-angle shot. I’m lucky my camera was not trampled by the horses. #

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    A lonely zebra in the midst of a field full of flowers. Near Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. #

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    Leo Houlding and team sit atop the Mirror Wall in Arctic Greenland after making the first ascent of the main face of the peak. Climbing with Joe Möhle, Matt Pickles, Matt Pycroft, and Waldo Etherington, the team succeeded in climbing a new route on the main face of the 1,200-meter peak. Free climbing 23 of the 25 pitches, they spent 12 nights on the wall and topped out in an upwards snow storm at 4:20 a.m. on July 22, 2015. #

    

    This image was captured very early in the morning after climbing Yellow Mountain at 3 a.m. and waiting for few hours in the cold and wind at -4 degrees. #

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