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Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic photographer. Storm clouds gather over Nushagak Bay, where a tempest is raging over the proposed Pebble mine.
Santorini, Greece
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Photograph by C.T. Feng. A nice twilight shot of the often photographed Oia, Santorini.
Kayakers, Land’s End
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Photograph by Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic photographer. Kayakers navigate the waters around Land’s End in Cabo San Lucas, a popular tourist destination at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
Sand Dunes, Australia
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Photograph by Nicki Chen. The east of Lancelin town is bordered by endless snow-white sand dunes, which are heaven for sand boarders.
Snorkeler, Thailand
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Photograph by Nick Kelly. One of the photo off the coast of Koh Tao in Thailand, near Koh Phangan. A fish just happened to steal the shot.
Megiddo
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Photograph by Greg Girard, National Geographic photographer. Tourists explore Megiddo, an ancient city north of Jerusalem where archaeologists found ruins of a palace and stables—evoked by a metal horse sculpture.
Point Reyes, California
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Photograph by Anton Barmettler. Point Reyes, California, near the top of the cliff, under fog.
Dragon Boat Festival, China
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Photograph by Yu Andy. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural event in China.
Bad water Basin, Death Valley
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Photograph by Dan Desroches, it was taken in Death Valley at a location named Badwater, a dry sea of salt below sea level.
Colorful Umbrellas, Laos
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Photograph by Dimitris Koutroumpas, This photo was taken in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Storm Clouds, Utah
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Photograph by Steven Besserman, Storm clouds move in over a Utah cornfield at sunset.
Kite Surfer, South Africa
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Photograph by Tim Allen, Kite surfers riding the wind, Table View, Cape Town, South Africa
Lagoon, Iceland
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Photograph by Mark Reimer, lagoon full of icebergs floating out to sea.
Polar Bear, Norway
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A curious female polar bear approaches the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer in Svalbard, Norway.
Sunset, Indonesia
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A fisherman in Rawa Pening, central Java, Indonesia
Hang Son Doong Cave, Vietnam
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A half-mile block of 40-story buildings could fit inside this lit stretch of Hang Son Doong, which may be the world’s biggest subterranean passage.
Train Trip, Sweden
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This picture was taken in northern Sweden during a train trip to Abisko.
Mana Village Man
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Mana village, Uttaranchal, India and Tibet border
Serengeti, Tanzania
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This was shot in the Serengeti, Tanzania, April 2010.
Giant’s Causeway, Ireland
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Photograph by Yourane Ung. People visiting Northern Ireland necessarily go to the Giant’s Causeway.
Namsto Lake, Tibet
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Photograph by Jeremy Nielsen. In Tibetan, Namsto means “Heavenly Lake,” and the serene beauty should not be missed by anyone who travels to Tibet.
Western Breithorn
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Photograph by Victor Troyanov. Western Breithorn, European Alps.
Motocross Biker, Colorado
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Photograph by Rayner Marx. Track owner hurls into a dark heaven at Wild Rat Motocross in Colorado
Grand Canyon National Park
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Photograph by Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic photographer. Ancestral Puebloan granaries, Grand Canyon National Park
Cuba Coast
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Photograph by Dan Desroches. the early morning in Cuba.
Fishermen, Thailand
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Photograph by Lior Patel. Thai fishermen prepare a net for night fishing.