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The power of nature Powerful eruption of Colima Volcano in Mexico on December 13th, 2015. Picture: Sergio Tapiro Velasco / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
1/18The power of nature Powerful eruption of Colima Volcano in Mexico on December 13th, 2015. Picture: Sergio Tapiro Velasco / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Colorful apartment This building is apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It is very colorful, but it is an ordinary collective housing where ordinary people can live. Picture: Tetsuya Hashimoto / National Geographic Travel Photographer
2/18Colorful apartment This building is apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It is very colorful, but it is an ordinary collective housing where ordinary people can live. Picture: Tetsuya Hashimoto / National Geographic Travel Photographer
Worship This photo was taken in Konya. Willing Dervish in an historical place of Sille KonyaTurkey. The dance of the Whirling Dervishes is called Sema and is a symbol of the Mevlevi culture. According to Mevlana teachings, human beings are born twice, once of their mothers and the second time of their own bodies. Picture: F. Dilek Uyar / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
3/18Worship This photo was taken in Konya. Willing Dervish in an historical place of Sille KonyaTurkey. The dance of the Whirling Dervishes is called Sema and is a symbol of the Mevlevi culture. According to Mevlana teachings, human beings are born twice, once of their mothers and the second time of their own bodies. Picture: F. Dilek Uyar / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Mt. Bromo Mount Bromo volcano is a small, but active volcanic cinder cone on Java, Indonesia. Early 2016, I happened to be in Mt. Bromo during the increase of seismic activity and triggered the alert status to the second highest. Picture: Reynold Riksa Dewantara / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
4/18Mt. Bromo Mount Bromo volcano is a small, but active volcanic cinder cone on Java, Indonesia. Early 2016, I happened to be in Mt. Bromo during the increase of seismic activity and triggered the alert status to the second highest. Picture: Reynold Riksa Dewantara / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Crocodiles at Rio Tarcoles. This image was captured in Costa Rica when I was travelling from Monteverde to Playa Hermosa. Picture: Tarun Sinha / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
5/18Crocodiles at Rio Tarcoles. This image was captured in Costa Rica when I was travelling from Monteverde to Playa Hermosa. Picture: Tarun Sinha / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
The Man’s Stare The photo was taken on 23rd of July 2016 at Tongi Railway Station, Gazipur, Bangladesh. I was there for taking photos and waiting for a moment. A train from Dhaka toward another district has reached and stopped at the platform for 5 min for lifting passengers. It was huge raining. Suddenly I found a pair of curious eye was looking at me through the window and on his left an umbrella has been put for protect the rain. I got the moment. Picture: Moin Ahmed / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
6/18The Man’s Stare The photo was taken on 23rd of July 2016 at Tongi Railway Station, Gazipur, Bangladesh. I was there for taking photos and waiting for a moment. A train from Dhaka toward another district has reached and stopped at the platform for 5 min for lifting passengers. It was huge raining. Suddenly I found a pair of curious eye was looking at me through the window and on his left an umbrella has been put for protect the rain. I got the moment. Picture: Moin Ahmed / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Blessings at Besakih Besakih Temple has been known as Bali Mother Temple for over 1000 years and is perched 1000 metres high on the southwestern slopes of Mount Agung. Here Balinese often come to offer up prayer and take blessing from the temple priests or Pemangku who reside there. Picture: Michael Dean Morgan / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
7/18Blessings at Besakih Besakih Temple has been known as Bali Mother Temple for over 1000 years and is perched 1000 metres high on the southwestern slopes of Mount Agung. Here Balinese often come to offer up prayer and take blessing from the temple priests or Pemangku who reside there. Picture: Michael Dean Morgan / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Henningsver Football Field This football field in Henningsvær in the Lofoten Islands is considered one of the most amazing fields in Europe, and maybe even in the world. The photo was taken during a 10-day sailing trip in Norway in June 2017. We arrived to Henningsvær after a week of sailing through the cold and rainy weather. Upon our arrival, the weather cleared up. I was really lucky that the conditions were suitable for flying my drone, and I managed to capture this shot from a height of 120 meters. Picture: Misha De-Stroyev / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
8/18Henningsver Football Field This football field in Henningsvær in the Lofoten Islands is considered one of the most amazing fields in Europe, and maybe even in the world. The photo was taken during a 10-day sailing trip in Norway in June 2017. We arrived to Henningsvær after a week of sailing through the cold and rainy weather. Upon our arrival, the weather cleared up. I was really lucky that the conditions were suitable for flying my drone, and I managed to capture this shot from a height of 120 meters. Picture: Misha De-Stroyev / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Levels of reading The modern interior of the city library in Stuttgart. With its wide-open space in the central, where natural light comes from through the windows on the top, it has a very unique atmosphere, where you can broaden your knowledge. Picture: Norbet Fritz / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
9/18Levels of reading The modern interior of the city library in Stuttgart. With its wide-open space in the central, where natural light comes from through the windows on the top, it has a very unique atmosphere, where you can broaden your knowledge. Picture: Norbet Fritz / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Walled City #08 The Kowloon Walled City was the densest place on Earth. Hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the center of the structure. Many didn’t have access to open space.This notorious city was finally demolished in 1990s. However, if you look hard enough, you will notice that the city is not dead. Part of it still exists in many of current high density housing apartments. I hope this series can get people to think about claustrophobic living in Hong Kong from a new perspective. Picture: Andy Yeung / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
10/18Walled City #08 The Kowloon Walled City was the densest place on Earth. Hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the center of the structure. Many didn’t have access to open space.This notorious city was finally demolished in 1990s. However, if you look hard enough, you will notice that the city is not dead. Part of it still exists in many of current high density housing apartments. I hope this series can get people to think about claustrophobic living in Hong Kong from a new perspective. Picture: Andy Yeung / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Bridging Generation. A beautiful photo of a father and son sitting in white traditional attire with beautiful blue sky on the day of Eid al-Fitr in a mosque in New Delhi, India. The photo shows the beautiful bond which these two generation have been building up in a very simple and lovable manner. Picture: Jobit George / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
11/18Bridging Generation. A beautiful photo of a father and son sitting in white traditional attire with beautiful blue sky on the day of Eid al-Fitr in a mosque in New Delhi, India. The photo shows the beautiful bond which these two generation have been building up in a very simple and lovable manner. Picture: Jobit George / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Under The Wave I recently traveled to Tavarua, Fiji to do some surf photography with pro surfer Donavon Frankenreiter at Cloudbreak. I'm always looking for new angles and perspectives. The usual surf shots have all been done so we decided to get a little creative. Makes you look twice. Picture: Rodney Bursiel / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
12/18Under The Wave I recently traveled to Tavarua, Fiji to do some surf photography with pro surfer Donavon Frankenreiter at Cloudbreak. I'm always looking for new angles and perspectives. The usual surf shots have all been done so we decided to get a little creative. Makes you look twice. Picture: Rodney Bursiel / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
In Your Face Caribbean reef sharks are usually shy so I placed my camera on a rock where I know they frequent and used a remote trigger to click away as they came in and bumped my camera around. Picture: Shane Gross / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
13/18In Your Face Caribbean reef sharks are usually shy so I placed my camera on a rock where I know they frequent and used a remote trigger to click away as they came in and bumped my camera around. Picture: Shane Gross / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Forest of the Fairy Shooting in the forest This photograph was taken in the evening hours of a humid early summer day in the forest of a small remote village in the Tamba area of Japan. It beautifully captures the magical atmosphere of Princess fireflies carpeting a stairway leading to a small shrine revered by the local people. Picture: Yutaka Takafuji / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
14/18Forest of the Fairy Shooting in the forest This photograph was taken in the evening hours of a humid early summer day in the forest of a small remote village in the Tamba area of Japan. It beautifully captures the magical atmosphere of Princess fireflies carpeting a stairway leading to a small shrine revered by the local people. Picture: Yutaka Takafuji / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Marble Caves The marble caves of Patagoina. Picture: Clane Gessel / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
15/18Marble Caves The marble caves of Patagoina. Picture: Clane Gessel / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
To live. Swans who live vigorous even in mud. Picture: Hiromi Kano / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
16/18To live. Swans who live vigorous even in mud. Picture: Hiromi Kano / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Interesting moment. Museum visitors curiously watching Rembrandt Syndics of the Drapers Guild where it gave the illusion that the people on the paintings too are curiously watching the visitors. Picture: Julius Y. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
17/18Interesting moment. Museum visitors curiously watching Rembrandt Syndics of the Drapers Guild where it gave the illusion that the people on the paintings too are curiously watching the visitors. Picture: Julius Y. / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Al Ain New city on the desert Picture: Andrzej Bochenski / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
18/18Al Ain New city on the desert Picture: Andrzej Bochenski / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
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