| 2014-7-mount-fuji-sunrise-reflection | | Picture of Mount Fuji at sunrise seen from Asagiri Kogen | | Mount Fuji looms over Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, after a heavy rainstorm. “When I took the photos in a breathless silence, I had a strong feeling that the Earth was alive and had a soul,” writes photographer Hidenobu Suzuki.
Suzuki’s picture recently appeared in the Your Shot assignment Embrace the Untamed.
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| 2014-7-architecture-night-hong-kong | | Picture of a night cityscape in Hong Kong | | Hong Kong’s breathtaking skyline takes on a dizzying effect in the darkness. “It is a forest made by the buildings,” writes Your Shot member Simon Kwan, who made the one-and-a-half-hour journey to the top of Beacon Hill to capture the cityscape.
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| 2014-7-penguin-antarctica-ice-landscape | | Picture of penguins in Antarctica | | "On my last day in Antarctica photographing emperor penguins at their nesting grounds, I came across this little hole (a little more than a foot across) in a small piece of blue ice," writes Keith Szafranski, a member of our Your Shot community. Originally hoping it would make a good frame for the landscape, Szafranski then saw a string of penguins moving toward it. "I stuck my camera with a wide-angle lens into the hole and waited."
Szafranski's picture recently appeared in the Your Shot assignment Embrace the Untamed.
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| 2014-7-mass-games-dancers-pyongyang | | Picture of performers taking part in the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea | | Thousands of performers dance in unity at the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. In the background, schoolchildren hold colored booklets to create each “pixel” of the nation’s flag. The two-month-long festival depicts the story of North Korea through gymnastic and artistic expression.
This photo and caption were submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Winners will be announced July 31.
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| 2014-7-butterfly-cloud-tucavaca-bolivia | | Picture of a cloud of butterflies in the Tucavaca Valley in eastern Bolivia | | A cloud of butterflies descends upon the Tucavaca Valley in eastern Bolivia. In years with shorter, wetter dry seasons, millions of butterflies will arrive at the beginning of the rainy season. “We probably saw several millions of butterflies in the approximately ten miles that we drove through the valley,” writes photographer Steffen Reichle, who waited 11 years to get this shot after first visiting the region in 2001 without a camera.
Reichle’s picture recently appeared in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2014-7-zebra-boteti-river-botswana | | Picture of zebra by the Boteti riverbed in Botswana | | Zebras gather by the dusty Boteti riverbed in central Botswana. After driving off the main game route, photographer Jaco Marx lay down on his stomach, surrounded by herds of migrating wildebeests and zebras, and began clicking. “After a few seconds the zebra turned away and disappeared into the thicket,” writes Marx.
Marx’s picture recently appeared in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2014-7-subterranean-lake-caves-china | | Picture of an expedition team standing by a subterranean lake in southern Guizhou Province in China | | Members of a British-led expedition pause at a subterranean lake on the way to Titan Chamber in southern Guizhou Province, where it rains more than 50 inches a year. The lake appears and disappears as the rains come and go.
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| 2014-7-storm-sky-red-australia | | Picture of a red storm cloud in Spring Creek, Queensland, Australia | | Red storm clouds hang heavy over Spring Creek, Queensland, Australia. Photographer Terence West had been chasing the storm across the Southern Downs when he captured this image of the back of the storm just as the sun was going down. “It made me feel that nature was at peace after the anger of the storm,” he wrote.
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| 2014-7-foal-horse-mother-mexico | | Picture of a foal with its mother at a zoo in Mexico | | A foal snuggles up to its mother at a private zoo in Querétaro, Mexico. “I was attracted by the newest member of a family of horses that was running around the field,” writes Medina. “I decided to approach to touch him. When I was close, he decided to take cover under his lovely mom.”
Medina’s picture was recently published in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen and the Your Shot assignment The Power of a Smile.
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| 2014-7-red-crowned-crane-japan | | Picture of red-crowned cranes in Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan | | Endangered red-crowned cranes wade through frosty waters on a cold morning in Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan. Here, they're considered one of Japan's hundred soundscapes—a nationwide effort meant to combat noise pollution, promote the environment, and create symbols for local people of everyday life in Japan.
This photo and caption were submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Winners will be announced July 31.
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| 2014-7-palatial-tombs-nabataeans-stanmeyer | | Picture of Madain Salih, Saudi Arabia | | A pre-Islamic people, Nabataeans carved palatial tombs at Madain Salih. In 2008, UNESCO named Madain Salih a World Heritage site, making it the first destination in Saudi Arabia to receive the title.
See more pictures from the July 2014 feature story “The Wells of Memory.”
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| 2014-7-sand-interior-kolmanskop-namibia | | Picture of a home filled with sand near the abandoned Kolmanskop diamond mine in Namibia | | Sand dunes spill through the doorway of a reclaimed home in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. Kolmanskop, formerly home to a diamond mine, was abandoned in 1954 after the precious mineral was depleted.
This photo and caption were submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Winners will be announced July 31.
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| 2014-7-otter-running-united-kingdom | | Picture of a running otter | | A young female otter runs toward photographer Mark Bridger at a wildlife center in Lingfield, Surrey, in England. “I’ve always wanted to try and get a shot of an otter running straight at me with all four feet off the ground,” writes Bridger. “They were like really little dogs the way they chased each other around, so I lay on the ground with a 300mm lens on my camera and tried to capture one running straight at me.”
Bridger’s picture recently appeared in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2014-7-mobula-rays-mexico-underwater | | Picture of a school of mobula rays | | A large school of mobula rays fades into the waters of Baja, Mexico. “The rays were moving quite fast and it was hard enough keeping up with them from the surface, let alone diving down to take a closer look,” writes photographer Eduardo Lopez Negrete. Mobula rays are often referred to as flying rays due to their fondness for breaching.
This photo and caption were submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Winners will be announced July 31.
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| 2014-7-san-francisco-golden-gate | | Picture of the Golden Gate Bridge covered in fog | | As the sun sets on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a Pacific coast fog rolls in, mingling with low clouds to submerge the iconic structure, says photographer Michael Perry. Tourists and locals alike drive along the city’s trademark hillsides, hoping to capture the moment for themselves.
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