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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rochel1977" data-source="post: 8781638" data-attributes="member: 371">National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n01_alex-tan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Kanana Camp, Botswana. Pulling over by the side of the road to watch a grazing giraffe, we spotted an amber head lurking behind a small mound. A hungry lioness. Watching, waiting, camera to my eye, she eventually chose her moment and pounced just as the giraffe sensed danger. The lioness gave chase, but failed. Hungry, she lay down, invisible, in the grass not ten feet from us and waited again. (Photo and caption by Alex Tan) <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n02_sean-heavey.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A supercell thunderstorm rolls across the Montana prairie at sunset. (Photo and caption by Sean Heavey)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n03_hongsik-kim.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Salvation. Appreciate life to save the world. (Photo and caption by Hongsik Kim)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n04_jesus-oranday.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Great Pyramids. The people of Ancient Egypt believed that death on Earth was the start of a journey to the next world. The embalmed body of the King was entombed underneath or within the pyramid to protect it and allow his transformation and ascension to the afterlife. (Photo and caption by Jesus Oranday)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n05_ario-wibisono2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Music Of Love. This picture was taken in Tenganan Village, Bali (2010). Tenganan is the most famous Bali Aga (original Balinese) village and is located close to Candi Dasa in East Bali. A man was playing bamboo music to entertain a disabled child which is not his son, but he loves this child likes he loves his own son. (Photo and caption by Ario Wibisono)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n06_freddy-cerdeira.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Liquid Planet. Another picture from the Liquid Vision Series, which shows a different point of view of waves. An angle that people are not used to seeing. (Photo and caption by Freddy Cerdeira)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n07_james-haskins.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Brown bear, Buskin River, Kodiak Alaska. This bear had been fishing in the river on this morning. It climbed onto the bank and laid down in the grass. This photo was taken about an hour after sunrise just as the sun was starting to clear the trees. The temperature was near the dew point and steam was rising off its body. It didn’t seem at all concerned by the fishermen in the river or the photographer on the bank. (Photo and caption by James Haskins)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n08_fred-turck.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Praying Mantis - Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii. This beautiful whalbergii evolved through two of its nymph-stages on the Barberton Daisy at left, surviving because of its bright color which blended so well with the flower. Towards the end of its growth into an adult, it became a little more adventurous (but not much more) as pictured here. Once it had shed the layer in this picture, it became a fully-fledged adult, and departed after about two weeks. Total stay in this tiny ecosystem was approximately six weeks. (Photo and caption by Fred Turck)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n09_nikki-krecicki.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A Wrinkle in Time. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (Photo and caption by Nikki Krecicki)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n10_mats-almof.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Alone. I was up in the air in an helicopter, taking images for the community and suddenly I saw one tree surrounded by thousands of spruces and I got only one shot in this perfect light. (Photo and caption by Mats Almlöf)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n11_joao-vianna.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil is considered a wildlife sanctuary, but today, even in this isolated archipelago dolphins are victims of the bad habits of consumption. (Photo and caption by João Vianna)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n12_patrick-john-odoherty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cosmic. Mother nature doing what she does best. (Photo and caption by Patrick John O'Doherty)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n13_sergi-barisashvili.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The child in us. Traveling from Zhangmu (Nepal-Tibet border) to the Tibetan capital - Lhasa you can see road workers all along the Friendship Highway. The Chinese industrialization has affected Tibet a great deal. But despite the Chinese government's attempts to settle Chinese population across the Tibetan Plateau, the Roof of the World still remains a place where only the Tibetans can survive its harsh climate conditions. A Tibetan boy holding the hand of his father who works on the road construction, Tibet. (Photo and caption by Sergi Barisashvili)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n14_sharon-raoli.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The baboon in front was harassing one of the babies in the troop. This male facing the camera attacked him. The whole fight was over in a few seconds but it was loud and seemingly vicious. The rest of the troop was scrambling around trying to get out of their way. There is, needless to say, always a lot of drama going on in a baboon troop. (Photo and caption by Sharon Raoli)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n15_amy-helene-johansson.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Unsafe Journey. A woman is riding between the railway carriages of a local train heading north from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her luggage is tucked under the carriage in front of her. It is the month of Ramadan, a fast which culminates in Eid-ul-Fitr, a three-day celebration. Tens of thousands of people leave the city to go to their home village and celebrate with their families. Trains are packed and many who fail to get tickets before they sell out or can't afford buying them at the black market ride on the roof of the train or, like this woman, finds a quiet spot between the carriages. (Photo and caption by Amy Helene Johansson)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n16_jay-fine.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lightning Strike NY Harbor. This shot was captured during a major electrical storm. There was little wind and no rain which allowed me to stay safely inside and shoot from an open window. This was the 82nd exposure out of 150 made that night. The camera was mounted on a tripod, exposures made with a cable release for 5 seconds at f10. Except for a some minor level adjustments and a square crop this was what came out of the camera. (Photo and caption by Jay Fine)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n17_glen-hush.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Boise Sunrise. With the fog and morning light this looks like a place I'd love to be. If you look very closely, you can see a deer in a clearing in the center left area of the picture (Photo and caption by Glen Hush)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n18_stan-bouman.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Yes it's spring. Fishing on the end of the bridge. (Photo and caption by Stan Bouman)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n19_rolf-skrypzak.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Look. There are only 400 of these birds in existence. (Photo and caption by Rolf Skrypzak)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ngipc_11_19/n20_aniko-molnar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Against the windstorm on Mont Blanc. My friend Laszlo Varkonyi is leading a group on Mont Blanc, he died on Everest this April in a fatal accident: a big serac fell down. (Photo and caption by Aniko Molnar)</blockquote>

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