1Size matters © M. Engelmann

2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (8)

2Crocodile Waterline © Brett Lobwein

Animal Portraits

3On top of the world © Eugene Kitsios

4Curiosity © John Pennell

5The Dance of the Reddish Egret © Dennis Zaebst

6Stare into my eyes © Octoyura Bamahry

7Harvest © Laura Barnett

8Cicada Exoskeletons © Joe Stroud

9A Portrait of "Trapper" © Graham McGeorge

10Walking in silence © M. Engelmann

11Fierce encounter © Margaux Claret

12Bathing in the snow flake © Hiroki Inoue

13Mantis Portrait © Timothy W. Schwanitz

14

Northern gannet © Eugene Kitsios

15Deadly beautiful © Devon Massyn

16

Huge scale of Bats hibernation © Kei Nomiyama

17

Forest Guard © Cherry Seaborn

18

Musk ox © Eugene Kitsios

19Rorschach Test © Jerry am Ende

20Goliath Grouper Emerging from the Wreck © Joe Zarrella

21DRAGGING YOU DEEP INTO THE WOODS ! © varun aditya

22The silversword & the ladybird © vincent h.

23Elephant Love © Sara Monge

24The Beginning of a Long Journey © Joe Zarrella

25Spectacled Owl © Ajit Dhadda

26

Spacecraft window © Kei Nomiyama

27Sealed With A Kiss © Jennifer Warner

28Calling the Spirits of Ogoi © A. Zelinskiy

Landscape

29Valley © Jeffry Lim

30AUTUMN CRISP © nathaniel gonzales

31Moonlight landscape © kousuke kitajima

32

Aerial Autumn © Manish Mamtani

33Mystic woods © Andrew George

34Dynamic Range © Gary Migues

35Laguna Tuyajto © Victor Lima

36Iceberg Ahead © Chrissy Corrado

37Gently Fall © Akinori Koseki

38Aso © takaharu mukai

39BLACK AND WHITE © Teruo Araya

40Cool and warm © Angiolo Manetti

41

Gergeti Church under Mt Kazbegi © Ling Ling Tay

42Rise castle above the clouds © Takuya Higuch

43Sakura River © Danilo Dungo

44The Land of Rising Sun © Takuya Higuchi

45Under Big Sky © Mary Ye Wang

46Fairy tale~Forest wrapped in rime © Kitune Kitano

47

Of Salmon and Bear © Mona W.

Action

48

Splish Splash I Was Taking a Bath!! © Deena Sveinsson

49Moment to teach © Comyu Matsuoka

50

The Chase © BO DABI

51Time At The Water Hole © Richard Costin

52Wortex © Giacomo Marchione

53Emergence © James Dorey

54Battle of the Titans © Jasper Eikelboom

55Clumsy Love © Vadim Balakin

56

Life and Death © Vadim Balakin

Environmental Issues

57Two words © alex varani

58

Rising from the Ashes © Natalie Robertson

59Blue Hour Dawn © Laura Zirino

60

Rain in the Desert © Victor Lima

October 17, 2016 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.CAll photos were taken from National Geographic,Internet.

Sound : Chris Medina - What Are Words

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