These are just some of the amazing photos that have been entered into National Geographic’s annual photo contest this year.
China
Night fishing”- Kwok Tai

Jokulsarlon Glaier Lagoon, Iceland
“Dreamscape”- Francesco Riccardo Iacomino

Jokulsarlon Glaier Lagoon, Iceland
“Dreamscape”- Francesco Riccardo Iacomino

Nicosia, Cyprus
“Sunward”- Hasan Baglar

Pengalengan West Java, Indonesia
“Morning Glory” – Cherly Jong

Mingun Village, Myanmar
“Novice Monks”- April Badilles

Waimea Canyons Park, Kauai, HI
“Colorful Waipo’o Falls”- John Lee

Vatican City, Italy
“Vatican Light”- Karen McDonald

Elmvale Zoo, Elmvale, Ontario, Canada
“King of the Zoo”- Cindy Rossit

Shellharbour, NSW, Australia
“Physalia Physalis”- Matthew Smith

Island of Bonaire, Kralendijk, Dutch Caribbean
“The Iguana’s cave”- Lorenzo Mittiga

Strezlecki Desert, Australia
“A tree dreaming”- Christian Spencer

Mbabane, Swaziland, Africa
“Hope on the Horizon”- Christina Kehres

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States
“mother”- Catherine Runyan

Cappadocia, Turkey
“Balloons of Cappadocia”- Dipanjan Bhattacharjee

Weatherford, Texas
Entry for the 2014 National Geographic Photography Contest: “The Buckskin”-Bill Stipp

Plaosan Temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Sunrise Plaosan Temple”-Bill Stipp

West Sumatra
“Achmad Sumawijaya”- Achmad Sumawijaya

Mt. Pilatus – Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
“Close to Heaven”-Mark Forder

Alpe di Siusi, Italy
“Alpe di Siusi”-Douglas Croft

Varanasi, India
“Cultural differences.”- Rainier Jr Ona

Biei Hokkaido, Japan
“Iridescent Clouds”- Oh Kobayashi

Arundel, Quebec, Canada
“Amongst the Fallen Leaves”- Eric Ste Marie

Maasai Mara, Kenya
“Maasai Women”- Seth Langbauer

Oaxaca, Mexico
“Painted Ladies”- Daniel Kudish

Myanmar
“Temple of Gold”- Vince Lws

Jakarta
“Hello Friends”-Lessy Sebastian

Machu Picchu, Peru
“Machu Picchu Sunrise”- John Pena

Thanda Game Reserve, South Africa
“Angry Kitty”- Hamish Mitchell

St. Lucia, South Africa
“Up Close & Personal”- Hamish Mitchell

Myanmar
“Myanmar Woman”- Serena Woodward

Porth Elizabeth, South Africa
“Walking on the Savannah”- Jackson Albuquerque

Turkey
“Metal Worker”- Murat Yılmaz

Andasibe, Madagascar
“Curious lemur”- Nicoletta Muscas

Isaan, Thailand
“Young Muay Thai Fighter in Buriram, Thailand”- Scott Hirano

Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico
“Stones and Manners”- Valerio Esposito

Geneva, Switzerland
“20’000 Leagues Under The Sea”- Marc Henauer

Basey, Samar Island, Philippines
“After Typhoon Haiyan”- Sergey Ponomarev

Homs, Syria
“Destroyed Homs”-Sergey Ponomarev

Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
“Hand-Tube Fireworks (TOYOHASHI GION)”- Hidenobu Suzuki

Poipu, Kaua’i
“Ha O Ka Mo’o (Dragon’s Breath)”- Aaron Feinberg

Hawai’i Island, Hawai’i
“Phone Home”- Aaron Feinberg

Black Rock City, NV
“Thunderdome”- Aaron Feinberg

Marco Island, FL
“Eye Wonder”- Jean Hall

Rocklands, South Africa
“Malachite Sunbird”- Beau Kahler

Uyuni, Bolivia
“Floating Car”- Takashi Nakagawa

Brevard, North Carolina
“Searching for Love”- Spencer Black

Grundarfjörður, West Iceland
“Icy Night”- Isaak Schiller

Vatnajökull, South Iceland
“The Forgotten World”- Isaak Schiller

Litang, Sichuan, China
“Horse Rider”- Marc Ressang

Palamedu, Madurai, Tamilnadu
“Taking it by the horns”- Arun Maroon

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa
“Violet Breasted Roller”- Kathryn Duffy

Little Talbot Island State Park, Florida, USA
“Snowy in Florida…You’re Having a Laugh”- Graham McGeorge

San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain
“Luminarias”- Bartłomiej Jurecki

Kilimanjaro Region – Tanzania
“The Taste of Nature”- Tim Frost

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
“Honoring the Past”- Panos Laskarakis

Ocean City, MD
“Immortal”- Chris Parypa

Bagan, Myanmar
“Teacher and Student”- April Badilles

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
“Connection”- Peter Mather

Antarctic Peninsula
“Pondering Weddell”- Kristian Parton

Chukotka, Russia
“Reindeer Herder”- Sasha Leahovcenco

Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida, USA
“Octopus Eye Closeup”- Howie Grapek

Burma, Kalaw
“Burmese Medicine Man”- Jason Van’t Padje

Vava’u Kingdom of Tonga
“Emergence” – Craig Parry

Bronx Zoo, New York
“Heartbroken”- Kristyna Novakova

Sand Dunes at Wahiba, Sultanate of Oman
“Chance Encounter”- Sandra Bruttomesso

Fitzroy Island, Cairns, Australia
“Lunch Time”- Christian Miller

Tanzania, Africa
“Reflection in Beauty” – Julie Caverson

Gulf of Trieste, Adriatic Sea, Italy
“Cothyloriza and Miramare castle”- Adriano Morettin

Istead Rise, Kent, UK
“Ominous”- Russ Francis

Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada
“Let’s Play!”- Jonathan Huyer

Monument Valley, Arizona
“West Mitten”- Benjamin Murto

Southwest Idaho
“Whooo you lookin’ at?”- Glen Hush

Pilannesberg, South Africa
“Golden Glance”-Bêca Arruda

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
“Burning Autumn”- Yuga Kurita

Madha, Oman
“The Winner”- Lal Nallath

Ke’e, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
“When Conditions are Right (wheel of life)”- Lee Scott

Montana, USA
“Focus”- Serhat Demiroglu

Zermatt, Switzerland
“Conquering the Alps.”- Terence Kong

Arviat, Nunavut, CA
“Being this cute can sure be hard work”- John Rollins

Florida
“Melancholy Flamingo” – John Trent

Oxford, CT
“Apartments for Salamanders” – Andrey Antov

Inari, Kyoto, Japan
“The Lovely Inari” – Iker Deng

Bozeman, Montana – USA
“Siberian” – Michel Zoghzoghi

Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
“Blue and Red” – Marc Henauer

Saskatchewan River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
“Sunset Apocalypse”- Amanda Nand

Montréal
“Powder Color” – Christopher Dormoy

Vietnam
“Best friends” – Réhahn Croquevielle

Inle Lake, Myanmar
“Intha fishermen” – Michele Martinelli

Khwai River, Botswana
“The Dentist” – Hannes Lochner

Yellowstone National Park
“Grand Prismatic Spring” – Tsuyoshi Shirahama

Vik, Iceland
“Freedom” – Courtney Regan

Pastaza, Ecuador
“Chamanismo” – Abel Barroso

Bagan, Burma
“Another World” – Sabrina Dang

Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
“Siesta” – Danka Lo

Athabasca Canyon
“Athabasca Canyon” – Candice Gordon

Glenfinnan Viaduct
“Glenfinnan Viaduct” – Vytenis Malisauskas

Shanghai, China
“Metropolitan Spaghetti” – Michael Sroslak

Port Moody, BC
“Turkey Tail Bracket Fungus” – Lance Isackson

Jökulsarlón, South-Iceland
“Natural Light Painting” – Stefan Brenner

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
“The Grand Teton” – YOUXI LIN

Elliston, Newfoundland
“Puffin Ballet” – Donald Gutoski

Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Traditional Mostar jumps from Old bridge” – Haris Begić

Luzzara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
“At the window” – Alberto Ghizzi Panizza

Namibia, Africa
“San Girl with Cheetah” – Beverly Houwing

Kolmanskop; Namibia
“Crooked Door in a Sand-filled Room” – Beverly Houwing

Luzzara, Reggio Emilia, Italy
“The mirror of the spider” – Alberto Ghizzi Panizza

Bagan, Myanmar
“Temples at Dawn” – Andy Ferrington

Plaza de Ponchos, Otavalo, Equador
“Otavalo Matriarch” – Leo Jansen

The Coast of South Georgia Island
“Transition” – Cheryl Schneider

Niagara Falls, Canada
“Niagara Falls” – Ed Norton

Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica
“Under the moon” – Fernando Martínez Belmar

Madeira, Portugal
“the way of light” – Barbara Seiberl-Stark

Oxford, CT
“Red and Green” – Andrey Antov

Sarapiqui, Heredia. Costa Rica
“Boat Billed Heron Portrait” – Alvaro Cubero

Sarapiqui, Heredia. Costa Rica
“Anolis capito” – Alvaro Cubero

Gabón
“The Rainforest´s Rainbow” – José Mingorance

Madagascar. National Park Berenti
“Actually, I’m in charge here” – Gudkov Andrey

Altay Mountains, Bayan Olgii Aimag, Mongolia
“Herding in the Altai” – Tariq Sawyer

Ávila, central Spain
“Friendly bee-eaters” – Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez

Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
“Cooler than a school bus…” – Devashish Pradhan

Kinmen County
“Make up”
Puerto Rico
“La Cueva Ventana” – Omar AlQabandi

Chicago, IL
“Rarity” – Steve Zywica

Paucas, Huari, Ancash, Perú
“The eyes of the world” – Charlene Sanchez Tarazona

Tarangire, Tanzania
“Sassy” – James Friedland

Capoeira at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Capoeira at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” – Giovani Cordioli

Ontario, Canada
“You are not my lemmings, are you?” – Charles Han

Kocaeli, Turkey
“The Storm” – Aytül AKBAŞ

Milford Sound, New Zealand
“Milford Sound, New Zealand” – Tom Putt

The Pit Cenote, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
“Diving ‘The Pit’ in the Mexican Jungle” – Danny Kessler

Singapore, Singapore
“Meerkat in the Morning Sun”- Cami Senior

Meghalaya, India
“Memories”- Jayanta Roy

Thetford Forest, England
“Fox Glance”- Sam Morris

Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand
“Crashing home”- Douglas Gimesy

Srimangal, Bangladesh
“Srimangal Tea Pickers”- Simon Urwin

Jigokudani,Nagano prefecture, JAPAN
“Sleeping”- Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Richmond Park, London, UK
“Stag Deer Bellowing- Prashant Meswani

South Africa
“Beauty”- Chris Fischer

Paro, Bhutan
“Tiger’s nest (Taktsang)”- Thiago Casquilha

Hang Son Doong, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
“An Alien World”- Chris Miller

Darjeeling, India
“Obervatory Hill Monkey”- Normand Archambault

Mae Haad Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand
“Squid Lightning”- Nate Luck

Pixya, Yucatan, Mexico
“Cenote Noh Mozon”- Benjamin Magana

Masai Mara, Kenya
“Gaze of Death”- Kanwar Juneja

Masái Mara, Kenya
“Determinación”- Daniela Werner

Page, Arizona, USA
“Window to the heavens”- Rachna Niranjan

Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England
“Raining”- Kutub Uddin

Angkor Wat, Cambodia
“Modern Frame of Spirituality”- Danny Cote

Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine
“The Star Gazers”- Manish Mamtani

Winners From the 2014 NatGeo Traveler Photo Contest: Julesburg, Colorado, USA
First Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “The Independence Day”- Marko Korosec

Mea Shearim. Jerusalem, Israel
Second Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel”-Agnieszka Traczewska

Grüner See at Tragöss, Austria
Third Place Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Diver in Magic Kingdom”- Marc Henauer

Old Bagan, Burma
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Light Source”-Marcelo Castro

Banos, Ecuador
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “End of the World” – Sean Hacker Teper

Summit of Tin-Merzouga, Tadrat, Tassili N’Ajjer National Park, Algeria
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “A Well Earned Rest in the Sahara”- Evan Cole

Kaveripattinam, Tamilnadu, India
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Divine Makeover”- Mahesh Balasubramanian

Burough Market, London, England
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Ladies in Waiting”- Susie Stern

Český Krumlov, South Bohemian, Czech Republic
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Foggy, Small Town”- Duowen Chen

Jonathans Lodge, Qachas Nek, Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho
Merit Prize Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “”Khotso” Peace at Devil’s Knuckles”- Byron Inggs

Sequoia National Forest, CA
Viewer’s Choice Winner of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Contest: “Among the Giants” – James Eimmerman
