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2012 Winners

Grand Prize
Mummy, I am down here, and hungry!
Bjorn Olesen
#malaysia
Readers' Choice
The Milky Way Galaxy Exploding from Mount Rainier.
David Morrow
#meteor #mountains #night #sky #stars #united states #washington

Natural World
An onlooker witnesses the annular solar eclipse as the sun sets on May 20, 2012.
Colleen Pinski
#eclipse #light #moon #new mexico #solar #sun #united states
Travel
A lone hiker viewed the path before him as the Milky Way rose in the night Sky. The towering Hoodoos stood high casting an immense silence in the canyon below.
Jason Hatfield
#canyon #hoodoos #night #stars #united states #utah
People
One of small churches in Nazareth. The girls are possible from the priest family.
Ilan Fain
#church #girl #israel
The American Experience
Annual Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City, Montana
George Burgin
#horse #montana #united states
Altered Images
I never had sisters, but if I did this is what believe would happen. Hectic mornings as a woman.
Brittney Callahan
#bathroom #home #interesting #ohio #reflection #united states #women
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A lone hiker viewed the path before him as the Milky Way rose in the night Sky. The towering Hoodoos stood high casting an immense silence in the canyon below. thumbnail
Jason Hatfield
A lone hiker viewed the path before him as the Milky Way rose in the night Sky. The towering Hoodoos stood high casting an immense silence in the canyon below.
#canyon #hoodoos #night #stars #united states #utah
Lone Acacia, Sossusvlei Sand Dunes thumbnail
Bob Bush
Lone Acacia, Sossusvlei Sand Dunes
#africa #namibia #sand dunes
Took this photo when I was in Bagan with my daughter in January, 2011. ( My camera shows the US time as I bought it from US and forgot to change it. ) thumbnail
Han Tha
Took this photo when I was in Bagan with my daughter in January, 2011. ( My camera shows the US time as I bought it from US and forgot to change it. )
#hill #mist #myanmar #pagoda #tree
I came here in the colorful afternoon. The sun is going down, preparing hide under far away mountain peaks. The people was harvesting salt by traditional way. This is a such hard work job. thumbnail
Giang Hai Hoang
I came here in the colorful afternoon. The sun is going down, preparing hide under far away mountain peaks. The people was harvesting salt by traditional way. This is a such hard work job.
#agriculture #asia #field #reflection #salt #sunset #vietnam
Monks releasing lanterns during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand. thumbnail
Daniel Nahabedian
Monks releasing lanterns during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
#buddhist #lantern #monks #thailand
River Ferry thumbnail
Teng Hin Khoo
River Ferry
#china #ferry #river #sunrise
July every year, in the Bacson Valley (provincial town Bacson Langson) started nine rice, here alternating plots together to create a great scene.To take this picture we took 3 hours to climb to the t thumbnail
Haithinh Hoang
July every year, in the Bacson Valley (provincial town Bacson Langson) started nine rice, here alternating plots together to create a great scene.To take this picture we took 3 hours to climb to the t
#grain #rice #vietnam
"Puli Kali"- In the annual festival"Onam",held in Kerala,India,this event marked the driving away the evil spirit from society."Puli" means tiger and "Kali" means dance in malayalam language.Hundreds thumbnail
Indranil Sengupta
"Puli Kali"- In the annual festival"Onam",held in Kerala,India,this event marked the driving away the evil spirit from society."Puli" means tiger and "Kali" means dance in malayalam language.Hundreds
#dance #festival #india #tiger
Rice terraces close to harvest season. thumbnail
Kiet Anh Vo
Rice terraces close to harvest season.
#terrace #vietnam
Musicians. Thy arrived at the bullring almost before anyone to catch their places in the tribune. thumbnail
Raul Linares
Musicians. Thy arrived at the bullring almost before anyone to catch their places in the tribune.
#ecuador #music #numbers #quito #stair

PEOPLE

Christine, 20 years old, with her first child few months old thumbnail
Paolo Patruno
Christine, 20 years old, with her first child few months old
#africa #congo #maternity #pregnancy
day end of a barber an evening at city. thumbnail
Abhijit Dey
day end of a barber an evening at city.
#barber #city #end #evening #india #shop #west bengal
Guardians of the Forest - Yucuna indians, deep in the Colombian Amazon, dressed in their traditional suits for the Baile del Mueco, or Puppet Dance, in which they celebrate the abundance of the chonta thumbnail
Piers Calvert
Guardians of the Forest - Yucuna indians, deep in the Colombian Amazon, dressed in their traditional suits for the Baile del Mueco, or Puppet Dance, in which they celebrate the abundance of the chonta
#amazon #colombia #india #indigenous #jungle #tribe
Taken in Indonesia,farmers are harvesting salt thumbnail
Alamsyah Rauf
Taken in Indonesia,farmers are harvesting salt
#indonesia
A farmer was drying rice in the hot sunlight helps drying of agricultural products,when the harvest season comes the farmers are ready to harvest results were later dried rice paddyunder the sun so th thumbnail
Alamsyah Rauf
A farmer was drying rice in the hot sunlight helps drying of agricultural products,when the harvest season comes the farmers are ready to harvest results were later dried rice paddyunder the sun so th
#farmer #harvest #indonesia
This day laborer works at a chemical drum recycling plant. All he has to do is to carry 15 kg drums and pile them up at the plant. It is a very risky job and a tiresome one with a very small pay. thumbnail
Raihan Parvez
This day laborer works at a chemical drum recycling plant. All he has to do is to carry 15 kg drums and pile them up at the plant. It is a very risky job and a tiresome one with a very small pay.
#bangladesh #dhaka
Policemen run across the National Congress in Braslia during demonstration against corruption. thumbnail
Olivier Boëls
Policemen run across the National Congress in Braslia during demonstration against corruption.
#brazil #demonstration #police
One of small churches in Nazareth. The girls are possible from the priest family. thumbnail
Ilan Fain
One of small churches in Nazareth. The girls are possible from the priest family.
#church #girl #israel
Rasta Daughter thumbnail
Selwane Evodia Melamu
Rasta Daughter
#south africa
Worshiper at Charak Puja in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. 2012 thumbnail
Md. Uddin
Worshiper at Charak Puja in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. 2012
#bangladesh #devotion #people #worship

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