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A view of a rice field terrace taken from the highest hill near Yuanyang, Yunnan, China. (© Thierry Bornier/National Geographic Photo Contest) Read More »

Taken on May 26th, 2013, this was a dissipating low precipitation thunderstorm near Broken Bow, Nebraska, that produced one of the best lightning shows I have ever witnessed in my storm chasing career. Even more beautiful was when the lightning lit up these incredible mammatus clouds in the night sky. These type of clouds are often associated with severe thunderstorms, ... Read More »

Taken around Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia in the morning. (© Pimpin Nagawan/National Geographic Photo Contest) Read More »

(Photo and caption by Teruo Araya/National Geographic Photo Contest – www.ngphotocontest.com) Taken at Mishima town in Fukushima pref. The first train goes across the railway bridge through in morning mist. The train moves forward little by little slowly. I thought, this sight has expressed the Fukushima people defying to recover from the earthquake and nuclear accident. But it is the ... Read More »

(Photo and caption by Christopher Port/National Geographic Photo Contest – www.ngphotocontest.com) Our two-year-old son playing in the dirt with our dog Raine. Read More »

British surfer Andrew Cotton rides a giant wave at Praia do Norte, north beach, in Nazare, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast. Picture: MIGUEL BARREIRA/AP Read More »

Streets of Queenstown, New Zealand at the end of one more day filled with adrenaline. Calming and doleful scene with piano sound in the background. Photo and caption by Nikola Smernic Read More »