National Geographic Foto of the Day

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Farmers, Basque Country

December 29, 2012

[h=2]Farmers, Basque Country
[/h] Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs
This tableau featuring a Basque farmer and his wife originally appeared as a double-page spread in the August 1968 issue of National Geographic.

 

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Farmers, Basque Country


Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs
This tableau featuring a Basque farmer and his wife originally appeared as a double-page spread in the August 1968 issue of National Geographic.

O que mais gosto na foto:
O ar cúmplice e inteligente da mula que está em primeiro plano à direita.
O cão que está a bocejar e a urinar para a cena.
A mula que está ao fundo de rabo levantado ou já fez ou está para fazer (!).
O ar consternado e desolado da mulher a olhar o desleixo da representação do homem que carrega ferramentas agrícolas pela primeira vez na sua vida como se de um molho de silvas se tratasse.

 

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Kuvale Herdsman, Angola

December 30, 2012

[h=2]Kuvale Herdsman, Angola
[/h] Photograph by Volkmar Wentzel, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs
Veiled in haze, twin peaks of Angola’s Chela range tower above a Kuvale herdsman in a picture published in September 1961, the same year conflict erupted in what was then a Portuguese colony.
An Editor's note accompanying the feature explained that writer and photographer Volkmar Wentzel, then a member of the magazine's foreign editorial staff, had traveled "the length and breadth" of Angola less than two years earlier and that "[his] journey could not be made today."

 

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Snowstorm, Finland

December 31, 2012

[h=2]Snowstorm, Finland
[/h] Photograph by George Mobley, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs
A sudden snowstorm buffets May Day revelers during a stroll through Helsinki’s Kaivopuisto Park in 1967.
A staff photographer for 33 years, George F. Mobley worked on projects on every continent. He loved the outdoors and was especially interested in the Arctic regions, covering Greenland, Siberia, and northern Canada in addition to Scandinavia.

 

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Fox, Aleutian Islands

January 1, 2013

[h=2]Fox, Aleutian Islands
[/h] Photograph by Gregory Gooding, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A fox sits on a snowy hill near Dutch Harbor in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

 

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Tadpoles, Canada

January 2, 2013

Tadpoles, Canada

Photograph by Eiko Jones, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Tadpoles swim through a jungle of lily stalks in Cedar Lake on Vancouver Island, Canada.

 

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Water Buffaloes, India

January 3, 2013

[h=2]Water Buffaloes, India
[/h] Photograph by Partha Pratim Saha, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A boy bathes with his three buffaloes in the river.

 

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Rhinos, Kenya

January 4, 2013

[h=2]Rhinos, Kenya
[/h] Photograph by Igor Chervonenko, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Family of rhinos, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

 

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Rooster, Brazil

January 5, 2013

[h=2]Rooster, Brazil
[/h] Photograph by Gerson de Oliveira, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Rooster, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

 

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Elephant Herd, Kenya

January 7, 2013

[h=2]Elephant Herd, Kenya[/h] Photograph by Robyn Gianni, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Elephants move across Kenya’s Amboseli National Park in a thunderstorm.

 

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Gentoo Penguin Chicks, Antarctica

January 8, 2013

[h=2]Gentoo Penguin Chicks, Antarctica
[/h] Photograph by Richard Sidey, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
In Port Lockroy, Antarctica, two newly hatched gentoo penguin chicks get a quick look at the outside world as one of their parents stands up on the nest for a moment.

 

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Grasshopper and Milkweed Pod

January 9, 2013

[h=2]Grasshopper and Milkweed Pod
[/h] Photograph by Matthew George, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Walking through the Northern Kettle Moraine State Forest in Wisconsin on an early autumn afternoon, it's easy to find large grasshoppers like this one.

 

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Diving Bird, Mexico

January 10, 2013

[h=2]Diving Bird, Mexico
[/h] Photograph by Karl Duncan, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
While taking photos of Santa Maria reef near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, I noticed this deep-diving bird chasing a massive school of baitfish in the middle of the reef. It was fast, but I was able to get this shot from above.

 

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Cheetah and Leopard, Botswana

January 11, 2013

[h=2]Cheetah and Leopard, Botswana
[/h] Photograph by Jamie Hopf, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A very rare, adrenaline-packed showdown between two spotted predators: a male cheetah and a female leopard. The leopard came to steal the cheetah's fresh kill. No one expected the cheetah to fight for it, as he is lower on the predator hierarchy, but he was very hungry—it had been a couple of days since his last meal. We were all stunned by the sudden engagement between the two cats. Sometimes hard work pays nothing and ultimately the leopard prevailed. Taken in Botswana.

 

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Birds, Israel

January 12, 2013

[h=2]Birds, Israel
[/h] Photograph by Silvi Gecht, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Hula Lake, Israel

 

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Cow and Shepherd, India

January 13, 2013

[h=2]Cow and Shepherd, India
[/h] Photograph by Kuntal Joisher, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A young bovine finds safety and solace with her shepherd father. She was very nervous and tentative when I was taking pictures of the surroundings nearby, and sensing my presence she gradually moved toward the comfort of the shepherd.

 

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Geladas, Ethiopia

January 14, 2013

[h=2]Geladas, Ethiopia
[/h] Photograph by Jeff Kerby, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A group of juvenile male gelada baboons gives chase to a male in charge of a family. These highly social primates are often squabbling over females, occasionally with deadly consequences. I was standing nearby monitoring another member of the population when the charge erupted. I managed a quick shot before the scene passed me (closely) by. Photo was taken in the Ethiopian Highlands, the only place where wild geladas can still be found.

 

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Stingrays, Grand Cayman

January 15, 2013

[h=2]Stingrays, Grand Cayman
[/h] Photograph by Nadya Kulagina, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Stingrays gracefully flying, forming a perfect straight line. Sand bar, Grand Cayman.

 

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River Otters, Shetland Islands

January 16, 2013

[h=2]River Otters, Shetland Islands
[/h] Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
In the Shetland Islands a mother and two male cubs listen intently to the clicking of the photographer’s camera. The nose of the cub at right had a recent encounter with a crab. Adults don’t live as pairs, and males play no part in raising the young.

 

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Sleeping Lion, South Africa

January 17, 2013

[h=2]Sleeping Lion, South Africa
[/h] Photograph by Ande Truman, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This male lion rests in the soft grass on a gloomy day in South Africa.