National Geographic Foto of the Day

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Blacktip Grouper

November 8, 2014

Blacktip Grouper

Photograph by Brian Skerry
Blacktip grouper at Starbuck Island in the southern Line Islands are among the predators that dominate fish communities on healthy reefs. Long-lived and slow-growing, groupers are among the first casualties of overfishing.

 

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Tasty

November 13, 2014

[h=2]Tasty
[/h] Photograph by Rob Daugherty, National Geographic Your Shot
While visiting Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park, Your Shot member Rob Daugherty planned to photograph coastal brown bears. He saw 21 bears on the first day alone. He came across this one about two hours into a boat ride on Crescent Lake. “He had just finished eating a salmon,” Daugherty writes. “It was an epic moment to photograph him as he licked his fishy, post-meal chops.”

 

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Hanging On

November 14, 2014

[h=2]Hanging On
[/h] Photograph by Valtteri Murto, National Geographic Your Shot
“I’m an airline pilot interested in both urban decay and aviation history,” writes Your Shot member Valtteri Murto, who captured this picture during a day off spent photographing parts of Brooklyn. “I came to Floyd Bennett Field out of pure curiosity, and after noticing these hangars, I just couldn’t keep myself away,” he writes. Though it was a sunny day in March, recent rains had left large puddles that caught reflections like this one. “I had to dodge falling pieces of aluminium plating,” Murto adds. “The hangars are in a state of serious decay, and roof panels and debris were blown across by gusty wind.”

 

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Seal Dive

November 26, 2014

[h=2]Seal Dive[/h] Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic
Southern Africa has some of the world’s richest waters. But debate swirls over how to sustain these seas and the fishing communities that depend on them. Here, a fur seal surfs Atlantic swells off Cape Town. To conserve sea life around the city’s coastline, a marine protected area (MPA)—one of 23 in South Africa—was created in 2004.

 

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Lofty Frosts

December 2, 2014

[h=2]Lofty Frosts
[/h] Photograph by Eduard Gutescu, National Geographic Your Shot
Frost settles over the village of Peştera, Romania, in this picture by Your Shot member Eduard Gutescu.

 

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Bodybuilders

December 3, 2014

[h=2]Bodybuilders
[/h] Photograph by Adhi Prayoga, National Geographic Your Shot
Ants build a bridge with their bodies to reach food on a higher branch in Mataram, Indonesia. “I often observe and take pictures of ants when the sun rises in order to [capture] their activity in a beautiful light,” writes Your Shot member Adhi Prayoga. “I was lucky to get a moment of cooperation.”

 

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Fair Day’s End

December 4, 2014

Fair Day’s End

Photograph by Aman Chotani, National Geographic Your Shot
Camels make their way over dusty terrain at the close of the annual Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan, India. “There were hundreds of them,” writes Aman Chotani, a member of our Your Shot community. “I started following them and managed to get this shot.”

 

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Night Falls

December 5, 2014

[h=2]Night Falls
[/h] Photograph by Phil Hawkins, National Geographic Your Shot
Though most photographers leave Yosemite National Park’s Tunnel View overlook when the direct light of sunset has disappeared, Your Shot member Phil Hawkins usually stays for another hour to see how the light evolves. “On this occasion I happened to notice a slight glow in the mist hugging the valley floor and wondered how this would look in a timed exposure,” he writes. “So I drilled in on an area of activity and simply left the shutter open for about ten minutes, and this image is the result.”

 

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Floating Season

December 6, 2014

[h=2]Floating Season
[/h] Photograph by Nhiem Hoang, National Geographic Your Shot
“During the floating season on the Mekong Delta, wild water lilies grow in the rice fields now covered by water,” writes Your Shot member Nhiem Hoang. “They become a traditional food, processed into special dishes such as salad and sour soup with fish.” Hoang travels to the region each year to photograph what many consider its most beautiful season. “I saw this situation happening from the road while riding my motorbike alongside the Vinh Te Canal. I was lucky that day because it had just stopped raining and the woman and her boat appeared in the right place. First I used a telephoto lens but felt dissatisfied, so I tried to cross a muddy yard to fill the action using my superwide 16mm, with different shooting angles from high to low. Finally, I got the shot I expected."

 

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The Lookout

December 7, 2014

[h=2]The Lookout[/h] Photograph by Chris Martin, National Geographic Your Shot
“After losing their kill to a huge gathering of vultures, these cheetahs took time out to rest from their hunting exertions and survey the surrounding plains for their second attempt at a feed,” writes Your Shot member Chris Martin, who describes this photo as the last in a series captured on a summer morning at South Africa’s Sabi Sand Reserve. “It was spellbinding to watch the cats both attempt to feed and fend off the unwanted attention of the vultures that began to mass in increasing numbers and advance on their prize. Sensing the battle was lost, the cheetahs moved on, and their elevated position gave me the opportunity to compose my next shots at eye level, giving a much more powerful composition."

 

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Gray Langur at Rest

December 8, 2014

Gray Langur at Rest

Photograph by Hemin Patel, National Geographic Your Shot
“I was in my college parking lot, and this monkey appeared on this tree in front of me,” writes Hemin Patel, a member of our Your Shot community who captured this photo in Anand, Gujarat, India. “The sunlight was coming through when I saw it. It was wonderful.”

 

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Sky Dive

December 11, 2014

[h=2]Sky Dive
[/h] Photograph by Matthew Trabold, National Geographic Your Shot
A member of the University of Miami diving team is captured mid-arc against a partly cloudy South Florida sky. Your Shot member Matthew Trabold, a student photographer at the university’s newspaper, chose the event for his first assignment. “One of the great things about shooting in Miami is that you can almost always count on incredible clouds rolling in at some time during the day,” he writes. “I wanted to capture the contrast between the diver and the clouds, as well as emphasize the incredible height of the diving platform.”

 

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Ashura in Bijar

December 17, 2014

[h=2]Ashura in Bijar
[/h] Photograph by امیر بهروزی, National Geographic Your Shot
Shiite Muslims in Bijar, Iran, mourn during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Muharram, the first month of the lunar-based Islamic calendar. On the tenth day, or Ashura, Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of Muhammad.

 

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'Pine Needles

December 20, 2014

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[/h] Photograph by Heather Allen, National Geographic Your Shot
“The lines of the quills were perfect, forming a Fibonacci curl from the nose right to the end of the quill,” writes Your Shot member Heather Allen of this porcupine photographed on the Oregon coast. “I just loved the light hitting the top quills, setting off its face. The final [bit of] luck was that he lifted his head and looked right at me.”

 

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Incoming Flight

December 22, 2014

[h=2]Incoming Flight
[/h] Photograph by Klaus Nigge, National Geographic
Two bald eagles aim for the same post in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. According to Klaus Nigge, who wrote the January 2015 National Geographic story “First Bird,” the one that lands first in such squabbles usually vacates the perch in order to avoid being raked by the incoming bird’s open talons.

Photograph by Klaus Nigge, National Geographic
Two bald eagles aim for the same post in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. According to Klaus Nigge, who wrote the January 2015 National Geographic story “First Bird,” the one that lands first in such squabbles usually vacates the perch in order to avoid being raked by the incoming bird’s open talons.

 

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Sunlit Cenote

December 23, 2014

[h=2]Sunlit Cenote
[/h] Photograph by Terry Steeley, National Geographic Your Shot
“Timed right, diving a cenote can be a truly magical experience, hugely rewarding and unlike most other scuba adventures,” writes Terry Steeley, a member of our Your Shot community who dove on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. “I had dived many times at the Taj Mahal cenote, but today was different: Navigating my way through the tunnels to Bill’s Hole provided a real treat. The intimately lit cavern layered against energetically dancing light beams was breathtaking. Indeed, a very special dive.”

 

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Artists’ Cave

December 29, 2014

[h=2]Artists’ Cave
[/h] Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic
Perched near Africa’s southern tip, Blombos Cave has yielded some of the earliest evidence of symbolic expression, including shell beads, engraved ocher, and ocher-processing kits that are 100,000 years old.

 

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Morning Reflection

January 1, 2015

[h=2]Morning Reflection
[/h] Photograph by Noushad PT, National Geographic Your Shot
While on a stroll with friends one morning in a village near the Nilambur forest in Kerala, India, Your Shot member Noushad PT noticed the sun streaming through the coconut trees, creating a reflection in the flooded paddy. “I found an opportunity for a perfect black-and-white composition,” he writes. “I added a human element, prioritized the reflection, created symmetry, kept the sky aside—and captured it.”

 

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Polished Porcelain

January 2, 2015

[h=2]Polished Porcelain
[/h] Photograph by Agorastos Papatsanis, National Geographic Your Shot
“I am a big fan of mushrooms,” writes Your Shot member Agorastos Papatsanis. He encountered these specimens on Mount Olympus. “On one of my autumn excursions in the beech forest, I found this amazing porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida). I was drawn to their cyclic hats with the radial paths of the gills, the amazing porcelain texture, and the combination of rain and sun. I used the available bright sunlight as a backlight and enhanced it with an off-camera flash to create this atmosphere.”

 

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Gathered Greens

January 4, 2015

[h=2]Gathered Greens
[/h] Photograph by Matthieu Paley, National Geographic
A group of Wakhi women return from a daily excursion across Pakistan’s Hunza riverbed to gather fodder and wood for their cooking fires. Photographer Matthieu Paley has been traveling the world in search of our ancestral ties to the food we eat.

 

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Museum of Islamic Art

January 6, 2015

[h=2]Museum of Islamic Art
[/h] Photograph by Zeqiant Wang, National Geographic Your Shot
A modern spin on Islamic architecture characterizes the exterior of the I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. As a form of practice, Your Shot member Zeqiant Wang tries to capture the museum from different angles and in different light, here shooting in the early evening. “I had already been waiting there for two hours when I saw a Qatari man in traditional clothes walk by,” Wang writes. “I got my camera ready fast. The walking posture of the man is perfect and can be called beautiful.”

 

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Local Color

January 8, 2015

[h=2]Local Color
[/h] Photograph by Robin Hammond, National Geographic
Vendors hawk goods at one of many markets on Lagos Island, demonstrating the entrepreneurial fervor that has made Nigeria’s economy Africa’s most vibrant.

 

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A Curtain Lifts

January 13, 2015

[h=2]A Curtain Lifts
[/h] Photograph by Johan Brouwer, National Geographic Your Shot
Rain and fog nearly spoiled Your Shot member Johan Brouwer’s plan to photograph lava dunes during sunset near Stokksnes in southeastern Iceland. “I was looking for other opportunities to make the most out of the moment,” Brouwer writes. “I saw this great reflection of lava dunes in the water, and suddenly the fog disappeared partly, which gave the whole scene a mystical appearance.”
To get this shot, taken below Vestrahorn mountain, Brouwer focused on the reflections with his camera on a tripod, protecting it against the wind and rain. “The wind stopped very briefly, and I was able to take the picture. A few seconds later the fog came back and the wind and rain continued.”

 

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lindas!

 

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Nesta imagem microscópica, obtida por Bruno Cisterna, vemos células tumorais do cérebro de um rato, mostrando como as alterações no citoesqueleto das células podem levar a doenças como a doença de Alzheimer e a ELA.

A fotografia, vencedora do concurso Small World in Motion 2024, foi selecionada em parte devido ao seu significado científico: os resultados da investigação no âmbito da qual esta imagem foi tirada poderão transformar muitas vidas no futuro, contribuindo para a nossa compreensão destas doenças.

 

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Embora seja sabido que os peixes se agrupam para se protegerem, conhece o delicado equilíbrio que deve existir num cardume para que este funcione?

Os peixes destes grupos movem-se em sincronia, sem chocarem uns com os outros ou atrapalharem-se mutuamente.

Um órgão sensorial, denominado linha lateral, capta as vibrações da água que lhes indica os movimentos dos seus companheiros e, graças aos seus olhos laterais, que lhes dão uma visão directa uns dos outros, são capazes de sincronizar os seus movimentos com os dos outros.