National Geographic Foto of the Day

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Catamount Mountain, Adirondacks


September 24, 2012

[h=2]Catamount Mountain, Adirondacks
[/h] Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Conifers green the crevices of Catamount Mountain while the forest below is in its last incandescence before winter.

 

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Storm Chasing



September 25, 2012

[h=2]Storm Chasing
[/h] Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
With a 1,600-pound camera he calls the Kahuna in tow, storm chaser Tim Samaras is on the hunt for an elusive shot of a lightning strike the moment it is born.

 

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Seamount, Cortes Bank



September 26, 2012

[h=2]Seamount, Cortes Bank
[/h] Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
An orange sheephead, slender wrasses, and other fish swim through a forest of coralline algae and kelp stalks swaying in the current around Cortes Bank. "The communities you find on seamounts are like oases in otherwise deep water," says Bruce Robison, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.

 

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Frosted Trees, Alaska


September 27, 2012

[h=2]Frosted Trees, Alaska
[/h] Photograph by Susan Stevenson, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
I took this photo from my back deck in North Pole, Alaska. It was early evening and the full moon was moving through the sky, illuminating the frosted trees and turning the sky cobalt blue.

 

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Kali Gandaki River, Nepal


September 28, 2012

[h=2]Kali Gandaki River, Nepal
[/h] Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Climbers and scientists follow a trail above the Kali Gandaki River in Nepal's remote Mustang region. More than 60 feet above are rows of unexplored man-made caves dug centuries ago. There may be thousands in the region.

 

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Lizard, Cuba

September 29, 2012

[h=2]Lizard, Cuba
[/h] Photograph by Lee Daubney, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Peering into a pineapple plant while on a trek within Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, Cuba, I was surprised to find a new subject.

 

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Muckross Lake, Ireland


September 30, 2012

[h=2]Muckross Lake, Ireland
[/h] Photograph by Anthony Byrne, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Captured on Muckross Lake as the first green shoots appear on a day of typical weather in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

 

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Prayer Flags, Wyoming


October 1, 2012

[h=2]Prayer Flags, Wyoming
[/h] Photograph by Aaron Huey, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Nine-year-old Wakinyan Two Bulls places prayer flags in a tree near Mato Tipila ("bear lodge"), or Devils Tower, in Wyoming. The story of the Oglala—their spirituality and their fight to remedy old wrongs—goes well beyond the Pine Ridge Reservation.

 

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Gannet, North Atlantic



October 2, 2012

[h=2]Gannet, North Atlantic
[/h] Photograph by Andrew Parkinson
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Long tied to maritime cultures, gannets are flourishing today in crowded colonies around the North Atlantic.

 

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Lighthouse Reef, Belize


October 3, 2012

[h=2]Lighthouse Reef, Belize
[/h] Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Lighthouse Reef atoll off Belize is one of the most seaward outliers of the Mesoamerican Reef.

 

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Lightning, Oklahoma



October 4, 2012

[h=2]Lightning, Oklahoma
[/h] Photograph by Mitch Dobrowner
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Near Guymon, Oklahoma Most storms move fast. This one crept over a farming community for more than an hour, bristling with electricity. "No two storms are the same," says James LaDue, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. "No two skies are either."

 

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Beachgoer, Rio de Janeiro



October 5, 2012

[h=2]Beachgoer, Rio de Janeiro
[/h] Photograph by David Alan Harvey, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
On sunny days a million people with their sea of umbrellas may crowd Rio’s beaches.

 

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Caves, Nepal



October 6, 2012

[h=2]Caves, Nepal
[/h] Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
To reach a series of caves dug into a cliff 155 feet above the valley floor, Matt Segal scales a rock face so fragile it often breaks off to the touch. Linked by a ledge, the 800-year-old caves, empty now, may once have stored manuscripts.

 

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Snake River Headwaters, Wyoming


October 7, 2012

[h=2]Snake River Headwaters, Wyoming
[/h] Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic with aerial support by Lighthawk
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Snake River Headwaters
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming
387.5 miles protected since 2009

 

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Dragon’s Blood Trees, Socotra


October 8, 2012

[h=2]Dragon’s Blood Trees, Socotra
[/h] Photograph by Mark W. Moffett, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A full moon rises over the Diksam Plateau, where dragon's blood trees grow in scattered groves. The limestone of Socotra's interior plains formed when ancient seas covered the land.

 

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Monk, China



October 9, 2012

[h=2]Monk, China
[/h] Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A monk seeks shelter from a snow shower in the Shaolin complex, lavishly rebuilt in recent years. Stone tablets throughout the grounds testify to the generosity of patrons from all over the world.

 

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Red Elephants, Kenya



October 10, 2012

[h=2]Red Elephants, Kenya
[/h] Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
The "red elephants" of Kenya's Tsavo East National Park owe their color to the red soil, which they roll in as a dirt bath. Across Africa, sustained poaching of bulls and large females makes orphans of the young and distorts the gene pool in favor of weaker, smaller animals.

 

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Whale Shark, Yucatán Peninsula



October 11, 2012

[h=2]Whale Shark, Yucatán Peninsula
[/h] Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A whale shark, biggest of fishes, hangs out with small fry off the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula.

 

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Midsummer Night, Russia



October 12, 2012

[h=2]Midsummer Night, Russia
[/h] Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Midsummer Night, known as the festival of Ivan Kupala (St. John the Baptist), is marked by candles and flower garlands in Vladimirskoye. Celebrants walk three times around Svetloyar Lake, which legend says makes wishes come true.

 

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Porta Nigra, Germany



October 13, 2012

[h=2]Porta Nigra, Germany
[/h] Photograph by Robert Clark, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
TRIER, GERMANY
The Porta Nigra, or "black gate," still dominates Trier, Germany. A hundred feet tall, it was built in the second century as part of four miles of walls. Trier was a major city in the late Roman Empire, even serving as a regional capital under several emperors.

 

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Garnet Lake, California

October 14, 2012

[h=2]Garnet Lake, California
[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Late summer thunderheads build above Garnet Lake.

 

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Altas cenas ,nunca vim aqui ,espectáculo com cada foto mai linda ,belo tópico sim senhor tenho de ver isto tudo para trás
Brutal mesmo :espi28::espi28:

 

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Falcons, Socotra


October 15, 2012

[h=2]Falcons, Socotra
[/h] Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A female kestrel brings food to her nestlings on a cliff on Socotra's southern coast. These falcons, along with other raptors like the Socotra buzzard, are the main land predators on the island.

 

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Astana, Kazakhstan


October 16, 2012

[h=2]Astana, Kazakhstan
[/h] Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Kazakhstan's new capital is the opposite of understated. After dark, government buildings change hues as the night progresses, creating a theme park atmosphere.

 

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Hverfjall Crater, Iceland



October 17, 2012

[h=2]Hverfjall Crater, Iceland
[/h] Photograph by Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
When Hverfjall erupted 2,500 years ago, no one saw it—no one lived in Iceland. On a March evening photographer Orsolya Haarberg watched alone as a north wind scoured Mývatn lake's thin ice, sweeping snow into a drift that looked like a path to the crater.