December 24, 2024
Utah's canyons are quite impressive as your walking through the bottom. But they are equally EXTRAORDINARY when viewed from above. On this image, you can see the many twists and turns this canyon has cut through the sandstone. The bottom of the canyon is full or riparian vegetation and is a whole different world from that above it.

Winners of the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest

National Geographic has announced the winners of its annual photo competition, with the Grand Prize Winner Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan receiving a prize of $7,500 for his image of an orangutan in Borneo. National Geographic was once again kind enough to let us display the winning images and honorable mentions here from the four categories: Wildlife, Landscapes, Aerials, and Underwater.

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Mother’s Love. Second Place, Wildlife. An adult Caribbean pink flamingo feeds a chick in Yucatán, Mexico. Both parents alternate feeding chicks, at first with a liquid baby food called “crop milk,” and then with regurgitated food. 

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Illuminate. Third Place, Landscapes. A summer thunderstorm unleashes lightning on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

 

For more read the full of article at The Atlantic

 

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