National Geographic is holding their 2011 Photo Contest right now, and a bunch of the pictures are already online and surprise! They’re ridiculously amazing. As in, borderline ‘too good for a random internet post’ amazing. TGFI. But here’s one anyway!
Below, here’s a brief sampling of the phenomenal photos submitted so far – Click any for Full Size:
1. “New Orleans Streetcar”
New Orleans, Louisiana / Photo by Don Chamblee
2. “Is He Still There?!”
The Big Island, Hawaii / Photo by Lorenzo Menendez
3. “Landscape In The Rain”
Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain / Photo by Mihaly Attila
4. “Confronting”
Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico / Photo by David Litchfield
5. “Lone Tree Yellowstone”
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming / Photo by Anita Erdmann
6. “Falling Leaves”
Bruges, Belgium / Photo by Mandy Michels
7. “The Golden Gate”
San Francisco, California / Photo by Reuben Cornel
8. “The Cloud”
Aquila Safari Park, South Africa / Photo by Dmitry Gorilovskiy
9. “Love Of Parents”
Atka Bay, Antarctica / Photo by Claus Possberg
10. “Atacama Sunset”
Salar de Atacama, Chile / Photo by Magdalena Rakita
Check out the rest of this 54-photo subset over at Boston.com, or view the contest in its overwhelming entirety at National Geographic. Seriously, do it.
In conclusion – just a great job all around, humans and Earth.
