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Skyscrapers, Dubai
Photograph by Catalin Marin, Your Shot
Every year around the month of October, Dubai experiences heavy fog due to the still-high humidity and the falling temperatures. With all the new high-rise buildings (including the tallest in the world, Burj Khalifa) this provides a great photographic opportunity.
(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Tulip Farm, Tasmania
Photograph by Anthony Crehan, Your Shot
Aerial view from a helicopter of the tulip field at the Table Cape Tulip Farm on Table Cape, near Wynyard, on the North West Coast of Tasmania. It was Blooming Tulips Festival Day at Wynyard and fortunately for me and my six-year-old grandson, the helicopter operator was selling 15-minute joy-flights. On the left-hand end of the rows of tulips you can see some of the visitors to the farm's open day.
(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
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Blue Pond, Hokkaido
Photograph by Kent Shiraishi, My Shot
The "blue pond" of the famous tourist resort in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan, is a place where many tourists gather in spring, summer, and autumn. However, since this pond freezes in winter, nobody is there during that period. This photograph was taken during the first snow of the season as it fell over the blue pond.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
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Lion, Uganda
Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic
A tree-climbing lion stirs in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park.
See more pictures from the November 2011 feature story, "Rift in Paradise."
See more of National Geographic magazine's top picks for 2011 »
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Manhattan Solstice
Photograph by Robinson McClellan, Your Shot
Celebrating a "Manhattan Solstice"—when Manhattan's street grid lines up with the setting sun—in front of the American Museum of Natural History. On this day, New York City's vast edifice becomes "Manhattanhenge‚" dedicated to sun worship!
(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot. Have a great shot of a city? Send it to us, tag it "cities," and check back to see if it's selected for publication in the March 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.)
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Sea Pens, New Zealand
Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
A fish, sea star, and sea pens form a tableau on the ocean floor off New Zealand.
(From the National Geographic book Ocean Soul by Brian Skerry)
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Tiger, Indonesia
Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic
A tiger peers at a camera trap it triggered while hunting in the early morning in the forests of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Tigers can thrive in many habitats, from the frigid Himalaya to tropical mangrove swamps in India and Bangladesh.
See more pictures from the December 2011 feature story, "A Cry for the Tiger."
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park
Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
Merced River
Yosemite National Park, California
114.5 miles protected since 1987; 8 additional miles since 1992See more pictures from the November 2011 feature story, "Boundless: America’s Wild and Scenic Rivers."
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Southern Right Whale, New Zealand
Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
Southern right whale eye, New Zealand, 2007
(From the National Geographic book Ocean Soul by Brian Skerry)
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Sparring Polar Bears, Svalbard
Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic
Young male polar bears spar under the low light of winter in Svalbard, a cluster of islands halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Polar bears thrive here—roughly half the estimated 3,000 bears in the Berents Sea population raise their young on the archipelago's isolated islands.
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