Category: Images

• Photo by @BrianSkerry A male shortfin pilot whale (in the center) carries a dead calf in its mouth while swimming with two female pilot whales off Kona, Hawaii. The calf, whose skin is beginning to slough off, is likely the offspring of this social group. Throughout history there have been occasional reports of cetaceans (dolphins and whales) caring for their dead, though photos are quite rare. Photographed on assignment for @natgeo. To see more ocean wildlife images follow @BrianSkerry @thephotosociety #whales #empathy #pilotwhales #hawaii #rare #OceanWildTour #nature #love by natgeo http://ift.tt/1JHbLi3

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• Photograph by @thomaspeschak Surfgrass dominates the wave washed shallows of the islands that lie offshore from Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest coast. These rugged outposts are important yet fragile sanctuaries for seals, sea lions and seabirds. @natgeo @thephotosociety @natgeocreative by natgeo http://ift.tt/1JHbOdt

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• Photo by @ciriljazbec / Night view from above the temporary transit camp of Opatovac. Refugees and migrants are coming in all the time. They are first taken to tents where they are registered and asked about their origins. Opatovac is merely a transit camp – everybody wants to continue towards Northern Europe as soon as possible. Follow more @ciriljazbec and @natgeo #refugeecrisis #migrantcrisis #Europe #Opatovac #night #camp by natgeo http://ift.tt/1RiIikx

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• Photo // @jimmy_chin Always magical to be out in the changing seasons. @tatummonod throwing a tight loop near Marvel Pass, Alberta. #flyfishing @thephotosociety by natgeo http://ift.tt/1N5TO45

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• Photograph by @paulnicklen for @natgeo. Water levels sit 40 feet lower than normal in this water reservoir in Washington State. Normally, water laps up against this walkway. No snow pack build up in the winter, no rain during the summer, increase in jellyfish populations, anoxic marine events, starfish die-offs and record setting forest fires have made for an unforgettable summer in Washington State. Do you think this is an isolated event or is it a sign of the future? To learn a lot more about a story we are doing on the effects of warm ocean water on the Western coast of Canada and USA, please #follow me on @paulnicklen. With @cristinamittermeier #drought #blob @sea_legacy #climatechange #nature #202020 by natgeo http://ift.tt/1JHKkEM

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• Photograph by @daviddoubilet. Chinstrap and gentoo penguins squabble on their small island if ice drifting near Danko Island Antarctica. If you are in Spain visit my current exhibition at the Mar de Mares Festival at La Coruna Spain Sept 24-Nov 29 and join us for #NGLive journey from Islands to Ice in La Coruna Spain Nov 13. #NGLive #penguins #Antarctica @thephotosociety by natgeo http://ift.tt/1FJBHP3

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• Bridge to the shire – Germany ✨💚💚💚✨ Follow ✨✨@BestPlaces_ToGo✨✨ for more stunning travel posts like this!!! Pic ©Chat Noir by wonderful_places http://ift.tt/1KUzKfo

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• iPhone photo by David Guttenfelder. We stopped our horses to rest before descending into the next basin on day 17 of a horseback trip into the backcountry of the Gallatin National Forest. When I was a boy we had horses on my parents Iowa farm, but I hadn’t been on horseback again until this @natgeo assignment in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. For more pictures of the ongoing trip, and the beauty of these Montana #horses, please check out @dguttenfelder by natgeo http://ift.tt/1VtcSbK

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• NASA Completes Successful Heat Shield Testing for Future Mars Exploration Vehicles [4288 x 2848] http://ift.tt/1OZMA21

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• Northern Lights above Banff, AB, CAN [OC] [5184×3456 http://ift.tt/1OZMA1Z

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• photo by @joelsartore | Selfie! This adorable koala at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital couldn’t wait to get his paws on my camera! Although these Australian natives aren’t #endangered quite yet, their numbers are threatened by habitat loss because they feed solely on eucalyptus, which is found in forests that are being bulldozed for commercial use. Follow me, @joelsartore, to see more members of the #PhotoArk. #koala #photooftheday #joelsartore #selfie by natgeo http://ift.tt/1jBJJzr

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• Photo by Corey Arnold @arni_coraldo We spent the day on Monday scrambling up beautiful Reynolds Mountain in Glacier National Park with 23 year old local Kalispellian Dumitra Baker. This summer she’s climbed 16 peaks in the Logan’s Pass area of the park and is hugely passionate about the meditative benefits of getting out in Glacier at every possible moment. The tourist season is winding down fast in Glacier as freezing temps are beginning to arrive and most of the services have shut down. On assignment for @natgeo in search of millennials using the National Parks. #npmillenials @glaciernp #glaciernationalpark #reynoldsmountain by natgeo http://ift.tt/1jC8Jq8

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• Photo @coryrichards Student housing in rural Angola. This two bedroom house is occupied by five brothers, and one of their girl friends. All brothers are studying at a small technical school nearby and the housing complex, while remote, is home to roughly 400 people. With few possessions in general, the near pervasive presence of tablets was an awesome juxtaposition. This particular student was reading the news as we chatted back and forth for an hour or so. Shot on assignment for @natgeo @thephotosociety @natgeocreative by natgeo http://ift.tt/1JJ75Z1

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• Photograph by Michael Yamashita @yamashitaphoto I took this photograph for a National Geographic story on #Basho, Japan’s greatest poet, who traveled the back roads of northern Japan. “The road gods beckoned.” Thus Matsuo Basho set off in 1689 into Japan’s backcountry. His journal, Narrow Road to a Far Province, described a path, still visible on Natagiri Pass, that devotees have followed ever since. #tohoku #fall #fallcolors #autumn #Japan @natgeo @natgeocreative @thephotosociety by natgeo http://ift.tt/1O8u8CO

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