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Dramatic black and white animal photography by Marina Cano
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Filmmaker Chris Tangey happened to be in the right place at the right time with his camera to capture this rare fire tornado in Mt. Collins, Australia.
Tangey on his experience:
It was like a dance of giants in front of me. It was awe-inspiring. I’ve never seen anything like it… You would have paid $1000 a head if you knew it was about to happen.
As incredible as the still images are, it’s really best viewed in motion:
Outback fire tornadoes-Australia from chris tangey on Vimeo.
National Geographic is accepting submissions for its 2012 photo contest through November 30, but here are some early contenders that caught the eye of The Atlantic’s In Focus blog.
_DSC9720 by kickthekato on Flickr.
Michael Anderson wants his photography to inspire all of the “aspiring vagabonds and wilderness trekkers that hope to travel one day” to get out there and have their own adventures.
By now you may have seen some of the winners of this year’s National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, but chances are you haven’t seen all of the 49 photos Love These Pics has assembled into a phenomenal gallery of their favorite entries.
These gorgeous photos of the geothermal pools in central Iceland were taken by Antony Spencer.
Photographer Olivier Grunewald has braved hot temperatures and a terrible stench to document sulfur mining in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia. You can see more of this unbelievable work site in a great gallery put together by The Big Picture.
Environmental Graffiti has assembled some Incredible Seahorse Pics.
Monarch clusters at Pismo Beach Monarch Perserve photographed by Beth Sargent
