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2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year. Emperor penguins shoot out of the Ross Sea in Antarctica. A drifting jellyfish plays host to a small constellation of brittle stars. Lake Camécuaro / Mexico (by Javier Eduardo Alvarez) Winners of the 2017 NatGeo Travel Photographer of the Year. National Geographic's Antique Photos of Women Around the World. In 1907, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière developed the first commercially viable form of color photography.

National Geographic's Antique Photos of Women Around the World

Their process, called autochrome, used glass plates coated with millions of microscopic color filters, each one consisting of—believe it or not—a dyed, powdered grain of potato starch. The starch grains essentially transformed the plate into a stained-glass window made of red, green, and blue dots, which filtered the light shining onto a light-sensitive emulsion. Up close, the resulting photographs looked like dots of various shades of red, blue, and green. But from a distance, viewers’ eyes blended the colors into muted, dreamlike tones—making autochromes look like pointillist paintings. "That's one thing that's unique about the autochromes that you don't see with modern photos—that beautiful painterly look," says Bill Bonner, image collection archivist at National Geographic.

Photographers of the time gushed over autochromes. Becky Little contributed reporting. Ten Nat Geo Images That Look Incredibly Familiar … Here’s Why. You may have seen these images before.

Ten Nat Geo Images That Look Incredibly Familiar … Here’s Why

At the dentist’s office, in the lobby of a law firm, or while you sit on your friend’s couch trying to agree on which movie to watch. As well as being popular stock photos, they are featured in the default screen saver for Apple TV—a device that allows you to stream content to your television. I don’t own one myself, but they are becoming increasingly common, and with them, so is this collection of stunning National Geographic images. I wanted to share some tidbits about these photos, so you can impress your friends the next time you’re arguing over rom-com or sci-fi.

And even if you’ve never seen this screen saver, you’ll still appreciate the photos. 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, Part II - The Atlantic. School of Spadefish photographed by Brian Skerry (2010) Huffingtonpost. National Geographic’s Best Photos From 2015. Paradise Found. 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. I just found your next desktop background.

2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

The coveted first-place prize of this year's National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest was awarded to Anuar Patjane yesterday for his unbelievable image of a humpback whale and her newborn calf off the coast of Mexico. The gold medal comes with an eight-day expedition on the Panama Canal aboard National Geographic's charter ship. Not bad. A panel of photographers pulled the image, along with 9 other honorable mentions, from over 18,000 entries. Check out the winning snapshots, and get exploring! Three gravel workers peer through a window in Bangladesh. Men race camels along the Arabian Peninsula. A mountaintop sauna glows softly over the Italian Alps.

A bright moon floods Nimibian sands with light. Two boys try catching a duck at the base of a waterfall in Thailand. Indian wrestlers cover themselves in clay to soothe sore muscles after a fight. Three white rhinos graze in an animal sanctuary in Uganda. Black Browed Albatrosses (Frans Lanting) Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru animal photography, nature photography Tags: africa bird black browed albatrosses from south africa.

Black Browed Albatrosses (Frans Lanting)

National Geographic's Best Photos in 2014. Hay una razón por la cual National Geographic es el espacio para las mejores fotografías del mundo.

National Geographic's Best Photos in 2014

La revista se ha dedicado a enaltecer y motivar el trabajo de todos los fotógrafos del mundo. Muestra de ellos el resultado de su concurso anual de fotografía edición 2014, estás fotos son de lo mejor y nos dan una idea del trabajo inspirador de los fotógrafos que tomaron estas tomas y que con su cámara formaron estas composiciones. National Geographic: Found. Ocelot (Joel Sartore) Mammoth tusk found in Siberia (Evgenia Arbugaeva) 50 Years of Nat Geo Covers. Sharpest Views of the Cosmos Ever. A close-up of the central region of the Orion nebula, taken with the Schulman Telescope at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter.

Sharpest Views of the Cosmos Ever

Credit: Adam Block/UA SkyCenter) Astronomers have built a new astro-camera that, when fitted onto the largest observatories on Earth, can snap photos of the universe twice as sharp as the famed Hubble Space Telescope. With the newly developed technology, giant telescopes can reach their theoretical limits of resolution in visible light —something that was just not possible, until now, because of atmospheric turbulence causing blurry visible light images. (Related: The Largest Baby Star, Ever?) “It was very exciting to see this new camera make the night sky look sharper than has ever before been possible,” said Laird Close, the project’s principal scientist at the University of Arizona in a press statement. “As a result, we can see the visible sky more clearly than ever before,” said Close. Iconic Images From 125 Years Of The National Geographic Society. Published 28 January 2013 In January 1888, a small group of scientists and enthusiasts founded the National Geographic Society (NGS) with the aim of creating “a society for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge.

Iconic Images From 125 Years Of The National Geographic Society

" The first issue of the magazine was published in October 1888. Today, 125 years later, the society is one of the largest nonprofit educational and scientific organizations in the world. To mark the occasion, the society is sharing photographs from its archive of more than 11 million images -- photographs that represent some of the most iconic moments in its history. (25 PHOTOS) Gilbert H. By setting off a camera trap, a female tiger captures her own image in Bandhavgarh National Park in India in 1995. Dogs — From Wolf to Woof. Red fox (by Stefano Unterthiner) National Geographic Photo Contest 2011.

National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011

For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Whale Sharks feeding (Michael Aw) Whale Shark Siphons Fish Through Hole in Net. National Geographic Photo Contest 2012, Part II. The deadline to enter this year's National Geographic photo contest is coming up -- this Friday, November 30.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2012, Part II

Back in September, the society started gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. Winners will be chosen on or around December 15, 2012. National Geographic was once more kind enough to let me choose some of its entries for 2012 to feature here on In Focus. Gathered below are 50 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. Be sure to also see Part I on In Focus, from September. [50 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Nursing Mama: This female brown bear came into the Lake Clark National Park area in late July with her triplet Spring cubs and seemed quite relaxed as she sat nursing two of her cubs.

The Matterhorn: Night Clouds #2 -- The Matterhorn, 4478 m, at full moon. Glacial Cave: Hikers under the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska. The Space Between (Cotton Coulson & Sisse Brimberg) PHOTOS: New Species. National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest. Writen by Bogdan / Comments Off on 50 Images from National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest This is one of the most anticipated annual photo contests.

National Geographic`s 2010 Photo Contest

The deadline for the submissions is on November 30th so if you have an interesting photo, submit it. Below you can see 50 images collected from different categories. An Indian wrestler smears mud on his head before starting wrestling in Kolkata, India, March 30, 2010. National Geographic. National Geographic Daily Photo. 'frog wearing umbrella' (Penkdix Palme)