National Geographic Foto of the Day

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Monk, China



October 9, 2012

[h=2]Monk, China
[/h] Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A monk seeks shelter from a snow shower in the Shaolin complex, lavishly rebuilt in recent years. Stone tablets throughout the grounds testify to the generosity of patrons from all over the world.

 

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Red Elephants, Kenya



October 10, 2012

[h=2]Red Elephants, Kenya
[/h] Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
The "red elephants" of Kenya's Tsavo East National Park owe their color to the red soil, which they roll in as a dirt bath. Across Africa, sustained poaching of bulls and large females makes orphans of the young and distorts the gene pool in favor of weaker, smaller animals.

 

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Whale Shark, Yucatán Peninsula



October 11, 2012

[h=2]Whale Shark, Yucatán Peninsula
[/h] Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A whale shark, biggest of fishes, hangs out with small fry off the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula.

 

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Midsummer Night, Russia



October 12, 2012

[h=2]Midsummer Night, Russia
[/h] Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Midsummer Night, known as the festival of Ivan Kupala (St. John the Baptist), is marked by candles and flower garlands in Vladimirskoye. Celebrants walk three times around Svetloyar Lake, which legend says makes wishes come true.

 

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Porta Nigra, Germany



October 13, 2012

[h=2]Porta Nigra, Germany
[/h] Photograph by Robert Clark, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
TRIER, GERMANY
The Porta Nigra, or "black gate," still dominates Trier, Germany. A hundred feet tall, it was built in the second century as part of four miles of walls. Trier was a major city in the late Roman Empire, even serving as a regional capital under several emperors.

 

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Garnet Lake, California

October 14, 2012

[h=2]Garnet Lake, California
[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Late summer thunderheads build above Garnet Lake.

 

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Altas cenas ,nunca vim aqui ,espectáculo com cada foto mai linda ,belo tópico sim senhor tenho de ver isto tudo para trás
Brutal mesmo :espi28::espi28:

 

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Falcons, Socotra


October 15, 2012

[h=2]Falcons, Socotra
[/h] Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A female kestrel brings food to her nestlings on a cliff on Socotra's southern coast. These falcons, along with other raptors like the Socotra buzzard, are the main land predators on the island.

 

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Astana, Kazakhstan


October 16, 2012

[h=2]Astana, Kazakhstan
[/h] Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Kazakhstan's new capital is the opposite of understated. After dark, government buildings change hues as the night progresses, creating a theme park atmosphere.

 

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Hverfjall Crater, Iceland



October 17, 2012

[h=2]Hverfjall Crater, Iceland
[/h] Photograph by Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
When Hverfjall erupted 2,500 years ago, no one saw it—no one lived in Iceland. On a March evening photographer Orsolya Haarberg watched alone as a north wind scoured Mývatn lake's thin ice, sweeping snow into a drift that looked like a path to the crater.

 

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Divers, Easter Island


October 18, 2012

[h=2]Divers, Easter Island
[/h] Photograph by Randy Olson, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Tourists diving on Easter Island's reef encounter a fake moai, made for a 1994 Hollywood movie and then sunk offshore. The reef is healthy, though it is overfished. Tuna and salmon are imported, primarily for tourists.

 

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Roman Arch, Algeria


October 19, 2012

[h=2]Roman Arch, Algeria
[/h] Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
TIMGAD, ALGERIA
This triumphal arch awed visitors to the city of Thamugadi, founded by the emperor Trajan around A.D. 100 as a civilian settlement near the fort of Lambaesis. The grooves left by wagon and chariot wheels can still be seen in the stone road.

 

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Soldier Beetle and Magnolia


October 20, 2012

[h=2]Soldier Beetle and Magnolia
[/h] Photograph by Mark W. Moffett, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Beetles are among the most ancient pollen carriers. This soldier beetle munches a magnolia, which emits both scent and heat as lures. Cantharidae on Magnolia grandiflora, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.

 

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Warren Cave, Antarctica


October 21, 2012

[h=2]Warren Cave, Antarctica
[/h] Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A mix of ropes and ladders eases access to Warren Cave, a labyrinth of passages melted from the ice by the volcano's heat. Small currents of air probably cause the scalloping around the cave's entrance.

 

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Mong Kok District, Hong Kong



October 22, 2012

[h=2]Mong Kok District, Hong Kong
[/h] Photograph by Mark Leong, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A neon-soaked district beloved by Hong Kong film directors, Mong Kok blazes with massage parlors and karaoke joints, conjuring visions of gangster shoot-outs. Triads, the local gangs, stay low profile, specializing in extortion and loan-sharking.

 

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Moai, Easter Island


October 23, 2012

[h=2]Moai, Easter Island
[/h] Photograph by Randy Olson, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Their backs to the Pacific, 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island's ceremonial stone platforms. Rapanui artisans carved the moai centuries ago from volcanic rock at a quarry a mile away. By the 19th century all of Easter's moai had been toppled—by whom or what is unclear. In 1960 these moai were swept inland by a tsunami, which fractured some (left).

 

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Spiny-Headed Blenny


October 24, 2012

[h=2]Spiny-Headed Blenny
[/h] Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Corals build the rampart that shelters the landward provinces of mangrove and sea grass. The reef's calcium carbonate city teems with species, among them this spiny-headed blenny.

 

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Mustang Province, Nepal



October 25, 2012

[h=2]Mustang Province, Nepal
[/h] Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Dusk falls over the temples and homes of Tsarang, once the region’s most important town. In Mustang, where the centuries have not disrupted the traditional rhythm of life, the caves offer clues to a time when the remote Himalayan kingdom was a hub linking Tibet to the rest of the world.

 

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Havana, Cuba



October 26, 2012

Havana, Cuba


Photograph by Paolo Pellegrin, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A window reflects an image of Fidel Castro in a working-class Havana neighborhood few tourists see.

 

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Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro


October 27, 2012

[h=2]Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro
[/h] Photograph by David Alan Harvey, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Yachts bob in Botafogo Bay, cradled between the beach and the tall rock known as Sugar Loaf.