Average Joes Give Nat Geo Pros A Run For The Money
Claire O'Neill
The Ghost Panel — that red cluster of figures on the right wall — is a style of pictograph, dating back millennia, that peppers the region of Horseshoe Canyon in Utah.
Bret Webster/Courtesy of National Geographic
This type of heron — the largest and most widespread in North America — stands silently along the water when foraging, and strikes its prey with its bill.
Linh Dinh/Courtesy of National Geographic
A dragonfly curling its abdomen
Anne-Marie Bernier/Courtesy of National Geographic
The Yi people, here photographed in China's Sichuan province, have inhabited the mountains of western China for generations.
Zhong Wan/Courtesy of National Geographic
Fishing on the end of the bridge
Stan Bouman/Courtesy of National Geographic
During Ramadan, a woman rides between the railway carriages of a train heading north from Dhaka, the capitol of Bangladesh.
Amy Helene Johansson/Courtesy of National Geographic
Ki is a tiny village in the middle of the Himalayas, and next to it is Ki Gompa (Ki Monastery), almost 4000 meters high.
Natalia Luzuriaga/Courtesy of National Geographic
A thunderstorm over an Iowa's wind farm
Igor Kovalenko/Courtesy of National Geographic
The Al Saleh Mosque, commissioned by Yemen's president, was completed in 2008 at a reported cost of $60 million. Each of the six minarets reach more than 300 feet.
Nick Ledger/Courtesy of National Geographic
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Each year National Geographic hosts a photography competition for both established and emerging photographers, and this year's contest comes to a close on Nov. 30. Geographic shared a few of the submissions -- and you can submit yours on the contest site.
