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Entries
are still pouring in for National Geographic's 2016 Nature Photographer
of the Year contest. And with only a week to go, the competition is
certainly heating up. Among the new submissions are a triumphant Alaskan
bear clamping its jaws into the flesh of a leaping salmon, a curious sea
turtle lingering beneath the surface in Hawaii, and a handful of
sweeping landscapes from Japan, Antarctica and beyond.
The competition is accepting entries until November 4, across four
categories: Landscape, Environmental Issues, Action and Animal
Portraits.
And the lucky grand-prize winner will receive a ten-day trip for two to
the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions.
As the deadline approaches, MailOnline Travel has rounded up a selection
of breathtaking photos submitted to the latest round.
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The Shiraito no Taki Falls located in the southwestern foothills of
Mount Fuji, Japan, shot by Masai Okeda - part of a new selection of
entries from the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the
Year contest
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An Alaskan brown bear capturing a chum
salmon at the McNeil River Game Sanctuary in late July - a close
encounter the photographer Mona W described as a 'truly life changing
experience'
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A trio of delightful meerkats survey the vast Makgadikgadi Pans in the
Kalahari, Botswana, their paws poised in front of them, shot by Matt
Engelmann
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'Snow ghosts' form atop the trees set across files of forest in Lapland,
a magical region tucked away in northernmost Finland, shot by Pierre
Destribats
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A green sea turtle at the surface off the coast of Oahu in Hawaai, a
tiny stream of bubbles emerging from its curved beak, shot by Brett
Monroe Garner
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A fox dances through a storm of silvery raindrops, its rugged fur
illuminated and forming an outline around its slender figure, shot by
Vladislav Kamenski
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Rain clouds form over the Atacama Desert in Chile, the most arid desert
in the world - some climate experts say that its central regions haven't
seen rain for up to 4,000 years, shot by Victor Lima
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An adelie penguin leaping from one ice floe to another at Brown Bluff on
the Antarctic Peninsula, surveyed by three friends and shot by Nick Dale
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An aerial photo taken from a small plane captures a
blue-tinged frozen valley at Mount Cook in New Zealand during winter,
shot by Jeffry Lim
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The snowcapped Chugach Mountain Range in Matanuska, Alaska, taken early
on a crisp autumn morning with pink clouds streaking the icy sky, shot
by Nathaniel Gonzales |