The prestigious world contest of travel photos National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year is held every year.
A huge number of authors from around the world dream to take part in it and show the world your photographic masterpieces.
And in the meantime we will look at the most extraordinary images submitted to the contest photographers in 2016.
Photo taken in Bangladesh, at the train station Tongi junction. People returning from the festival Biswa Ijtema, so much that filled even the roofs of the cars.
The author of this picture was extremely fascinated by the view from his window in the hostel of Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam. Still, because there are the colorful urban landscapes.
The buffaloes, who came at night to drink, successfully caught in the camera lens.
Off the coast of Cape town, the broadnose sevengill shark swimming along among the thickets of seaweed, glancing askance at the photographer.
So bright, like the colorful glowing lights, is the market of Bangkok (Thailand), when the city lowered the twilight.
The man on the festival of colors Holi (India).
Black and white Zebra goes on blossoming yellow field in the Serengeti National Park (Tanzania).
Truly fantastic photograph managed to make the photographer from above. The glacial water of a meandering river flow into an endless ocean (South of Iceland). Such an amazing pattern water becomes due to the deposits of minerals.
Two of the famous bridge on the stunning black and white shot. In the foreground is depicted the bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland, and away — the Golden Gate bridge.
In Western Australia, near Cervantes, is the national Park Nambung, where you can see interesting limestone rock Pinnacles. Along with a stunning sunset sky, they create extremely mystical panorama.
To capture a storm in one of the most arid African deserts, this photographer took me 7 years. And here, near the National Park Namib-naukluft, he finally was lucky enough to do it.
Fabulous sunrise on a lake That medicine, located in glacier National Park (Montana, USA).
Not long ago, the reception of the works was completed, and now the jury can only choose the winners.