The best travel destinations in 2020 were also found at National Geographic. And apparently, next year we'll be watching seals in Québec, roaming around Hungary, and braving the highest bridge in China's Guizhou Province.
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A good cover photo for a magazine can drastically increase sales, improve the reputation of the magazine and also spark passionate discussions among people. So far, we've seen a number of provocative covers that have raised a lot of dust, and we've rounded up some of the boldest ones that are likely to be talked about for a long time.
This year, for the sixth year in a row, the Ljubljana Castle, in cooperation with National Geographic Slovenia, will present a high-profile photographic exhibition in the "S" Gallery. This time, 25 moving portraits of animals created as part of Joel Sartore's Photo Ark project will be on display.
Cities, nature and people - all this sometimes cannot be seen with your own eyes and expressed in words, so it is enough to look at these photos and you will understand how truly amazing our world is. These are the best photos from the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 competition.
Every year, the travel experts at National Geographic compile a list of the top destinations you should visit in the next 12 months. And this year's selection is excellent. Here are the destinations you should visit in 2018 according to National Geographic.
One of the most important photography contests has recently come to an end and offered us a range of breathtaking photos. National Geographic has chosen the best travel photos of 2017. Undoubtedly, they had an extremely difficult task, because all the photos are outstanding - and there are only three podiums. You can see the winning photos and photos that received special praise from the jury in this article.
That the environment and climate are changing is nothing new. That this process is taking place with terrible haste, neither. But it is worrying. National Geographic says that if we continue at this pace, the ice at both poles and in the mountains will soon be gone. What would Earth look like if all the ice melted?
In 2014, Slovenia and the world were surrounded by the news that Slovenian storm chaser Marko Korošec won the prestigious National Geographic Traveler photography competition. A similar success has now been achieved by 13-year-old Slovenian Majo Kastelic, who was announced by the National Geographic Society as the winner of the international photography contest for young readers of the National Geographic Kids magazine.
Photographer Ricardo Stuckert came across an unusual sight while flying over the Amazon in Brazil. He discovered an Amazonian tribe that had no contact with the outside world and until now no one knew of their existence. Who would have thought that in the 21st century we would ever get an indigenous insight into the Neolithic way of life when spears, arrows and bows ruled! According to Survival International, over 100 intact tribes still live in the world today.
National Geographic did not fail its long-standing tradition and published the best photos of the year this year as well. The best photos of 2016, as selected by the world-famous popular science magazine, were selected from a set of 2,290,225 photos taken by 91 photographers in the current year.
Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary Before the Flood can be viewed online for free until November 6, 2016. The documentary by Oscar-winner Fisher Stevens is a call for immediate action on climate change.
National Geographic has announced the winners of the 2016 Best Travel Photographer! From the 10,000 registered photographers and photos, they chose the overall winner, but of course the prizes were also distributed by individual categories. Check out the masterpieces of the best travel photographers of 2016!