10 Stunning Photos From National Geographic’s 2015 Traveler Photo Contest
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Anuar Patjane Floriuk of Tehuacán Puebla, Mexico is a initial place leader of a contest. He wins a grand prize, an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and a Panama Canal for two
“The print wasn’t planned,†Floriuk pronounced of his picture display divers nearby a humpback whale
Scroll down to see a second and third place winners
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First place: Whale Whisperers; Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico
“Diving with a humpback whale and her baby calf while they journey around Roca Partida … in a Revillagigedo [Islands], Mexico. This is an superb and singular place full of pelagic life, so we need to accelerate a union of a islands into UNESCO as [a] healthy birthright site in sequence to boost a insurance of a islands opposite a prevalent bootleg fishing companies and big-game fishing.” – Anuar Patjane
Second place: Gravel Workmen;Â 
“[This] gravel-crush operative place stays full of dirt and sand. Three silt workmen are looking by a window potion during their operative place.” –Â Faisal Azim
 Third place: Camel Ardah; 
“Camel Ardah, as it [is] called in Oman, is one of a normal styles of camel racing … between dual camels tranquil by consultant men. The faster camel is a crook … so they contingency be using [at] a same speed turn in a same track. The categorical purpose of Ardah is to uncover a beauty and strength of a Arabian camels and a riders’ skills. Ardah [is] deliberate one of a many unsure situations, given a camels reactions are indeterminate [and] might get furious and burst [toward the] audience.” – Ahmed Al Toqi
Merit winner: Sauna in a Sky;Â 
“A sauna during 2,800 meters high in a heart of Dolomites.” –Â Stefano Zardini
Merit winner: Romania, Land of Fairy Tales; Bran, Brasov, Romania
“Romania, land of angel tales. White ice over Pestera village.” –Â Eduard Gutescu
Merit winner: A Night during Deadvlei; Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
“The night before returning to Windhoek, we spent several hours at Deadvlei. The moon was splendid adequate to irradiate a silt dunes in a distance, though a skies were still dim adequate to clearly see a Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds. Deadvlei means ‘dead marsh.’ The camelthorn trees are believed to be about 900 years aged though have not decomposed since a sourroundings is so dry.” – Beth McCarley
Merit winner: White Rhinos; Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda
“The night before this photo, we attempted all day to get a good print of a involved white rhino. Skulking by a weed carefully, perplexing to stay 30 feet divided to be safe, didn’t yield me a print we was anticipating for. In a morning, however, we woke adult to all 3 rhinos extending in front of me.” –Â Stefane Berube
Merit winner: Kushti, Indian Wrestling; Kolhapur, Maharashtra, IndiaÂ
“KushtilangotpelwhansAlain Schroeder
Merit winner: Catch a Duck; Nong Khai, Nong Khai, Thailand
“Two boys are perplexing to locate a steep during a tide of a waterfall.” –Â Sarah Wouters
Merit winner: Highlanders; Rzepiska, Poland
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“Camel Ardah, as it [is] called in Oman, is one of a normal styles of camel racing … between dual camels tranquil by consultant men. The faster camel is a crook … so they contingency be using [at] a same speed turn in a same track. The categorical purpose of Ardah is to uncover a beauty and strength of a Arabian camels and a riders’ skills. Ardah [is] deliberate one of a many unsure situations, given a camels reactions are indeterminate [and] might get furious and burst [toward the] audience.” – Ahmed Al Toqi
Merit winner: Sauna in a Sky;Â
“A sauna during 2,800 meters high in a heart of Dolomites.” –Â Stefano Zardini
Merit winner: Romania, Land of Fairy Tales; Bran, Brasov, Romania
“Romania, land of angel tales. White ice over Pestera village.” –Â Eduard Gutescu
Merit winner: A Night during Deadvlei; Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
“The night before returning to Windhoek, we spent several hours at Deadvlei. The moon was splendid adequate to irradiate a silt dunes in a distance, though a skies were still dim adequate to clearly see a Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds. Deadvlei means ‘dead marsh.’ The camelthorn trees are believed to be about 900 years aged though have not decomposed since a sourroundings is so dry.” – Beth McCarley
Merit winner: White Rhinos; Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda
“The night before this photo, we attempted all day to get a good print of a involved white rhino. Skulking by a weed carefully, perplexing to stay 30 feet divided to be safe, didn’t yield me a print we was anticipating for. In a morning, however, we woke adult to all 3 rhinos extending in front of me.” –Â Stefane Berube
Merit winner: Kushti, Indian Wrestling; Kolhapur, Maharashtra, IndiaÂ
“KushtilangotpelwhansAlain Schroeder
Merit winner: Catch a Duck; Nong Khai, Nong Khai, Thailand
“Two boys are perplexing to locate a steep during a tide of a waterfall.” –Â Sarah Wouters
Merit winner: Highlanders; Rzepiska, Poland
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