The best pictures from the contest NG in 2011. It's amazing.

 Many people go to Uluru, but that they see there depends on where they came from. (© Robert Spanring)

The eruption of a volcano chain Cordon Kaulle in Chile. (© Ricardo Mohr)
 In the Arctic beluga fun. (© Dafna Ben Nun)
 Streetcar in New Orleans is coming to St. Charles Avenue. I held the camera at the window to radzedlit frame into two parts - both inside and outside the car. (© Don Chamblee)
 In this picture - almost 6 hours to climb Mount Reyner under the stars. Wind attributed the smoke from Mount Hood, about 100 miles. This haze has caused a red glow, visible in the sky, and Reyner looks as if written in oil on canvas. In the bottom right of the visible light of dawn. (© Chris Morin)
 Russia, the polar region of Western Siberia, Taz peninsula. Reindeer herding - one of the main activities of local residents. All land suitable for grazing are divided among the families or teams of state farms. Deer graze freely, can be removed for several kilometers. The chief shepherd considers flock through binoculars. (© Dmitriy Nikonov)
 Adult male gelady resting, climbing on the cliffs of the mountains in Ethiopia Simien. This male has won the previous leader, and now must defend his harem, reflecting attack other candidates, and caring for females. (© Clay Wilton)
 Unexpected side effect of floods in 2010 in Pakistan - millions of spiders escape from the water to climb a tree. Because of the extent of flooding and its duration, and many trees were completely covered with cobwebs. People living in the area, is seen for the first time, but also reported that the mosquito has become much smaller. The fact that people who have lost everything due to flooding mosquitoes do not bite - doubtful, but at least some relief. (© Russell Watkins)
 Curious cormorants watch the start of a swim in La Jolla, California. Swimmers must overcome a distance of 3 miles, swim from the shore of the bay to the breakwater Scripps and vice versa. (© Lee Sie)
 This place means a lot to me. Lake Fellenzee is at the foot of Hundshtayn (canine stone). As I and my dog grew near the place where she died, I buried her in the lake, and mountain dog became the headstone on the grave of a great dog. After the funeral we went up the mountain in honor of Spock (the name of the dog). This photo hangs in my kitchen in memory of Dr. Spock. (© Nino Benninger)
 Copenhagen, the Twin Towers, an apartment house near the river. I waited by the door about two hours, in hopes that someone will enter or leave and let me. Waiting paid off - in this building there is something unreal. (© Elena Baroni)
 Scuba divers and a great white shark. (© David Litchfield)
 A shot from a cannon during the reconstruction of the battle of the Civil War, taking place under the auspices of the Organization Rotary Club of Moorpark. In the background - the smoke from the gun shots, illuminated by searchlights. (© Robert Jensen)
 White geese in flight. Klyaynfeltersvill, Pennsylvania. (© Charles Funk)
 Tornado showed its terrible power to Meyplotone, Iowa, April 11, 2011. (© Timothy Wright)
 Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, famous for its leopards, but they are very difficult to catch on camera. This - one of three young adolescents, who began to jump between branches. Then I managed to make this shot. (© Lalith Ekanayake)
 Rare and endangered species - Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) in shoals of the island Hopkins, South Australia. (© Michael Patrick O'Neill)
 Portrait of my grandfather. He was a photographer, and he has a lot of old cameras. Recently, he was 95 and he still remembers how each of them. I photographed it on my Canon 7d lens with Tamron 17-55mm. Lighting - Two 1200W lamp. I hope you enjoy this photo as she likes me. (© Christopher Bellezza)
 For the year in Death Valley drops about 4 inches of rain. But somehow we first four years was to witness the storm at sunset in the background. For me, this is the reward for all your time and a great example of the best that can happen only with the photographer. When you get to the right place at the right time and just have to spoil the picture. (© Jeff Engelhardt)
 Japan, despite its modernity, adheres to the traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. That's what makes Japan one of the most beautiful and intriguing places on Earth. City of Gion in Kyoto - one of the places that once in, you forget about the rest of Japan. The cobbled streets with little houses of traditional architecture. If you're lucky - and see a beautiful geisha, hurrying to the next meeting. Do not forget to bring your camera and keep it handy. (© Clancy Lethbridge)
 Hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. (© Danielle Goldstein)
 Amazing microscopic pattern of icicles on the fence around the construction site. Photo was taken at the end of March 2011. (© Sara Worsham)
 After high school - to play on the river. Laos. (© Danny Griffin)
 Bolsherota male brooding in his mouth. (© Steven Kovacs)
 Winter in the dry Canadian Rockies. The temperature was below -30 Celsius, but due to lack of snow surface of the lake was clear, and you can see the bubbles frozen in ice. (© Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris)
 Owl in flight. (© Mark Bridger)
 A local resident takes a mud bath next to the salt mines in Burgas, Bulgaria. Bathers smeared with mud, which then dries and wash into the sea. After that - swimming in the salty water of the mine. (© Antoni Georgiev)
 One morning I looked around in Hawaii in search of what could be photographed. And almost walked past it. Something made ​​me pay attention to the palm leaf. I stopped and noticed a small gecko. Periodically, he pokes his head out of the leaves to see if I did not go. When he saw me he was hiding, but then again stuck out. We played this game until I could not photograph it. (© Lorenzo Menendez)
 The strangest market in the world, probably, in Lome, Togo. Thousands of stuffed animals and the bodies of dead animals are sold here for use in religious and medicinal purposes. This is a wild and scary, but at the same time exciting. (© Jorgen Tharaldsen)
 My son Jack jumps on the dunes. (© Betina La Plante)
 Kazhdy year in October in Dubai is heavy fog from the high humidity and falling temperatures. Tall buildings of the city (including the tallest building in the world) and fog can make great shots. (© Catalin Marin)
 Portrait of a chimpanzee from a zoo in Jacksonville, Florida. (© Graham McGeorge)
 The rise in ice-cold trail in the rain was rewarded at the top I found a black bear in the blue of the glacier. (© Colin McCrindle)
 Nathan Fletcher, and one of the biggest waves off the coast of Tahiti. (© Ted Grambeau)
 Pinky Kundu, 13-year-old girl suffering from chronic illness, receiving treatment in hospital, Mother Teresa in Kolkata. When I photographed her she was in good spirits and was hoping for a speedy return to their parents. (© Saibal Gupta)
 During the safari attract attention not only to animals. (© Dmitry Gorilovskiy)

 Lone Tree, recovering from a winter in Yellowstone National Park. (© Anita Erdmann)
 Lynx (Lynx Canadensis) repels pesky gnats ear, appearing on a summer evening in Alaska. (© Jimmy Tohill)
 The photo was taken at the top of Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona. The effect is created by the sun light jet crumbling sand. (© Angiolo Manetti)
 Cub gray kangaroo pokes his head out of the bag on the mother's body. Soon it will temporarily leave the bag and then come back and at the age of 7-10 months leave the bag forever. (© Brent Lukey)
 The rays of morning sun in the windows of the "Temple of Transition" at the festival Burning Man 2011. (© Lars Tiemann)
 The sun gives us energy, even under water. The picture was taken during free diving (breath-hold, without scuba) in the Red Sea. (© Vaclav Krpelik)
 The last few years, I shot a female leopard with cubs, and spent many nights with them. It is no beacon, so when I found this family, tried to stay with them as long as possible. This evening the female hyena ahead and took her prey (gazelle), and sat on the edge of a cliff, with a rising moon in the background. (© Hannes Lochner)