National Geographic

[Geya]

Im a BIG fan of national geographics i really regret when i have 8 boxes full of there magazines and when we moved mum threw em out never told her not too cuz i was younger and didnt care for such thing only looked at pictures and loved how there is many things in life people dont know about anyhow


here i am saying share the most amazing pictures of national geographics in ur opinion and please give a brief description



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/photogalleries/091211-alien-jellyfish-pictures-arctic/images/primary/091211-01-blood-red-jellyfish_big.jpg

December 11, 2009--In the black depths of the frigid Arctic Ocean, scientists on a 2005 expedition found a splash of color: The brilliant, blood-red Crossota norvegica jellyfish

[Rummy]

This caught me in an awe for years

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/800/bacculite-sw.jpg
It's a marine species called Bacculite. Also called a straight ammonite, Bacculite is an ammonite mollusk with a straight, not spiraled, shell.

[Geya]

WooooW now that coool! amazing what we dont see unless we dig

[Rummy]

^^
Yes I love National Geographic in general. It's pretty informative in additon to the amazing pictures they have.

[delta619]

I was mesmerized when i saw that Afghan lady photo..... http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7449/feb162008afghangirl1984.jpg

me too love the channel still have loads of its print magazines... :D!!!

[Booth]

I don't mind watching it for days!
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Environment/Images/Habitat/blackrockgeysermineral-ar3334-001-ga.jpg
Minerals, algae, and cyanobacteria give this geyser in Nevada's Black Rock Desert its brilliant colors.
Photograph by Jack Dykinga

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Environment/Images/Natural_Disaster/cubalightning-656606-ga.jpg
Lightning streaks across the sky over Vinales Valley, Cuba. Lightning can travel up to 93,000 miles (150,000 kilometers) per second and reach temperatures of 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit (30,000 degrees Celsius), more than four times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Photograph by Taylor S. Kennedy

[Geya]

Delta yaa that one wan an award

Buthyy Woow the Nevada one is NICEE!!

[delta619]

@Geya: yup... awesome one i even liked the one they tried hunting back to see how the girl is now... good one...

@Buthy: nature is scary....

[Geya]

Yaa i heard, nature is amazing that is it scary

[Lacrymosa]

Wonderful !!

[Geya]

Grizzly bear cubs http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/g/grizzly-bear-cubs-072509-sw.jpg


Grizzly cubs are unpredictable. At one moment they look at you with their intrigued eyes, and suddenly run away scared by unknown behavior. These two seven-month-old cubs thought that holding hands would make the danger disappear.


Sooo ADORABLE!!!

[Geya]

Owachomo Bridge at Nighthttp://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/o/owachomo-bridge-1191501-sw.jpg


A starry night gleams above Owachomo Bridge in Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument—named the first Dark Sky Park by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). "Here you see something forgotten," says ranger Scott Ryan, "and reconnect with the sky."

[Geya]

Swan on the River Avonhttp://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/s/swan-river-avon-061109-sw.jpg

Captured one morning along the River Avon, this beautiful swan was cleaning itself before stretching its wings in a classic pose. The early morning sun rays add to the surreal image as they burn away the river mist.

[Romantic]

yeah i am interested in nature , :)

[STING]

Great thread Geya, I love watching Nat Geo and Discovery Science. I still wonder what changed you though :p

[Geya]

I love it! today i was watching a documentary on parrots and its amazing how even animals have slu+s around ;p~~

and i told u sting WISDOM TEETH ;p~~~ and btw is this a good thing that i changed?

btw i will post more later..

[Abdullah]

Nice thread, amazing stuff

[delta619]

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9493/01child461.jpg

Stavropol, Russia - A girl holds a red flower to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Stavropol's liberation from Germany.
the article was good as well.....

[Rummy]

^^
Love that photo Delta

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/p/penguins-underwater-antarctica-052709-sw.jpg

Mesmerizing :love:

[Geya]

Delta thats a really nice picture says a lot


Rummy that's soo woooow!

[delta619]

@Rumms: thanks... thought so too... ahhh penguins.... awesome snap Rumms...

@Geya: i know its that create a lump in back of throat kind...

[El Rey]

I love this channel too. I love what they show and the amazing stuff in there.

I didn't know
Giant projects

Etc

It's a beautiful channel indeed :super:

[Rummy]

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/blue-whale-shark-skerry-1099815-sw.jpg

A Whale Shark :heart:

[Geya]

awal mara(first time) i hear of a whale shark, looks better than a blue whale. love the color

do u know if its friendly like a blue whale or dangerous as a shark?

[Rummy]

^^
Well it's a shark actually not a whale just to avoid confusion. It's called a Whale Shark because it is a filter feeder like whales so basically they aren't man-eaters but they eat very small algae, plants and vetebrates. And yes it is very friendly if you dive nearby it. They are actually used to educate people with the misconception they have that all sharks are man-eaters.

Hope that answers your Q ;)

[Rummy]

Here's another:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/800/leatherback-sea-turtle-eggs.jpg

A Leatherback Turtle nesting

[delta619]

Huntington Beach in Bay Village, Ohio

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6703/huntingtonbeachlightnin.jpg

[Rummy]

^^
Awesomeness :super:

[Booth]

I liked that one Delta, still I think nature is fascinating.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/b/blue-lagoon-boat-ga.jpg
Pentax 6x7 at 10:30 in the evening on the longest day of the year.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/o/octopus-hawaii-071609-ga.jpg

Octopus, Hawaii

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/n/northern-spotted-owl-1260350-093009-ga.jpg
Northern Spotted Owl

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/t/tuareg-tribesman-libya-052009-ga.jpg
A Tuareg tribesman prays at twilight in Libya.

[delta619]

^awesome snaps Buthy... yeah nature is awe-inspiring as well as scary :D

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6398/havasucreekwateralllw.jpg
Nestled 3,000 feet [900 meters] deep into Havasu Canyon lies the land of the Havasupai. The native Indians are named for the area, the people of the Blue Green. The area is known around the world for its blue waters and spectacular waterfalls. Havasu Creek, a year-round stream with incredible aquamarine water, flows by the village and descends another 1,400 feet [425 meters], passing over five waterfalls. Navajo Falls is the most secluded and is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3121/tubeanemonebalilw.jpg
This large tube anemone, photographed in Tulamben, Bali, stood high off the black-sand bottom, allowing me to shoot its spectacular tentacles from below and capture its graceful movement. The flashlight highlighted the anemone’s dazzling luminance, while the setting sun added a sense of atmosphere.

[Geya]

amazing shots!


http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Environment/Images/Habitat/blackrockgeysermineral-ar3334-001-ga.jpg

Minerals, algae, and cyanobacteria give this geyser in Nevada's Black Rock Desert its brilliant colors.


http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Environment/Images/Natural_Disaster/etnalavacontrast-755631-ga.jpg

A few hundred degrees separates this pool of fiery orange magma in Italy’s Mount Etna from its hardened, gray crust. At nearly 11,000 feet (3,353 meters), Mount Etna is Europe’s highest active volcano.


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/purple-bridge-abell-90169-ga.jpg

Purple is a versatile color. Combining the fire of red with the serenity of blue, it has the ability to soothe as well as excite passion. Purple is prevalent in nature in everything from eggplants to amethysts, and humans have adopted it as a symbol of royalty.

Here, Ross Bridge in Tasmania is cloaked in a mauve sunset. The beautiful sandstone span, built by convicts in 1836, is one of Australia's oldest and is decorated with an impressive array of carvings.

[Geya]

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-cowfish-newbert_18385_600x450.jpg
Purple fish <3

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-pelagic-octopus-newbert_18392_600x450.jpg
Octopus


http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-hydromedusae-arndt_18386_600x450.jpg
hydromedusa in antartica

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-sea-butterfly-arndt_18393_600x450.jpg
Sea butterfly snail

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-leaf-scorpionfish-newbert_18391_600x450.jpg
larval stage of leaf scorpianfish

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-jellyfish-arndt_18388_600x450.jpg
translucent jelly fish, orane inside

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/183/cache/transparent-shrimp-newbert_18394_600x450.jpg
Shrimp on a jelly fish


Translucent Creature Photos

[Booth]

^The first one is beyond amazing.

[marianna]

National Geo is a fav channel of mine and love their photography and videos. :heart:

[Assim]

Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing Geya. ;)

[Innocent]

Why not post the whole article?

I love this thread (L).
National Geo is a channel I never get bored of watching, when it comes to subjects I'm really into.

[Geya]

innocent- i dont know some do come with articles some dont, i will next time

assim np im glad u like it :)

[Assim]

Geya: I should spend some time watching National Geographic, I'm so obsessed with Discovery Channel these days. :p

[Geya]

Assim OMG discovery, history and national geographics channels are the best

i hate that MTV stuff

[Assim]

Yeah, they're the best! :)

[delta619]

My current obsession at home - Discovery Turbo. :D!! :love:!!!

[Geya]

what is that? india discovery?

[Assim]

I know Turbo Friday, and there was Turbo Month. :p

[delta619]

@Geya: It is this..... click (http://turbo.discovery.com/) love their bike section :D!!!

though i do love myth busters :D!!

[Assim]

Mythbusters are awesome, I love that show. :)

[delta619]

^Indeed its a pity they didn't air the RFID show... would have killed some Credit Card companies for sure!! :D!!!

[Geya]

ooh seems like fun i would watch the plane one or boat


myth is awesome i love to watch em did you see the one with the chinese shield ?

[Geya]

South Africa Lion

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/126/cache/lion-yawning_12659_600x450.jpg

[El Rey]

Amazing images guys :super:

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6900000/Felines-national-geographic-6909274-1024-768.jpg

http://www.photography-match.com/views/images/gallery/National_Geographic_Wallpapers_049.jpg

http://www.myinterestingfiles.com/images/2008/09/national_geographic_5.jpeg

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6700000/Space-national-geographic-6761237-700-525.jpg

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6900000/Beautiful-Places-national-geographic-6969428-1600-1200.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/shahaz123/wall/NationalGeographicWallpapers025.jpg

http://www.magazinetimepass.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/national-geographic-photos-05.jpg

[Assim]

ooh seems like fun i would watch the plane one or boat


myth is awesome i love to watch em did you see the one with the chinese shield ?

Nope. :p But I've seen a lot of vodka and alcohol myths. :p

[delta619]

@geya yup i did cooool it was...nice lion... now say cheese :D!!!

@El Rey: awesome pics mate :) :super:!!

[Geya]

loool ya yesterday i was watching myth busters about the swimming in water v.s in syrup


the vodka one i watched with mum she died of laughter!

[Assim]

Haha, they are so funny and good for knowledge too :)
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[Geya]

yaaa i learn a lot and learning is fun lol i sound like my grade 5 teacher

[Assim]

Ah, there's nothing better than learning. :)

[delta619]

@Geya u sure do :p!!

ahh i want a job at mythbusters :(!! Lol!!!

[Geya]

DELTA ya i'd do the drinking part ;p

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[Geya]

Best of may:
Serra da Leba, Angola


http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/200/cache/serra-da-leba-angola_20004_600x450.jpg

This is Serra da Leba, a landmark in Angola. It has been one of the country's postcard images for decades, but all shots were taken by day. I needed something different. I decided to try a night shot, but it seemed impossible: pitch black, foggy, an altitude of 1,800 meters (5,000 feet). My Nikon can stay open as long as 60 seconds max. But a car takes a few minutes to climb and descend and complete the "drawing." The fog was blocking! Suddenly the fog cleared, a car went down, another went up, and they met in the middle in under 60 seconds. Painting done.

[delta619]

nein nein nein sassy lass :p!! thats my perks :p!!!

[Geya]

looool delta ;p neneneneneeeeeee


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http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/020/cache/yosemite-jeffrey-pine_2077_600x450.jpg

Jeffrey Pine
Photograph by Phil Schermeister

Sentinel Dome’s famous Jeffrey pine stood for over a hundred years, serving as muse to famed photographers like Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams before finally falling in 2003.
Valley in Yosemite
Photograph by Mary Lundin, submitted to My Shot

Yosemite National Park in California offers visitors an astonishing number of thrills within its approximately 1,200 square miles (3,110 square kilometers), including deep valleys, a grove of ancient sequoia trees, waterfalls splashing into Yosemite Valley, and hundreds of wildlife species.
Tuolumne River
Photograph by Alan Kearney/Getty Image

A hiker overlooks the turbulent Tuolumne River, one of two rivers that originate in Yosemite National Park. In 1984, Congress named some 80 miles (130 kilometers) of Tuolumne's restless waters a Wild and Scenic River, a designation that gives the waterway special protections.
Rock Climbers
Photograph by Shawn Reeder/Getty Images

Climbers tackle a rock face high above a raging waterfall near Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. The valley is home to the 8-mile-long (13-kilometer-long) O’Shaughnessy Dam, a reservoir that supplies fresh drinking water to residents of the San Francisco Bay area.
Horsetail Falls
Photograph by Barbara Jordan/Getty Images

Sunset tints the waters of Yosemite's Horsetail Falls fiery red. The 1,000-foot (305-meter) waterfall is best seen from the east side of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot (910-meter) granite monolith that challenges even the most ambitious and experienced rock climbers.

Yosemite Falls
Photograph by Bill Hatcher

Visitors who can’t handle the daylong strenuous hike to the top of Yosemite Falls are in luck—the three separate falls that make up regal Yosemite Falls are visible from numerous spots in the park. The upper, middle, and lower falls form the highest waterfall in North America at 2,425 feet (739 meters) and the second highest in the world.

Parker Pass
Photograph by John Blair

Sun cups, conical hollows that form after the sun melts portions of snow, often challenge mountaineers climbing through areas like Parker Pass in Yosemite National Park.

Mariposa Grove
Photograph by Rich Wheater/Getty Images

More than 200 giant sequoia trees draw visitors to Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park. The best known is the Grizzly Giant, whose estimated age, around 1,500 years, makes it one of the oldest living sequoias on Earth. The fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree, gutted in 1881 to make a drive-through tree for horse-drawn wagons, became a photogenic attraction for generations of automobile travelers.

Sunrise in Yosemite
Photograph by Jeff Sullivan/Getty Images

Some 3.3 million people visit Yosemite National Park each year. "No temple made with human hands can compare with Yosemite," wrote John Muir, whose crusading led to the creation of the park in 1890.

[Geya]

Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist recognized for his explorations of small-town life. His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine.

Islands were sliding by in the North Sea as I looked out the window of our small plane. First the isles of Sanday and Eday, then Westray to the left and finally our destination, tiny North Ronaldsay, came into view. I sat there thinking, I'm going to an island that's only four miles [6.4 kilometers] long and two [3.2] wide, in an eight-seat airliner sponsored by the local distillery, to see an island where they have a stone fence built specifically to keep the sheep out on the rocky beach so they'll only eat seaweed. And the hotel on the island is a bird observatory run by the doctor for the National Health Service who has a total of some 60 inhabitants to care for.

I couldn't help thinking: I've got to tell somebody about this place.

The place is Orkney. Seventy islands (20 inhabited) off the northeast coast of Scotland—and a lot more skerries and holms than you'd care to count—with a history as old as the Pyramids. I've been coming back ever since I did a story on Orkney for National Geographic with writer Bill Bryson over a decade ago. For a place that is nearly treeless it sure gets under people's skins.

Perhaps it is the endless quirks and oddities that only island life seems to generate with such grace and profusion that makes these places endearing. Start with the fact that the main island is, incongruously, called "Mainland" and then go on unfettered by logic from there. But Orkney's trump card is history: Stone Age history, Viking history, World War naval history (both World War I and World War II, when submarines sank battleships in Scapa Flow and the whole German fleet was scuttled on one day).

Here's a short don't-miss list for photographers:

Ring of Brodgar. Marching like giants, the stones standing on this great henge were erected 4,500 years ago, part of a huge Neolithic spiritual world still mysterious and fascinating. Just down the road about a mile [1.6 kilometers] are the Stones of Stenness, itself a major stone circle. And along the road between these two you'll see more standing stones in the yard of a nice lady who lives there between Loch Stenness and Loch Harry. In other words, not a bad place for photography.

Skara Brae. Stone Age folk were living in this village long before Stonehenge was built. Preserved by drifting sands for nearly 5,000 years it was finally discovered in 1850. Inside the houses stone-built "dressers" still held everyday items like combs. You can see where the families slept and the nearby sea where they fished. Few sites evoke this sort of human-scale connection across time.

Tomb of the Eagles. Farmer Ronald Simison discovered this rich tomb in 1958 while sitting in his pasture. Incredibly he then eventually excavated it himself and will still, today, take you on a tour into the heart of the Stone Age burial. His farmhouse museum still has some of the skulls he discovered.

St. Magnus Cathedral. Orkney is part of Scotland, but don't be fooled: these islands are Viking territory. Their great monument is St. Magnus Cathedral in the island's largest city, Kirkwall. Towering over the narrow streets, the red sandstone cathedral honors Orkney's patron saint, an early Viking who allowed himself to be martyred (an ax blow to the head did the trick) for the sake of peace. (His skull resides in one of the hulking columns and there is a good beer, Skullsplitter, brewed in the islands.) And Kirkwall itself would entice most photographers.


http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/201/cache/orkney-aerial-richardson_20166_600x450.jpg