As always – beautiful photos from National Geographic, and this is a competition. Here are my faves from this story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2077382/National-Geographic-photo-contest-2011-Winners-capture-stunning-images-nature.html

I just LOVE the patterns in these, that they aren’t the whole, but you still know what they are and are much more interesting and questioning for it.

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