21+ Finalists From 12th Annual Smithsonian Photo Competition

Light Refracts Through The Curves Of A Breaking Wave, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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A Green Iguana Surfaces For Air, Bonaire, Netherlands

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A Wave Strikes An Elephant Seal Pup, South Georgia Island

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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Ely, Minnesota

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Snake, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica

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A Woman Collects Water Lilies, Chau Doc, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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Women Of A Small Village Near Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam, Sew A Fishing Net While Their Husbands Fish, Vinh Hy Bay, Ninh Thuan, Vietnam

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Mobula Rays Gather To Feed On Plankton Attracted By Dive Lights, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Fog Weaves Through Forest Trees, New Forest, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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A Vicuña, Chimborazo Volcano, Ecuador

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While Firemen Were Putting Out A Fire In Chicago, The Water Froze And Coated Everything In Ice, Chicago, Illinois

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A Fisherman Checks His Net In The Early Morning, Lam Dong, Dalat, Vietnam

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A Girl With Albinism, Valencia, Spain

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Spring In Palouse, Palouse, Washington

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A Girl Stares In Wonder At An Aquarium Tank, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

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The Caracolera Is A Common, But Restless Snake, Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

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A Brown Bear Walks Across An Estuary, (lake Clark National Park, Alaska

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A Woman And Her Child Place Dyed Threads Out To Dry, Santipure, Nadia, India

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Young Buddhist Novices Play In Hsinbyume Pagoda, Mingun, Mandalay, Myanmar

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Fireworks Shower Onlookers In Sparks During Holy Week Celebrations, Acobamba, Tarma, Peru

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Fog Creeps Under The Manhattan Bridge, New York, New York

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21+ Finalists From 12th Annual Smithsonian Photo Competition