1 Circle of Life by Federico Cabello
A shoal of sardines
The photographs featured by National Geographic are well known for their awesomeness. Whether from professional or amateur photographers, the pictures capture our wonderful world in so many ways. From human interest to stunning wildlife to incredible scenery, there's so much to admire. Here's a selection from the National Geographic "photo of the Day" archives. Sit back and enjoy!
A shoal of sardines
Table Mountain and Cape Town, South Africa
In Argentina’s Jujuy Province, the Suris' feathered costumes represent the nandu, or rhea, sacred bird of the Suris.
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Tiger cubs in India’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
The ice and skies of Greenland
Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi National Park, Kenya
The lake at the nature reserve in Sződliget, Hungary
Ants using their bodies to build a bridge to reach food in Mataram, Indonesia
Mount Bromo (in foreground) and Mount Semeru (in background) on a misty morning in East Java, Indonesia
Flamingo at Birmingham Zoo in Alabama, USA
Galah birds in the Strzelecki Desert of Australia
Beach soccer at Praia do Farol da Barra, Brazil
Bears in Kurile Lake, in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Fourth Stryker Brigade combat Team returning to the USA from Afghanistan
Hummingbird in Costa Rica
Forest park in Lithuania
A member of the Bajau people of Malaysia
Penguins in Antarctica
One of New Zealand's most stunning beaches
Unspecified town in Fenghuang County, China
Women take pictures of themselves in front of the Shanghai skyline
Tumuch Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Surfer at Barangay Urbiztondo beach in San Juan, La Union, Philippines
Dancers at the Lucerna Music Bar in Prague, Czech Republic
Young Galápagos sharks nose the camera in the lagoon of the Bassas da India atoll
Guatemala's Acatenango Volcano
Photographed at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey, USA
Holi at Radha Krishna Temple in Kolkata, India
Umbrellas shade novice monks at a pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar
Forbidden City, Beijing, China
An anemone and its tenant, a pink anemonefish, look out for each other in the waters of Papua New Guinea's Kimbe Bay.
Night view of Sunndalsøra, Norway
Superclimber Alex Honnold dangles from an overhang on Oman's Musandam Peninsula
Wrapped in white to symbolize purity, women arrive for prayer at an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Asaita
Hong Kong after a summer rain shower
A green grasshopper rests aboard a red mushroom boat in a sea of moss.
A rice mill worker rests in Bangladesh.
Ducks gather at dawn in a private tidal pond in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, USA