Images of city skylines in running for best travel photo
- In a matter of days, National Geographic will announce the winner of its 2017 travel photographer of the year contest
- The context, which ends June 30, invites photographers to send images that ‘captivate and astonish.’
- The magazine will have its pick from among dozens of stunning images – from lightning strikes in lower Manhattan to trams on a rainy day in Nagasaki, Japan
Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com
In a matter of days, National Geographic will announce the winner of its 2017 travel photographer of the year contest.
The context, which ends June 30, invites photographers to send images that ‘captivate and astonish.’
The three categories are nature, cities, and people.
This image was shot from the top outdoor observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City
A new city in the desert is seen above Muhafazat al Buraymi, Oman
This building is apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It is very colorful, but it is an ordinary collective housing where ordinary people can live
This photo captured the stunning view of the sea fog at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong
The Kowloon Walled City was the densest place on Earth. Hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the center of the structure. Many didn’t have access to open space.This notorious city was finally demolished in 1990s
This photo was taken in Jujing, a small ancient village in China. Jujing is known as the roundest village in China. In the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration, the village has traditional dragon dancing activity
Lightning strikes lower Manhattan as a summer storm approaches a moonlit New York City skyline
Uummannaq is a small island in Greenland, home to about 1200 people. It was really a treat waking up with such views on the colorful houses, with the icebergs in the fjord as backdrop
This is a view of the main street from a city tram in Nagasaki, Japan on a rainy day
An architect gets to see the Eiffel Tower in flesh for the first time in Paris
The winner of the contest gets a 10-day trip for two to the Galapagos Islands as well as $2,500 in cash.
The second place winner receives $750 and the third place winner gets $500.
The magazine will have its pick from among dozens of stunning images – from lightning strikes in lower Manhattan to trams on a rainy day in Nagasaki, Japan.
Another breathtaking pictures shows how sea fog enshrouds the Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong.
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