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  • A lone bull elephant feigns a charge the onlooker at a water hole, creating a big splash.... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    30 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A lone bull elephant feigns a charge the onlooker at a water hole, creating a big splash. Okavango Delta. Botswana.
    Frans Lanting
  • A chameleon reaching for a snack, Moka. Mauritius. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    A chameleon reaching for a snack, Moka. Mauritius.
    Ian Nichols
  • Children swim near the bridge that opened the Virgin Ndoki area to exploitation, Ndoki.... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    Children swim near the bridge that opened the Virgin Ndoki area to exploitation, Ndoki. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Michael Nichols
  • Cheering for a pig race at the Kansas State Fair. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    27 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Cheering for a pig race at the Kansas State Fair. USA.
    Joel Sartore
  • The Expo 1967 Geodesic Dome, now called the Biosphere, in Montreal. Canada. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    The Expo 1967 Geodesic Dome, now called the Biosphere, in Montreal. Canada.
    Stacy Gold
  • Sisters with rainbow coloured hairstyles and matching glitter in Saint Paul, Minnesota. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    25 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Sisters with rainbow coloured hairstyles and matching glitter in Saint Paul, Minnesota. USA.
    Joel Sartore
  • Iowa fairgoers bite in synchrony at the first-ever Corn Dog Chomp in Des Moines, Iowa. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    24 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Iowa fairgoers bite in synchrony at the first-ever Corn Dog Chomp in Des Moines, Iowa. USA.
    Joel Sartore
  • Men sit under a waterfall as part of training to become a Yamabushi, Mt. Haguru, Yamagata... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    Men sit under a waterfall as part of training to become a Yamabushi, Mt. Haguru, Yamagata Prefecture. Japan.
    Michael S. Yaashita
  • A baby monkey embrassing the carcass of its recently hunted parent. Democratic Republic of the... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    A baby monkey embrassing the carcass of its recently hunted parent. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    Michael Nichols
  • Mirror arrays concentrate light making electricity in Alburquerque, New Mexico. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    21 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Mirror arrays concentrate light making electricity in Alburquerque, New Mexico. USA.
    Michael Melford
  • Twighlight view of a 700-foot-long cable bridge, designed by a local priest, that spans the... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    Twighlight view of a 700-foot-long cable bridge, designed by a local priest, that spans the Zambezi River at Chinyingi. The bridge was built in response to a ferry accident in 1971 which drowned five people. Zamibia.
    Chris Johns
  • Bees cluster on two pallets of hives, stacked and strapped for moving by a migratory beekeeper,... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    Bees cluster on two pallets of hives, stacked and strapped for moving by a migratory beekeeper, after the bees pollinated a crop in Maine. USA.
    Maria Stenzel
  • Water Throwing Festival, a purification rite during the Buddhist New Year. Myanmar. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
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    Water Throwing Festival, a purification rite during the Buddhist New Year. Myanmar.
    James L. Stanfield
  • An elderly ice skater at the Galleria Mall, Dallas, Texas. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    17 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    An elderly ice skater at the Galleria Mall, Dallas, Texas. USA.
    David Alan Harvey
  • The modern interior addition of the history Reichstag Building, Berlin. Germany. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    16 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    The modern interior addition of the history Reichstag Building, Berlin. Germany.
    Scott S. Warren
  • Men rebuild a house in traditional style using no nails or machines in Dimen, Guizhou Province.... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    15 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Men rebuild a house in traditional style using no nails or machines in Dimen, Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.
    Lynn Johnson
  • The pigment of a blue button jellyfish blocks ultraviolet rays, Hawaii. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    14 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    The pigment of a blue button jellyfish blocks ultraviolet rays, Hawaii. USA.
    David Liittschwager
  • Its image mirrored in icy water, a polar bear swims submerged in Lancaster Sound, Northwest... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    13 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Its image mirrored in icy water, a polar bear swims submerged in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories. Canada.
    Paul Nicklen
  • Lighning bugs and wild alfalfa blanket the prairie in Strong City, Kansas. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    12 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Lighning bugs and wild alfalfa blanket the prairie in Strong City, Kansas. USA.
    Jim Richardson
  • On this day in 2001, a series of attacks were launched against the USA. This image was taken... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    11 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    On this day in 2001, a series of attacks were launched against the USA. This image was taken from above the site where the World Trade Centre stood in New York City. USA.
    Lynn Johnson
  • A brown bear fishing for salmon in Kuril Lake of Kamchakta. Russia. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    10 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A brown bear fishing for salmon in Kuril Lake of Kamchakta. Russia.
    Randy Olson
  • A boy pours a bucket of water over himself at the edge of a lake in Meiktila. Myanmar. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    9 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A boy pours a bucket of water over himself at the edge of a lake in Meiktila. Myanmar.
    James L. Stanfield
  • Women, window, & Wall. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    8 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Women, window, & Wall.
    Suraj Dongol/National Geographic My Shot
  • A woman in a telephone booth made of ice in Fiarbanks Ice Museum, Alaska. USA. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    7 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A woman in a telephone booth made of ice in Fiarbanks Ice Museum, Alaska. USA.
    Alison Wright
  • A girl has her head shaved before entering the local monastery in Began. Myanmar. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    6 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A girl has her head shaved before entering the local monastery in Began. Myanmar.
    Steve Winter
  • Moviegoers enjoy a flick at an outside movie garden in Broome. Australia. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    5 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Moviegoers enjoy a flick at an outside movie garden in Broome. Australia.
    Randy Olson
  • Costumed extras stand in a field of grain while waiting to go on set in Bombay. India. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    4 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    Costumed extras stand in a field of grain while waiting to go on set in Bombay. India.
    William Albert Allard
  • A porcelain crab in sea anemones in the Raja Ampat Islands. Indonesia. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    3 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A porcelain crab in sea anemones in the Raja Ampat Islands. Indonesia.
    David Doubilet
  • A kilted man throws a pole at the Glenfinnan Highland Games in Scotland. UK. [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    2 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A kilted man throws a pole at the Glenfinnan Highland Games in Scotland. UK.
    Jim Richardson
  • A leopard seal bares teeth in a display of threat to protect her kill in the Antarctic... [Photo of the day - September 2011]
    1 SEPTEMBER 2011Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
    A leopard seal bares teeth in a display of threat to protect her kill in the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica.
    Paul Nicklen
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