The Best Nature Photo Entries To The 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest

Arctic Hi-Five (Svalbard, Nature Category)

Hello (Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, WA, United States, Nature Category)

Catch of the Decade (Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, Nature Category)

Mom’s Love (Jakarta, Nature Category)

Sunrise Plaosan Temple (Plaosan Temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Places Category)

Sunward (Nicosia, Cyprus, Nature Category)

A Tree Dreaming (Strezlecki Desert Australia, Nature Category)

From the Sky (Tenerife (Canary Islands), Nature Category)

Bringing Home Breakfast (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, Nature Category)

Warming Up (Sambas, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Nature Category)

Physalia Physalis (Shellharbour, NSW, Australia, Nature Category)

Mezmorized by Grace (Birminghan Zoo, Birmingham Alabama, Nature Category)

The Iguana’s Cave (Island of Bonaire, Kralendijk, Dutch Caribbean, Nature Category)

Destroyed Homs (Homs, Syria, Places Category)

The Lord of The Ocean (Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Nature Category)

Walking on Water (Queensland, Australia, Nature Category)

Mexican Long Nosed Bat (Elephant Head in Southern Arizona, Nature Category)

Searching for Love (Brevard, North Carolina, Nature Category)

Kings Valley Clouds (Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, Places Category)

The Wave (Arizona, USA, Places Category)

Above Big Sur (Big Sur, California, Places Category)