![]() The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach (New Zealand). These boulders are grey-colored septarian concretions, which have been exhumed from the mudstone and concentrated on the beach by coastal erosion. | The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest was held in 2015. Photographers submitted pictures from around the globe in four categories, including: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. Entries are judged on creativity and photographic quality. ![]() |
![]() Villarrica Volcano, located more than 700 kilometers south of Santiago, Chile. | ![]() Southern Chile, Puerto Varas | ![]() |
![]() Sunrise at Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Aerial Image. | ![]() Ice cave at the Vatnajokull Glacier in Iceland. |
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![]() Tornado tracks in open farm land narrowly missing a home near Simla, Colorado. | ![]() Lion cub jumping on mother’s head, Naboisho Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa ![]() |
![]() Volcanic beach at Stokksnes, Iceland | ![]() Trollstigen, in western Norway. ![]() |