21+ Finalists From 12th Annual Smithsonian Photo Competition
Every year for the past 12 years, the Smithsonian has collected some of the best photos from around the world to feature in their annual photo contest. Now that they've revealed their finalists, we finally have the opportunity to see some of the best photos from the 2014 contest, which had more than 26,500 entries from 93 different countries.
1. Light Refracts Through The Curves Of A Breaking Wave, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2. A Green Iguana Surfaces For Air, Bonaire, Netherlands
3. A Wave Strikes An Elephant Seal Pup, South Georgia Island
4. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Ely, Minnesota
5. Snake, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
6. Spring In Palouse, Palouse, Washington
7. Women Of A Small Village Near Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam, Sew A Fishing Net While Their Husbands Fish, Vinh Hy Bay, Ninh Thuan, Vietnam
8. While Firemen Were Putting Out A Fire In Chicago, The Water Froze And Coated Everything In Ice, Chicago, Illinois
9. Fog Weaves Through Forest Trees, New Forest, Hampshire, United Kingdom
10. A Girl Stares In Wonder At An Aquarium Tank, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California
11. A Woman Collects Water Lilies, Chau Doc, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
12. A Vicuña, Chimborazo Volcano, Ecuador
13. Mobula Rays Gather To Feed On Plankton Attracted By Dive Lights, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
14. A Girl With Albinism, Valencia, Spain
15. A Fisherman Checks His Net In The Early Morning, Lam Dong, Dalat, Vietnam
16. Young Buddhist Novices Play In Hsinbyume Pagoda, Mingun, Mandalay, Myanmar
17. The Caracolera Is A Common, But Restless Snake, Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
18. A Brown Bear Walks Across An Estuary, (lake Clark National Park, Alaska
19. Fireworks Shower Onlookers In Sparks During Holy Week Celebrations, Acobamba, Tarma, Peru
20. A Woman And Her Child Place Dyed Threads Out To Dry, Santipure, Nadia, India
21. Fog Creeps Under The Manhattan Bridge, New York, New York
22. Onno Is A Teenage Girl From The Arbore Tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
23. Muslims Walk Along A Retaining Wall Towards A Mosque To Pray, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24. A Young Mursi Man Holds An Ak-47, Marenke, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
25. President Barack Obama Stands In The Oval Office Of The White House, Washington, D.c.
