Underwater Surfer
Photograph by Tony Heff,
Surfer Coco Ho is momentarily suspended weightless between the ocean's surface and the shallow reef.
Dan's Cave, Abaco Island
Photograph by Wes C. Skiles,
Following
the guideline her life depends on, a diver threads the needle through a
stalagmite forest in Dan's Cave on Abaco Island. A single, misplaced
fin kick can shatter mineral formations tens of thousands of years old.
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
Photograph by Jimmy Chin,
Alex
Honnold takes on the third zigzag of Half Dome without a rope. He has
just one more difficult section, or pitch, in the last three before
reaching the summit.
Deepwater Whip Coral, Japan
Photograph by Brian Skerry,
What
looks like a tangle of gnarled cables is in fact a forest of deepwater
whip coral in Suruga Bay. Each strand is studded with feeding polyps
that reach tiny tentacles into the currents to grab floating food.
Sunset, Mount Everest
Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
The sun sets over the west shoulder of Mount Everest (right) and Mount Nuptse.
Kayakers, Maui
Photograph by Ron Dahlquist,
There
is an incredible coral bloom off the village of Olowalu on Maui's south
shore. I've seen the coral from a helicopter numerous times and always
thought it would photograph beautifully, especially if I could arrange
for some kayakers to be paddling in and around the coral to add scale to
the scene.
Tsingy Climbing, Madagascar
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez,
Climber
John "Razor Sharp" Benson weaves through skin-ripping pinnacles. In
Malagasy, the formations are called tsingy, meaning "where one cannot
walk barefoot." The terrain resists intrusions from hunters, hungry
cattle, and wildfires.
Nyiragongo Volcano Expedition
Photograph by Carsten Peter,
A
cooking tent belonging to expedition scientists glows in the twilight
on the rim of the Nyiragongo volcano—one of the most active in the
world—in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Slackline, Rio de Janeiro
Photograph by Tim Kemple
The sunset slackline image is of my good friend Renan Ozturk slacklining over the Gavea Stone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Photograph by Susheel Shrestha,
The Bodhnath Stupa is a World Heritage site in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu is for many a gateway to Mount Everest.
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