translated from Spanish: National Geographic: These are the best pictures of the year according to

magazine photo, called “Unr EAL”(Abrilby), is accompanied by the following text of its author:”thousands of Volkswagen and Audi cars sit idle in the middle of the Mojave desert in California. Models manufactured between 2009 and 2015 were designed to alter the emissions required by the United States environmental protection agency testing. After the scandal, Volkswagen withdrew millions of cars. “Capturing scenes like this, I hope that we all become more aware and more worry for our beautiful planet”.
Places the competition consisted of three categories: places, nature and people.
The picture of Todorov was chosen among more than 10,000 images as the absolute winner of contest and also the places category.
The spectacular winning images from the Nikon small world in this category contest came in second a picture of Nicholas Moir taken in Texas. The author explains it: “a rusty Ford Thunderbird is covered by red powder after a storm in Ralls, Texas. Dried and plowed fields of the Texas Panhandle were easy prey for the storm, which caused winds of more than 90 kilometers per hour, so rose the top layer of soil and settled more to the South”.
“I had a team of videographers and photographers. This was our last day of a very successful prosecution, as we witnessed 16 tornadoes in 10 days”.
This car covered with red powder took the second prize in the category places of 2018 National Geographic Photo ContestCompleta podium places a bleak picture of the city of Homs, in Syria, turned into ruins.
The author, Christian Werner, explains how got it: “working for Der Spiegel did a road trip through Syria to document the current situation in the major cities. When I entered for the first time in the District of Khalidiya, in Homs, was surprised”.
“To take this picture I asked a Syrian soldier if he could get in the ruins. The soldier agreed that it escalase at my own risk. I went to the ruins of an old House, which was filled with improvised explosive devices, and took the picture.”
Christian Werner took this bleak picture in Homs, SiriaNaturaleza in the section on nature, the winner was Pim Volkers with a stunning image taken in Tanzania. “It was early in the morning when I saw the wildebeest crossing the Mara River, in Tanzania. The layers of powder, shade and Sun on the nus treading water give this image a sense of mystique and fascination”.
“Is almost like an old painting: I am still compelled to seek details of the image to absorb the unreal scene”, said Volkers.
This Pim Volkers photo was taken in the Mara River, in TanzaniaEl Jonas Beyer took second prize in the category nature with a photograph of an ox in Greenland.
“A few kilometres from Qaanaaq (Thule), in Greenland, was walking in search of musk oxen when I saw a group of them. This ox ran through deep snow, which exploded under his feet. “I was lucky to be in the right place to see them frolicking, and watched them closely for about an hour”, explains the author.
And adds: “I love to photograph musk oxen against the winter landscape: Arctic survivors are very hard.” “This photo shows its beauty and power, and the snow that deal for about eight months a year”.
Jonas Beyer got the second place in the category of Naturaleza.El third place in this category corresponds to Alison Langevad and photo of two white rhinos in South Africa. “At night, two white rhinos emerged from the shadows for drinking at a watering hole of the Zimanga hunting reserve. “They were back to back, looking to its around before lowering the head”.
“I underestimated the emotional impact that these incredible beasts would have on me. They had taken away the horns to deter poachers. She was shocked and horrified, that poaching would be so devastating. Remove the horns must have been a difficult decision, and I am grateful for the efforts of the reserve”, assures Langevad.
Photography by Alison Langevad. These Rhinoceros was removed them horns to deter poachers. People first prize in the category was for Mia Collis, who has a curious history: “I took this photo of David Muyochokera on his last day as a photographer at the Weekend Studio in Kibera, a great city of slums in Nairobi, Kenya.” David had worked there for 37 years, but Weekend Studio was about to close forever.”
“David explained that now that phones have cameras, demand for their work had decreased. He was concerned by the imminent closure of the Studio, so I finally took the rental. Now a portrait of David hangs on Weekend Studio in his memory”.
MIA Collis took this photo of David Muyochokera, who worked for 37 years at the Weekend Studio, Nairobi.La second picture in people is Todd Kennedy.
It tells the story: “in a family driving from Sydney to Uluru vacation, we stopped at a motel of highway in the small rural town of Cubellas, in the interior of Australia. The area is in the wheat belt, and made an unusual heat for that time of the year. There were more than 37 ° C and was very dusty. Our daughter, Genie, enjoyed a refreshing bath in a rubber ducky placed in the sink”.
The small Genie enjoy a refreshing swim in Australia, in a photo taken by Todd Kennedy, his father. Rated third in the people section is Avishek Das. In the picture, “a hindu devotee kisses his baby newborn during the festival Charak Puja in West Bengal, India.” Tradition requires that the devotee is perforated with a hook and, sometimes, balanced from a rope. This painful sacrifice is done to save their children from anxiety”.
“While covering the festival, I could see the religious practice from the perspective of Hindu devotees. I tried to capture the moment of love between a father and his son, and show the concern of a father for his small son”, said Das.
A man kissing his son newborn in West Bengal (India)

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