10 outstanding photos from Nat Geo's Photographer of the Year competition
10 August 2017 - 14:37 By Staff Reporter
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An incredible shot showing the eruption of Mexico's Colima Volcano in 2015 has been named the overall Grand Prize winner in the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year competition.
The photographer behind it, Sergio Tapiro Velasco, has won a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos Archipelago with National Geographic Expeditions.
He describes the moment this top shot was taken: "That night, the weather was dry and cold, [the] friction of ash particles generated a big lightning [bolt] of about 600 meters that connected [the] ash [cloud] and volcano, and illuminated most of the dark scene."
Here are some of the other highlights of the 2017 edition of this prestigious photographic competition:
'Under The Wave' took 3rd Place in the People Category. "The usual surf shots have all been done so we decided to get a little creative," says Rodney Bursiel of his photograph which was taken with pro surfer Donavon Frankenreiter at Cloudbreak in Tavarua, Fiji.
Image: Rodney Bursiel/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Image: Rodney Bursiel/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
'Walled City #08' took 2nd Place in the Cities Category. This aerial view of Hong Kong's apartment buildings reminded the photographer of the Kowloon Walled City which, up until it was demolished in the 1990s, was the most densely populated place on earth.
Image: Andy Yeung/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Image: Andy Yeung/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
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