The best photos of the last week (September 10-16) from National Geographic

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

As usual, photographers from National Geographic every week they share with us their picturesque pictures of nature, show us distant corners of the globe, acquaint us with residents of different countries, representatives of different nations, their traditions, festivals, holidays, pictures from everyday life. And today, according to tradition, the best photos of the week for September 10-16.

10 September

In some regions of Russia, summer, this sweet and warm time that frees people and nature from the winter cocoon, does not last too long. So the residents of these regions have to combine swimming and horse riding in order to have time to enjoy their favorite activities, to have a rest to their fullest before the onset of the autumn cold.

11 September

Ural owls nesting in Estonia are very severe, bird watchers smile. So, it is better not to take risks once again, approaching the nest or tree where the mother and her chick have settled, otherwise you will have to experience the anger and indignation of the feathered mother. Finnish ornithologist Pertti Saurola laughingly says that for the right to mark and measure the chick of the Ural owl, his mother had to pay the high price of six strong beak blows to the head.

12-th of September

Tanzania is home to one of the most famous and second largest African wildlife sanctuary, the Serengeti National Park. It is famous for its richest animal world. The plains of the park are home to about five hundred bird species and three million large animals. It was there that the photographer captured one of the most dangerous predators in the world - the crocodile. True, not all, but only his deadly teeth, but in a very close-up.

13 september

There is one amazing place in southern Iceland that is very popular with tourists, especially hikers. This is the Landmannalaugar National Park, which is located in the area of the same name near the Hekla volcano and is home to strange and beautiful geological formations. Many tourists are attracted here by the colorful mountains of rhyolite, from the contemplation that will take the spirit of any traveler.

14 september

All kinds of companies can not be found in the wild! For example, how do you like the cute neighborhood of a huge fur seal and Sally Lightfoot crab, which are resting side-by-side on Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands?

September 15th

The past autumn turned out to be extremely beautiful, warm and romantic, giving people a lot of pleasant days and moments, and photographers - the opportunity to take picturesque, sensual autumn pictures with this special lyrical mood. How lyrical is Latvian autumn in Riga? The photo will tell you.

16 of September

The Bruno River in Idaho originates in the Jarbidge Mountains as the confluence of three rivers: East Fork, West Fork and Jarbidge. Being a left tributary of the Snake River, and joining it in the Bruno area, it is part of an important ecological region called the Snake River Plateau. The Snake River is home to the National Bird of Prey Sanctuary. And the Bruno River is accompanied by very picturesque landscapes.