Best Photos of Last Week (January 21-27) from National Geographic

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

Weekly selection of the best photos from National Geographic per January 21-27, according to tradition, opens the doors for us to the delightful world of wildlife, which you can admire only with bated breath. And each time you clearly understand: there is a mass of everything curious, mysterious, beautiful on earth. An incredible amount of what many of us can only see in a picture.

January 21

Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is considered the largest conservation area in Ecuador and has been designated an International Biosphere Reserve for 32 years. Here, about 470 tree species grow on one hectare of land, and the animal world is represented by about 60 percent of all Ecuadorian mammals, as well as 500 species of amazing birds. Among them - and budgerigars with cobalt wings, which prefer to keep in flocks, and arrive at the watering hole in such a composition.

January 22

A young female cheetah named Etta explores the surrounding Serengeti Park while her four 12-week-old cubs frolic nearby. By the way, it is curious what the researchers of this area found out: it turns out that most of the cubs here were raised by a small group of supermom cheetahs.

January 23

In the lens of a talented photographer, even walking the dog every night can be a stunning subject for a first-class shot.

January 24

The island of fur seals, which in South Africa near Cape Town, photographer Stephen Benjamin calls his favorite place for photography. Seals are curious and playful, but they are very difficult to photograph, because despite their size, these animals can reach the coast at dizzying speed and hide in the water. At the same time, they ridiculously bend their thick bodies, actively twist their tail and slap their fins. And crowds of cubs love to interfere with the work of divers and operators - it gives them great pleasure to touch them with fins or butt with their big round heads. Isn't that so, many human babies also love to have fun like this?

The 25th of January

While the sandy coast is quiet, calm, and there are no people, a mother kangaroo with her child can safely walk along the beach at Cape Le Grande in Western Australia.

January 26

Every winter hundreds of bird watchers and photographers travel in search of the rare bird, the snowy owl. In the USA, it can be seen on Long Island, in the territory of Jones Beach State Park. Here these snow-white predators live for four seasons.

January 27

There are three national parks on the territory of Rwanda (Congo), one of which, the Volcanoes National Park, has a truly planetary significance. After all, only here live the rarest black mountain gorillas, of which there are only 650 individuals in the world. Of these, in Rwanda there are about 300 individuals. Gorillas live in families, their life is closely watched by park workers, and the birth of a new baby is a world-wide celebration. In the picture of David Creatur - two kids who frolic, fool around and fight in the branches of trees until they were seen and spanked by their elders.