Best Photos of the Week (July 23-29) by National Geographic

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

Incredible landscapes and plants, amazing animals, bright birds and other interesting inhabitants of different parts of our planet - all this can be seen in the pictures taken by master photographers from National Geographic … Today's selection contains the best pictures for the period July 23-29.

July 23

The Mexican state of Baja California Sur is an extremely picturesque place. And this is especially true of its coast, which in the west and south is washed by the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and in the east - by the waters of the Gulf of California Pacific Ocean. Walking along the coast, you can see bottlenose dolphins, they are also large dolphins, very friendly towards people and often saving their lives. The total population of bottlenose dolphins in the oceans is unknown, but at least 67,000 live in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico alone.

July 24

The incredibly funny baby macaque living in India evokes mixed emotions in a person - tenderness in half with surprise and even disgust. Painfully, this creature resembles a real living baby, which is covered with wrinkles, like a hundred-year old man …

July 25th

Camargue Nature Park, a regional natural park located in the south of France, west of the Provence region, is the only place in Europe where pink flamingos nest. Terns, herons, bitters, wasp eaters also live here - a total of 272 bird species. However, not only bird watchers will be curious to visit this amazing place. The author of the picture hunted wild horses that also live in this area for a month, and finally luck smiled at him - he was able to take this photo, having photographed the most beautiful animals in their natural habitat.

26 July

Florida has a lot of amazing, beautiful places, and Flamingo Gardens, on 60 acres of which is a nature reserve, aviary and botanical garden, is one of them. Flamingos are considered the symbol of this garden, as the name suggests. But bright peacocks, proudly fanning their beautiful tail, also deserve the attention of visitors to the reserve.

July 27

Males must defend their right to lead a wolf pack in a fair fight. One of these "sparring", where a huge white wolf, young and hot, tried to prove its superiority to the gray "alpha male", and was captured by the photographer. By the way, experience won, not youthful maximalism.

July 28th

Socotra, a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean, often called the "island of happiness" and the pearl of Yemen and the entire Arabian region. A treasure trove of unusual flora and fauna, Socotra is inhabited by the chameleons Chamaeleo monachus, which can only be found here on the island - like 90% of the rest of the living creatures. Locals consider this reptile to be magical, they even have a belief: the one who hears the whistle of a chameleon will lose the ability to speak.

July 29

There is nothing more picturesque than sunsets and sunrises where the earth ends with water, and there is no one around. The author captured such a picturesque picture on a wonderful lake in the city of Mandalay in Myanmar. A monk, his three dogs - and their distinct reflection in the waters of a quiet and calm lake …