The best photos of the last week (May 07-13) from National Geographic

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

In a selection of photos for the new week, May 07-13, the National Geographic team demonstrates not only the beauties of different parts of our world, but also those who live in them. People, birds, animals, both underwater and terrestrial - they all flaunt in the gorgeous photographs of photographers who delight us with their skills every week.

May 07

Half Dome Mountain, a domed rise in Yosemite National Park in the United States, is a place of pilgrimage for many climbers and extreme sports enthusiasts. Climber Alex Honnold is making the difficult route up this mountain, climbing without a rope, and this is just one of three such sections that he will have to overcome on the way to the top.

May 08

Bodnath stupa-svay is the oldest Buddhist temple in Nepal in the Kathmandu valley. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, it is considered the main center of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal. There are dozens of Tibetan monasteries of different schools and directions around Bodnath.

May 09

The Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, has been the cause of numerous shipwrecks in the area for centuries in a row. The inhabitants of the waters near the reef are already accustomed to the remains of ships resting on the bottom, and do not pay attention to them, continuing to lead their measured underwater life.

May 10

Parkour movement is quite common in Montreal, where the next picture was taken. Parkour is not a sport, it is a way of life, a discipline based on respect for sports and the people around them, as well as on physical and mental fitness. With long, grueling workouts, these people push the boundaries of their body and their minds, stop at nothing to improve themselves and help other parkour followers do the same. In this picture, a parkour man, after a long training session, made a somersault from a four-meter building.

May 11

Hot acidic waters rising from the bowels of the earth and powerful rainstorms cut through the young limestone of New Britain and made a labyrinth of tunnels and caves in it. It is there, deep underground, under the equatorial rain forests off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where the bubbling water rushes. To get to the caves, you need to descend into the huge sinkholes of the Ora Cave in Papua New Guinea, which are hollows formed by the sinkholes of soluble rocks weakened by rain currents.

12 May

The Gates-of-the-Arctic National Park, which means "Gateway to the Arctic", represents the limits of Alaska beyond the Arctic Circle. Within the national park are the Arrigetch Peaks, famous for their very slender, sharp peaks known as the aretas. The name of the mountains Arrigetch Peaks means "fingers of an outstretched hand". This mountain is also conquered by the climbers presented in the photo.

may 13

The kayak, a kind of one-seater kayak, was widespread among the peoples of the Arctic (Eskimos, Aleuts, etc.), but kayaks are still preserved among some Eskimo tribes of Canada and Greenland. Traditionally, this boat consisted of skins stretched over a frame of wood or bone. In Greenland, kayaking is something of a national extreme entertainment that is loved not only by locals, but also by many tourists.