Best Photos of the Week (Nov 26 - Dec 02) by National Geographic

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

Traditional selection of the best photos from National Geographic for November 26 - December 02, as always, demonstrates delightful pictures of wildlife, which can be viewed with bated breath. Amazing shots taken in picturesque places in the most remote corners of our planet attract attention, and it becomes clear how much there is still unknown and curious, how many people have not yet seen and does not know.

November 26

This is how an angry cheetah mom looks threatening when they violate the boundaries of the territory that she considers a safe zone for her spotted babies. It is dangerous to tease such a pussy, but how regally beautiful it is in its righteous anger!

November 27

Hoi An is an ancient city in Vietnam, located at the mouth of the Thu Bon River in the center of the country. During the Middle Ages, it was the largest port city for international trade, and today it is a dynamic tourist destination, known for the amazing atmosphere of narrow, curving streets and low tiled houses, restaurants with exotic cuisine and Aboriginal guides who arrange excursions around water. True, the competition between them is constantly growing, and very often the guides have to wait a long time on the coast until another group of tourists approaches their boat.

November 28

It is not for nothing that Mount Bastei is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Saxon Switzerland. Picturesque nature, at the foot of the mountain is the Elbe River, and from the top there is a stunning view of the territory of the nature park, which includes both Saxon Switzerland and Bohemian Switzerland, located in the Czech Republic. From this observation deck, the photographer saw the sunrise, which marked the birth of the first sunny day this year.

29th of November

The Rag Picker, or Grass Sea Dragon, is the official emblem of the state of South Australia. These sea fish are close relatives of seahorses, but unlike them, they are more defenseless. So, the female rag-picker lays eggs in the form of bright "beads", which is attached to the male under the tail, which means that in the event of a storm they can no longer cling to the reefs and algae with their tail, and often die. Carrying a new generation of rag-pickers under their tails, males change their skin color towards brighter shades. Because of this, they are called one of the most beautiful inhabitants of the deep sea.

November 30th

One of the most curious Italian landmarks is the Villa Poggio a Caiano, built for Lorenzo the Magnificent Medici at the end of the 15th century. Many stories, legends and beliefs are associated with this memo, including the tragic story of the death of Duke Francesco I and his wife. Today, the villa has been transferred to the state for the purpose of equipping it with a Medici family museum.

01 December

Better than mountains can only be mountains … Even at the end of the 19th century, the famous Italian traveler, mountaineer and photographer Vittorio Sella knew and spoke about this in his stunning landscape photographs. At one time, he repeatedly traveled across the Caucasus, walked it far and wide, and left behind a unique, richest collection of photographs. One of them is in front of you today, dated 1896.

02 december

And this series of photographs ends with an antique, vintage photo taken at the beginning of the last century by the famous photographer George Shiras, a conservationist and animal conservationist. George Shiras was one of the first photographers to attempt to photograph wildlife at night using a rope tied to a flash and camera shutter. In 1906, the first such photograph to appear in a magazine was a photograph of a deer caught off guard on a night highway along a forest.