The best photos of the outgoing week (August 22-28) from National Geographic

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

Another selection of the best photos of the week, for August 22-28selected National Geographicalready waiting for you. Traditionally, on Sunday, on the pages of Culturology.ru, there are various corners of the earth, animals, people, birds and fish. Colorful photos for a colorful start to next week.

August 22

Brent Stirton's photograph shows a Tuareg walking on the sands of the Tassilin-Adjer National Park, which is located in the southeastern part of Algeria, in the Saharav Desert. Translated from Tuareg Tassili n'Ajjer means "Plateau of rivers".

August 23

Do you think that Stefano Unterthiner's photo shows langur mothers raising their little babies? Not at all: these monkeys have a very close-knit team, and it is quite common practice to leave children to "babysitters". Every female langur goes through this position.

24 August

Photographer David Doubilet shows the silvery fish swimming past the arches of the Neptune Memorial Reef, also known as the Atlantis Reef or the Atlantic Memorial Myth. It is the world's first underwater cemetery, a mausoleum for storing cremated remains and the largest man-made reef in the world. The cremated remains of 200 people were mixed with cement, from which they formed all these decorative arches and columns, installed on the ocean floor in Florida, near Miami Beach.

25-th of August

This fearless young man was photographed by photographer Jimmy Chin balancing over Yosemite Falls, standing on a 2.5 cm rope. "I feel like I'm floating over a precipice like a bird," says rock climber Dean Potter. He is 2,600 feet off the ground, but a cable tied securely around his waist protects him from disaster.

August, 26th

Dressing up in new clothes and painting their palms in indigo, the Tuaregs celebrate their birthday. It is curious that women from the Tuareg people rarely cover their faces, but men tie turbans on their heads and cover the lower part of their faces so that only their eyes remain visible. Photograph by Brent Stirton

August 27

Photographer Michael Melford, who visited the Adirondack mountain range, photographed something amazing on the trail leading to Mount Goodnow. It was a yellow birch that "engulfed" a huge boulder with its roots, probably left in this place by a glacier descending from the mountain …

August 28

And Jim Richardson's photo shows a Welsh pig grinning, probably from an agricultural exhibition that took place in Cardiff, near the St. Fagan National Museum of History. Welsh pigs are appreciated not only for their excellent meat, but also for their good-natured disposition, which allows them to get along well with people.