Last Week's Best Photos (03-09 September) from National Geographic

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Not photographs, but paintings! Everyone wants to print in a large format, and place them on the wall in order to look - and immerse themselves in beauty. Nature, people, distant lands and outlandish animals, weather phenomena and man-made wonders - all this in photographs from National Geographic … Today is another traditional selection of the week, September 03-09.

03 September

There are myriad stars in the night sky, and in every star there is someone's desire. It's a pity that all this beauty is not visible in the city … And outside the city, in New Jersey, on a clear evening, you can see the stars and constellations floating along the Milky Way over the Atlantic Ocean.

04 September

The Litlanesfoss waterfall in Iceland is not the highest, but nevertheless, it is quite famous and popular for its picturesque view. With its flow, it literally cuts across the ancient lava flow, solidified in the form of columns.

05 September

Last year, a new, tallest and most beautiful mosque in the country, Al-Saleh Mosque, named after the President of Yemen, opened in Sanaa (Yemen). Ali Abdul Saleh fully took over the financing of this grandiose structure, which cost him $ 60 million, which earned him the right to donate his name to the new mosque. Al-Saleh can accommodate 45 thousand people inside, its dome is covered with exquisite painting in the national style, and lines from the Koran are engraved on the walls. And six minarets of the mosque with a height of about 160 m are visible from anywhere in the city.

06 september

Tornadoes, thunderstorms and hurricanes are not uncommon in North Dakota, but a devastating deadly tornado of this magnitude is unique. You can literally look death in the face in this photo.

September 07

Inspiration point - this is how photographers call the place from where the most amazing views of the surroundings open, where you can enjoy the landscapes, listen to the sounds of nature, touch and smell these sounds, the scent of air, the sun's rays, the breath of the wind … The photographer found his point of inspiration in Bryce Canyon, the result is an incredibly cozy, calm and wonderful shot of a golden sunrise.

08 September

The elephant family goes to the watering place and accompanying water procedures. In the national park of South Africa, such spectacles are not uncommon, but this makes them no less interesting, because the animals can be watched endlessly.

09 September

Coral "cabbage", attached to the slope of a seamount near Raja Ampat (Indonesia), serves as a home for crabs, shrimps, and other underwater animals. This is very convenient for schools of fish that swim past these places. They gladly absorb these spineless without slowing down or deviating from the route.