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Spectacular winning snaps from National Geographic's 2016 photo contest

Here are the grand prize winners from National Geographic's 2016 Traveler Photo Contest.

By :  R Ayyappan
Update: 2016-07-08 06:57 GMT
Here are the grand prize winners from National Geographic's 2016 Traveler Photo Contest. These pictures are gathered from three categories: Nature, Cities, and People. Picture category: People. Grand Prize winner: Winter Horseman by Anthony Lau Winter Horseman. \"The winter in Inner Mongolia is very unforgiving. At a freezing temperature of minus 20 and lower, with a constant breeze of snow from all directions, it was pretty hard to convince myself to get out of the car and take photos. I saw horsemen showing off their skills and commanding the steed from a distance. I quickly grabbed my telephoto lens and captured the moment when one of the horsemen charged out from the morning mist.\"
Honourable mention: Divide by Kathleen Dolmach. “In the helicopter looking south on Central Park West dividing the architecture and Central Park, on November 5th 2014, a day before my 27th birthday. The flight was my birthday gift.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Third Place winner: Celestial Reverie by Jeremy Tan. “Lightning seemingly strikes Komtar Tower, the most iconic landmark of George Town, capital of Penang state in Malaysia. It is symbolic of the rejuvenation that the city, famous for a unique blend of centuries-old buildings and modern structures, has enjoyed in recent years. While many of its old neighbourhoods fell into neglect in the 1990s and early 2000s, UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2008 sparked a transformation, and today, they are all part of a vibrant tourist destination.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Second Place winner: Silenced by Wing Ka H. “This photo was taken on my last trip to GuangZhou, China. This place is a school dormitories of South China Normal University. When I was hanging around, most of them were taking a break. After the lunch time, they need to go back to study. The dormitories were smelly and messy.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Category 3: Cities First Place winner: Ben Youssef by Takashi Nakagawa. “Even though there were a lot of people in Ben Youssef, still here was more quiet and relaxing compare to the street outside in Marrakesh. I was waiting for the perfect timing to photograph for long time.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Honourable Mention: Bears on a Berg by John Rollins. “This photo was taken far out on the sea ice in the Davis Straight off the coast of Baffin Island. This mother polar bear and her yearling are perched atop a huge snow covered iceberg that got “socked in” when the ocean froze over for the winter. To me, the relative “smallness” of these large creatures when compared to the immensity of the iceberg in the photo represents the precariousness of the polar bear's reliance on the sea and sea ice for its existence.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Third Place winner: Lagunas Baltinache (Atacama Desert) by Victor Lima. “The Baltinache Ponds, also called Hidden Ponds are a set of seven salt ponds located in the area of the Salt Cordillera, near San Pedro de Atacama, in the second region of northern Chile, in the Atacama desert. After much research, I believe to be the first photographer to publish night photos of this place, but it is still necessary to confirm this information. Tech Details: Photography done in one shot. Foreground was illuminated by the moonlight.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Second Place winner: Double trapping by Massimiliano Bencivenni. “Picture taken in the Brazilian Pantanal when I downloaded the CF did not want to believe it . The nature knows we always give magnificent events but sometimes extraordinary.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Category 2: Nature First Place winner: Wherever you go, I will follow you!! by Hiroki Inoue. (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Honourable Mention: Muscle Beach Gym by Dotan Saguy. “A weightlifter lifts a barbell loaded with heavy plates while a bodybuilder performs an aerial handstand at the Muscle Beach Gym in Venice Beach, CA.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Third Place winner: Remote life at -21 degree by Mattia Passarini. “Kinnaura tribal old women in remote village in Himachal Pradesh carrying big log back home to warm up her house.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Second Place winner: Rooftop Dreams, Varanasi by Yasmin Mund. “I arrived at my guest house in Varanasi at 5:30am, I instinctively climbed the 7 sets of stairs to the rooftop (which happened to be the highest in the vicinity) to see the sunrise over the famous Ganges River. As the sun was rising I looked over the right hand side of the balcony and my jaw dropped with disbelief. Below were families mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sister and dogs all sleeping on the top of their houses. It was mid summer in Varanasi and sleeping sans AC was difficult.” (Photo: nationalgeographic.com)
Here are the grand prize winners from National Geographic's 2016 Traveler Photo Contest.

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