They were selected from more than 500,000 images submitted over 20 years by photographers from around the globe for the annual Nature’s Best Photography: Windland Smith Rice International Awards.
The 100 best-of-the-best photos will be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History through October 2016, in an exhibit called "Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Presents: The Best of the Best."
The Smithsonian shared this selection of images with us, and they are presented here with permission.
Scroll down for the images, and where there were taken.
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Megan Lorenz caught this image of an Atlantic puffin in Newfoundland, Canada. She won the 2015 Grand Prize in the competition |
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Stuart Porter caught this image of an African bush elephant in Amboseli National Park in Kenya |
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Cheryl Opperman caught this image of Dall’s sheep in Denali National Park in Alaska |
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John Reiter caught this image of a mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda |
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Marcello Libra caught this shot of an emperor penguin family in Antarctica |
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Russ Burden got this shot of a Mandarin duck in Colorado |
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Lee Slabber caught this image of an African lion and its cub in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Africa |
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Nuno Sá snapped this shot of a blue shark while diving off the coast of Portugal |
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Florian Schulz got this shot of a polar bear cub while in Norway |
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Stephen Belcher got this image of a leopard in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia |
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