Where water once flowed, US. In California’s Mojave desert, patterns in an endorheic lake (drainage basin), now completely dry, show the constantly transforming beauty of nature. The image is part of a series the photographer has been working on for the past two years, observing transformations in the natural world. The focus of this series is water management and water patterns. (Photo by Aya Okawa/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Ramadan prayers, Indonesia. Women praying in the Istiqlal mosque, Jakarta, during Ramadan. (Photo by Pradeep Raja/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Jakobshavn Melt, Greenland. The Ilulissat Icefjord, western Greenland, captured at 1am Arctic summertime while the photographer was on an expedition to document one of the largest calving (ice chunks breaking off the edge of glaciers) events of 2016. The objective of the journey was to promote environmental awareness and education about the significant climatic changes occurring in the Arctic. (Photo by Kerry Koepping/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Monsoon meander, India. Munnar hill station in Kerala is a great place to be in the monsoon season, when amazing clouds and mists appear. (Photo by Mustafa Abdul Hadi/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Beautiful but fading light, Tibet. The world’s largest Buddhist academy is Larung Gar. People from all over China come here to learn Buddhism. In June 2016, the Chinese authorities embarked on a plan to reduce the population by demolishing many of the monks’ and nuns’ homes. (Photo by Yuen Hung Neoh/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Take me away, deer, Russia. The Nenet people of Arctic Russia use reindeer and sledges as a prime mode of transport. The animals’ navigational ability means that in severe conditions they are sometimes the only hope of survival. (Photo by Kamil Nureev/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Step by step, Portugal. The photographer writes: “I was surprised when I saw this old shoemakers with two workers, one of them a young woman doing a job usually done by older men. The look in her eyes is as strong and heavy as her work”. (Photo by João Borges/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Break time, Peru. Performers take a break during the Fiteca street theatre festival in Lima. (Photo by Sharon Castellanos Tuesta/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Lighting the Old Man, Scotland. On a stormy autumn day, the photographer captures a fleeting shaft of light that illuminates the Old Man of Storr and other pinnacles of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. (Photo by Garry Ridsdale/Smithsonian Photo Contest)
Smithsonian’s 14th annual Photo Competition
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