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June 8, 2015 at 7:28 pm

10 Amazing Aerial Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

10 Amazing Aerial Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

10 amazing aerial photo highlights from the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

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May 19, 2015 at 6:38 pm

Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

Highlights from the 2015 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest

The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest kicked off April 7 and the contest is accepting entries until June 30th. Official categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. Our friends at National Geographic were kind enough to let us share another gallery (see the first gallery here) of…

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April 1, 2015 at 2:08 pm

The 12th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Winners

The 12th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Winners

Smithsonian has just announced the winners of their 12th Annual Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 26,500 entries by photographers from 93 different countries. Pham Ty was awarded the grand prize for his photo of seamstresses sewing a fishing net in a small Vietnamese village. Six category winners were also selected along…

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March 10, 2015 at 1:09 pm

This Canadian Hot Spring has a Hair Freezing Contest Every Winter

This Canadian Hot Spring has a Hair Freezing Contest Every Winter

Every February the Takhini Hot Pools in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada host a Hair Freezing Contest. Visitors dunk their hair in the hot water (usually 40° Celsius/104° Fahrenheit) and then let it freeze in the chilly air above (temperatures in Feb. can easily dip below -30° Celsius/-22° Fahrenheit). Contestants are free to mold and style…

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October 1, 2014 at 1:56 pm

The Sifter’s Top 75 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2014

The Sifter's Top 75 'Pictures of the Day' for 2014

At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (see last year’s top 100 here). We’re now in the home stretch of 2014 with only three months left! I can’t wait to see what treasures…

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