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National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012


National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Jura Island game stalker Gordon Muir blends with his landscape.
Jim Richardson
My Scottish Obsession,” 

National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Casablanca locals climb on rocks at the Hassan II Mosque overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Cotton Coulson and Sisse Brimberg
You Must Remember This,”

National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Theron Humphrey in Hawaii, the 50th state visited for his project, "This Wild Idea."
Susan Seubert
Travelers of the Year,”

 National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Guests receive dance instruction at the Hotel Danieli in Venice during Carnivale.
Dave Yoder
Charlie Chaplin’s Venice,” 

National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Hikers along the Appalachian Trail.
Robert J. Szabo
On the War Path,”

 National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
St. James Church, famed for its smoky, mysterious, and ancient beauty, is one of several must-see churches of Jerusalem.
Alexandra Avakian
Jerusalem by the Book,” 

 National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
Michael Davie leaps across lichen-coated rock formations in the Bay of Fires.
Palani Mohan

 National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
A chef peers from the kitchen of Filippo Oste, a restaurant in Albaretto della Torre.
Clay McLachla

 National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
View from the driver's seat: Peter McBride maneuvers his Royal Enfield
Peter McBride
Here Comes the Sun,” 

National Geographic 10 Best Travel Photos Of 2012
A surfer duck-dives his board under a wave in Fiji.Lucia Griggi

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