National Geographic Foto of the Day

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Squirrel in Snow



February 10, 2012

[h=2]Squirrel in Snow
[/h] Photograph by Ray Yeager, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Photographed during a snowstorm in New Jersey

 

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Caravanner and Camels, Mali



February 11, 2012

[h=2]Caravanner and Camels, Mali[/h] Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures

A caravanner of mixed Tuareg and Arab descent leads his camels in Mali. His Tuareg uncles taught him which plants can cure—or kill—his animals and how to navigate by the color, texture, and taste of sand.

 

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Cattle Egrets, India



February 12, 2012

[h=2]Cattle Egrets, India[/h] Photograph by Avinash Upadhyay, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
We saw a lot of cattle egrets in a dried paddy field in the afternoon. The light was profuse, and even as I concentrated on the nearest bird, it began to lift off. Although the image is bathed in light, I love it because that is what India is all about—a profusion of light.

 

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Foxes, New Jersey



February 13, 2012

[h=2]Foxes, New Jersey [/h] Photograph by Jack Fusco, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This photo was taken in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey.

 

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Mountain Gorillas, Africa



February 14, 2012

[h=2]Mountain Gorillas, Africa[/h] Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Alert to human visitors, a young mountain gorilla and its mother sit tight in Bwindi Impenetrable Park. When the park opened in 1991, villagers resented losing access to forest where they had gathered honey and wood. Today the park shares the fees from gorilla-watching tours with the locals, a small victory in the Albertine Rift's unending clashes for livable space

 

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Puffins, Maine



February 15, 2012

[h=2]Puffins, Maine
[/h] Photograph by Jon Reaves, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Puffins interact on Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine. The island is a sanctuary for puffins and other endangered birds that breed on its rocky coast each summer. Puffins mate in the same pairs for life, yet disperse for the winter.

 

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Zebras, Zambia



February 16, 2012

[h=2]Zebras, Zambia[/h] Photograph by Craig Arnold, My Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A three-week-old zebra plays with an older zebra.

 

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Ducklings



February 17, 2012

[h=2]Ducklings
[/h] Photograph by Raymond Tzul, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This is a picture of our newly born baby ducks. They are about a week old. The mother duck was killed by our neighbor's dog, and my mom did not know what to do. She was advised to set up a homemade incubator, and the baby ducks were born a couple of weeks later. This particular picture shows one of the baby ducks snuggling next to another one while keeping an eye on the camera as we took the photo

 

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Child and Water Buffalo, Vietnam



February 18, 2012

[h=2]Child and Water Buffalo, Vietnam[/h] Photograph by Denis Rozan, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A young Hmong girl rides a water buffalo in Sa Pa, Vietnam.

 

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Giraffes, Kenya



Giraffes, Kenya

Photograph by Diego Arroyo, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Giraffes are pictured at dawn in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve.

 

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Emperor Penguins, Antarctica



February 20, 2012

[h=2]Emperor Penguins, Antarctica
[/h] Photograph by Dafna Ben Nun, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
An adult emperor penguin in Antarctica takes care of the young ones while the other parents are fishing.

 

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Lion Pride, Serengeti



February 21, 2012

[h=2]Lion Pride, Serengeti
[/h] Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A pride of lions behaves naturally for the camera—a remote-controlled car outfitted with still and video cameras to capture the lions at ground level. The equipment was field tested by photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols while on assignment for National Geographic magazine.

 

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Chameleon, India



February 22, 2012

[h=2]Chameleon, India[/h] Photograph by Sree V. Remella, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
I shot this in Hyderabad, India. I was lucky the chameleon didn’t turn blue.

 

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Cows, India



February 23, 2012

[h=2]Cows, India
[/h] Photograph by Mariajoseph Johnbasco, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
I shot this calf on the road in 2011 on the eve of Diwali at Neyveli, which is my hometown. Due to crackers going off everywhere, the cows couldn’t rest near homes so they sought the middle of the road for rest. The fog, noise, and the backlighting of the streetlight made me take this picture.

 

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Canadian Lynx, Yukon Territory



February 24, 2012

[h=2]Canadian Lynx, Yukon Territory
[/h] Photograph by Nicolas Dory, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A Canadian lynx is seen in the Ogilvie Mountains (Yukon Territory, Canada) last winter. I followed fresh wolf tracks, north of Tombstone, before I found this lynx enjoying the sunset. I spent three hours with the feline, watching him resting, stretching, and hunting snowshoe hares in the snow.

 

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Peacock Tree Frog



February 25, 2012

[h=2]Peacock Tree Frog
[/h] Photograph by Mark Bridger, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A female peacock tree frog sitting in the rain at night

 

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Elephant Trio, Namibia



February 26, 2012

[h=2]Elephant Trio, Namibia
[/h] Photograph by Susan McConnell, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Two adult elephants and a baby are at a waterhole in Etosha National Park in Namibia. The adults appear to be in heated conversation, but the conflict is resolved quickly and peacefully.

 

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Cheetah Cubs, South Africa



February 27, 2012

[h=2]Cheetah Cubs, South Africa[/h] Photograph by Dumith Fernando, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
As three cheetah cubs at Phinda Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, played around their watchful mother, one by one they ran up the tree branch and lined up in a beautiful pose, as if to say, "We are ready for prime time!"

 

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Gaucho, Patagonia



February 28, 2012

[h=2]Gaucho, Patagonia
[/h] Photograph by Jasmine Rossi, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This picture was taken at Estancia El Condor, a ranch in southern Patagonia, near the border of Chile. A lonely gaucho surveys his land.

 

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Crab-Eating Macaque



February 29, 2012

[h=2]Crab-Eating Macaque
[/h] Photograph by Dave Forney, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
As a humanitarian bush pilot flying in northeast Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, I’m blessed along with my family to have many opportunities to see unique and exciting wildlife. Not far from our house is a small mangrove area that's home to these toothy crab-eating macaques.

 

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Oil Tanker, Persian Gulf



March 1, 2012

[h=2]Oil Tanker, Persian Gulf
[/h] Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A relic of the Iran-Iraq war, this oil tanker was scuttled near the Kuwait-Iraq border on Saddam Hussein’s orders, to block access by sea to southern Iraq. Kuwaiti authorities are reluctant to remove the vessel for fear of damaging the wetlands of nearby Bubiyan Island, an important fish nursery and seabird breeding ground.

 

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White Pocket, Arizona



March 2, 2012

[h=2]White Pocket, Arizona
[/h] Photograph by Richard Barnes, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Miniature lakes reflect the sky in White Pocket, one of the geological spectacles on the Paria Plateau. Over the eons, groundwater has leached the color out of the Navajo sandstone here, and the weather has broken its surface into irregular polygons.

 

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Esil River, Kazakhstan



March 3, 2012

[h=2]Esil River, Kazakhstan
[/h] Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
The French Riviera it isn't, but Astana makes the most of its brief summer, when young men gather at the Esil River to flex their muscles before appreciative members of the opposite sex. The cobblestone embankment on the far side is popular with fishermen.

 

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Horses, Mongolian Steppe



March 4, 2012

[h=2]Horses, Mongolian Steppe
[/h] Photograph by Mark Leong, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
An ocean of green, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, with just under three million people in a landmass larger than Alaska. Mongolian culture—physical, mobile, self-reliant, and free—developed out here on the steppe. "When people move to Ulaanbaatar, they bring that mentality with them," says Baabar, a well-known publisher and historian.