National Geographic / 2016년 베스트 포토 (4)

부리에 피가 묻어있는 독수리의 머리와 목은 사체를 뜯어먹을때 달라붙는 것을 방지하기 위해

털이 짧아졌다.

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James

1월호 Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them 중에서

미국 NASA의 Kennedy Space Center에서 우주기술자인 Pablo de León이 우주복을 테스트 하고있다

 Photograph by Phillip Toledano, National Geographic

11월호 Mars: Inside the High-Risk, High-Stakes Race to the Red Planet 중에서

Villagers in Bagaran, Armenia, sing of cultural endurance and survival while picnicking at night beneath apricot trees—and a giant cross that shines defiantly into Turkey.

This photo was originally published in "A Century Later, Slaughter Still Haunts Turkey and Armenia," in April 2016.

Photograph by John Stanmeyer

The nervous system of this common octopus is larger and more complex than most invertebrates’. Can it think? Is it conscious? Researchers wonder if we’ll ever know.

This photo was originally published in "Why Do Octopuses Remind Us So Much of Ourselves?" in November 2016.

Photographed by David Liittschwager at Florida Keys Marine Life

A curiosity, a portent, a looming symbol of the impending change: This May, for the first time in nearly four decades, an American cruise ship sailed into Havana Bay.

This photo was originally published in "Here Comes a Wave of Change for Cuba," in November 2016.

Photograph by David Guttenfelder

Silversides swirl through mangroves in the coral reefs off Cuba. The finger-size fish form large schools to try to confuse predators.

This photo was originally published in "Cuba’s Underwater Jewels Are in Tourism’s Path," in November 2016.

Photograph by David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes

These rhinos on a South African ranch have recently had their horns trimmed. Unlike elephant ivory, rhino horn grows back when cut properly. The rancher is stockpiling the horn in hopes that selling it will soon be legal.

This photo was originally published in "Special Investigation: Inside the Deadly Rhino Horn Trade," in October 2016.

Photograph by Brent Stirton

Gerd Gamanab, 67, sought treatment too late: Years of labor in the Namibian sun and dust destroyed his corneas. His blindness likely could have been prevented.

This photo was originally published in "Why There’s New Hope About Ending Blindness," in September 2016.

Photograph by Brent Stirton

On their first migration to their summer range in southeastern Yellowstone, three-week-old calves of the Cody elk herd follow their mothers up a 4,600-foot slope.

This photo was originally published in "The Yellowstone We Don't See: A Struggle of Life and Death," in May 2016.

Photograph by Joe Riis

Within sight of downtown Seoul, South Korea’s capital and a hub of modern stressful life, salesman Sungvin Hong rests after a hike in Bukhansan National Park.

This photo was originally published in "This Is Your Brain on Nature," in January 2016.

Photograph by Lucas Foglia