Best pictures from the 2012 National Geographic

• The best pictures from the 2012 National Geographic

Best photos of the famous publishing house for 2012.

All the variety and splendor of this world, perhaps best reflected in the publisher National Geographic photos. With NG cooperate hundreds of photographers around the world. Seekers, expectant and risks for the sake of a beautiful picture, which captures the spirit of the reader. Daily Edition National Geographic selects the "Photo of the day", and in turn we have reviewed all the photos and chose the coolest shots in order to show them to you.

Emperor Penguin, Paul Nicklen

Cokrovischa gnomes, Natalia Belentsova

Children herders, Sergey Anisimov

Sokolyonok, Vasily Ilyinsky

Park under a dark sky, Jim Richardson

Cave Stephen Window, USA, Stephen Alvarez

Sequoia, California, Michael Nichols

The bridges over the Colorado River, Richard Barnes

Ural owl. sven Začek

The channel of the Snake River, Wyoming, Michael Melford

Green Sea Turtle, Red Sea. dmitry Marchenko

Crocodile Serengeti. paul Coleman

Star trails New Jersey. jack Fusco

Lake Winnipeg, Canada. gerald Vincent

Great Horned Owl, Florida. ken Blye

Butterfly at sunset. toni Guetta

The Penguins, Antarctica. joshua Holko

Chick, Sri Lanka. Lalith Ekanayake

Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro. David Alan Harvey

Havana, Cuba. paolo Pellegrin

Hverfyal Crater, Iceland. Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg

The whale shark, the Yucatan Peninsula. brian Skerry

Red Elephants, Kenya. brent Stirton

Lightning, Oklahoma. mitch Dobrowner

Prayer ribbons, Wyoming. aaron Huey

Mangroves, Central America. brian Skerry

Tornado, North Dakota. mitch Dobrowner

Ipanema, Brazil, Giovani Cordioli

Dust storm in Phoenix, Daniel Bryant

Lord of Lightning Carsten Peter

Leap with a semi-dome, Lynsey Dyer

Mom for koala, Joel Sarturi

Astana, Kazakhstan, Gerd Ludwig

Pomeranian hut, Andrey Kamenev

Stonehenge, UK, Ken Geiger

Whale Shark, New Guinea, Michael Ou

The hills of Tuscany, Guboimages / Fotolink

Bear, Svalbard, Paul Nicklen

Mount Sedom Cave, Edward Kaprov

Mount St. Helens, Diane Cook and Len Dzhenshel

Night Chicago, Jim Richardson

competitions klifdayvingu Dean Treml / Red Bull Cliff Diving

On-Pali, Kauai Island, Hawaii, Diane Cook and Len Dzhenshel

Wildfire, Siberia, Mark Tiessen

The white bear with cubs, Alexei Bezrukov, Tatiana Bashnaeva