All these photographs were submitted to Photo Contest 2011 announced by National Geographic. The deadline will come up on November 30, but you can already see some of the best images from the categories Nature, People, and Places.

These are amazing photographs with views of the Earth from space. They were taken by Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin who spent 163 days in space in 2010 staying aboard the ISS.

Beautiful photos, amazing illustrations and other nice-looking pictures to brighten up your day.

This chick must be unable to change her facial expression to anything else except this one particular creepy look. See for yourself how this strange girl looks identical in each photo.

The idea to build the first commercial spaceport in the world appeared in 1990s. The perfect location was found in southern New Mexico. The construction of the runway began in 2008. Today this runway is 10,000 feet (3,000 m) long. While the construction of hangars and terminals continues, we can peer inside the future purpose-built commercial spaceport thanks to photos and artist renderings.

Autumn photographs are especially beautiful when the leaves change their colors from golden to crimson and fall to the ground. This selection of images shows fall in all its magnificence.

Some things that happen in Russia are beyond comprehension.

While these images are not heartbreaking they will definitely make you a bit sad, especially the one with “The Situation.” However, there are plenty of adorable animal pictures too. Sorry I just made you cry.

Plastic surgery:

A collection of great photos taken by Robert Yager. These images depict the life of gang members in Los Angeles since 1992.

You have met Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel. This adventurer loves extreme and his photos look awesome and very risky.

These are interesting underwater photos of reefs formed by military equipment drown during the war.

Another collection of photos where all the tourists make the same type of photos.

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It’s great when photographs manage to make such great shots. Have a look and see of you don’t agree.

We all probably have at least a few really bad photos that our parents or we plunked down money for. See if any of these hilarious pictures remind you of anyone.

These are some incredible photos of wild birds by photographer Markus Varesvuo. They are all taken in the bird’s natural settings.

Have you ever snapped what you thought would be the perfect photo and then later on come to find out some jerk off spoiled it for you? Take a look at these classic spoiled photo ops.

Traveling the world, David Clifford has documented climbers, runners and other sportsmen who love the spirit of adrenaline and adventure. Clifford’s photos are published in Rock & Ice Magazine and National Geographic.

These are not painted images, as it might appear at first glance. These are food landscapes called “foodscapes” by photographer Carl Warner. Mr. Warner can spend hours glancing at food in supermarkets making other people think it is weird, but later he comes up with amazing photographs where the sea can be made of cabbage, tress can be broccoli and hills can be potatoes.

Army days are something you will never forget.

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When your power drops out, you can always take your camera and survey the city. These are photos of a massive blackout in San Diego. This city continues to live and party even when it is illuminated mostly by flashlights, glowing hula hoops and headlights on vehicles and bikes.

All these funny photos were captured at just right time. You have seen some of these images on our site before, but this collection compiles the best of the best win photos ever.

These beautiful stop action photos were taken by photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne. They are of a variety of interesting and surreal subjects.

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During the Second World War president Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Office of War Information (OWI). The OWI snapped thousands of pictures to use for the war effort. Check out these color samples of men and women hard at work.

These are some rare photos of North Korea. Judging by the photos it is one very sad country let alone that it is the world’s most isolated country that has nuclear weapons.