Nature's Ability To Amaze, Humor, Inspire Awe: National Geographic's Best Photos of 2009


	Nature's Ability To Amaze, Humor, Inspire Awe: National Geographic's Best Photos of 2009

ericgyoung

11-5-2009 1:38 PM

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ericgyoung says:

These photos are from a photo piece I did on Instablogs this morning. I had to Amplify them as well so that everyone here could enjoy them.

Thanks to my good friend and colleague, Lori J. Paul, (Amplog = Virtu-Legal) for alerting me to these wonderful photographs. There is much more in National Geographic's photo galleries, so if you're interested, check it out. There is a link in the text below to the galleries.

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As these photographs from National Geographic’s Best Pictures of the Year reveal, Mother Nature continues to dazzle us right here on Earth.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ericgyoung.instablogs.com/entry/natures-ability-to-amaze-humor-inspire-awe-national-geographics-best-photos-of-2009/"><P>This is an occasion where the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” is truly appropriate, so I will limit my words out of respect for a subject human words could never aptly describe.  If you enjoy this sampling of photos, you may want to visit National Geographic’s <A href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photogalleries">website</A> for more amazing photo galleries.  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