Cherry Blossoms at the Sakura River in Japan.
Photograph by Danilo Dungo, National Geographic Your Shot
Two polar bear cubs engage in a wrestling match on an ice floe in Lancaster Sound in Nunavut, Canada. It is estimated that approximately 2,000 of the animals live in the area, a number that has been in decline for decades.
Photograph by Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic Creative
Daily Photo: Redwall Cavern, Grand Canyon
Redwall Cavern, one of the Grand Canyon’s most iconic sites, dwarfs this visitor to the national park, which was established on February 26, 1919. The amphitheater was carved by the Colorado River’s flows through the limestone valley and is a popular stop on rafting trips.
PHOTOGRAPH BY RALPH LEE HOPKINS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
Daily Travel Photo: Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia
Photograph by Jordi Busque, National Geographic Creative
The clouds around Mount Fitz Roy are illuminated by the moon and stars. Located in Patagonia’s Southern Ice Field on the border between Chile and Argentina, Fitz Roy is called Cerro Chaltén, or “smoking mountain,” by locals, as its summit is often capped by clouds.
A junk boat calmly floats along the Ha Long Bay in the Cát Bà National Park, Vietnam
Photograph by Lindsay Kuczera, National Geographic Staff
Daily Travel Photo: Tam Coc, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Photograph by Dennis Walton, Getty Images
Boaters paddle their way down a river in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh, Vietnam, at the heart of the Trang An Landscape Complex. The area, designated as Vietnam’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014, is a mere 64 miles from the capital of Hanoi. There is evidence of human activity in the site’s caves dating back thousands of years, and temples, pagodas, and small villages dot the landscape of steep cliffs and paddy fields.
Daily Travel Photo: Lake Titicaca, Peru
Photograph by Christian Heeb, laif/Redux
Llamas gather on a hillside overlooking Peru’s Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest-altitude navigable body of water. Because of the llamas’ ability to move heavy packs over the rough Andean terrain, native people in this region have used them as pack animals for centuries. At one time thousands of llamas grazed the lake’s high basin.
Daily Travel Photo : Gásadalur, Faroe Islands
Photograph by Adam Burton, JAI/Corbis
It wasn’t until a tunnel was built in 2004 that the residents of Gásadalur had an easy path to and from their home. At the time, the village—perched above this iconic waterfall on Denmark’s Faroe Islands—had all of 16 residents. Now that the village is accessible by car, and not just via an arduous hike or horseback ride, that number has risen to 18 residents.
Daily Travel Photo : Stokksnes, Iceland
Photograph by Karsten Wrobel, imageBROKER/Corbis
A bike rider pedals over the water-smoothed sand on the volcanic beach at Stokksnes, Iceland. The craggy, nearly 1,500-feet-high Vestrahorn mountain, a main landmark of southeastern Iceland, looms before her.
Backseat Glances in Havana
A couple in the backseat of a 1950’s era American car, one of many still on the roads in Havana, Cuba. In 2015, the U.S. and Cuba took steps to begin normalizing relations after more than 50 years of being cut off.
Photograph by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky, National Geographic Your Shot
NIght sky at the snowy Monts-Valin National Park, Quebec
Photograph by Bradley Henning, National Geographic Staff
Into the great white north in Monts-Valin National Park, Quebec.
Video by Bradley Henning, National Geographic Staff
Northern Lights Over Iceland
The aurora borealis sets the Iceland sky alight with an otherworldly glow. This phenomenon is triggered when the sun sends charged particles coursing to Earth. The best time to see the light show in Iceland is on a clear night in winter—visibility improves the colder it gets.
Photograph by Daniele Boffelli, National Geographic Your Shot
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
Fresh produce and baskets of fish surround a woman at the Siti Khadijah market in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. The city is close to the Thai border.
Photograph by Duratul Ain D., National Geographic Your Shot
Lake Louise, Banff National Park
Kayakers paddle the turquoise surface of Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, in this view captured from the Big Beehive hiking trail. Located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, the lake’s striking color comes from sunlight reflecting off the rock flour suspended in its waters, seen here deposited with the flow of glacial meltwater.
Photograph by Yohan Dumortier, National Geographic Your Shot