A dream come true for an architect, to see the Eiffel tower in flesh for the first time. (Photo and Caption by Ata Adnan / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest) Submissions to the , currently underway, include a stunning shot of a freediver in a cave in Tonga and a breathtaking aerial image of Death Valley National Park. Photographers from around the world are encouraged to submit images that captivate and astonish. National Geographicjudges are looking for...

Newlyweds James and Ashley opted for a less traditional wedding, choosing to exchange their vows in a wedding dress and tuxedo at Mount Everest Base Camp. (Charleston Churchill) Some engaged couples train to master their first dance, others exercise more to get fit for their wedding day. Ashley Shmieder and James Sissom, though, spent the year before their wedding training to trek Mount Everest Base Camp—easy as pie, right? They told the that “a traditional wedding was not the right...

Motion graphic designer and photographer Mantas Bačiuška took to the sky to capture amazing textures of a frozen lake in Lithuania. (Mantas Bačiuška) Textures aren’t only visible when you’re up close to an object, they can also be seen from the sky. “Everything from above looks so powerful and uncharted,” photographer Mantas Bačiuška told weather.com. “Aerial photography at the same time can look like a macro world from a miniscule perspective.” The 30-year-old photographer also works as a freelance motion...