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Northern lights and running with the bulls - It's the best travel photos of 2015

National Geographic has published 50 stunning travel photos from the last year.
7.00am, 25 Dec 2015
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAS published its best travel photos of 2015, featuring some stunning images from all around the world.

From northern lights in Iceland to running with the bulls in Spain, the pictures show how colourful and beautiful the Earth can be.

Northern lights and running with the bulls - It's the best travel photos of 2015
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  • Waterfall in Ecuador

    A few miles from the site of a hydroelectric plant, the Coca River vaults down a 480-foot waterfall, the tallest in Ecuador.Source: Ivan Kashinsky

  • Northern lights

    "This was one of the most amazing day of my life. In the afternoon fantastic lenticular clouds were formed between me and Myrdalsjökull glacier so I took some amazing shots at sunset. I came back at night and fantastic northern lights were painting the sky of green. I took some shots at the local lighthouse but suddenly my attention fell on this little house (I guess lighthouse's guardian home). The door was open and the light on."Source: Daniele Boffelli

  • Aerial view of Lesser flamingos

    This saline, alkaline lake is highly productive with abundant cynobacteria (Arthrospira fusiformis) that attracts large numbers of flamingos, sometimes 1 million at a time.Source: © Martin Harvey/Corbis

  • Parc National de la Reunion

    Source: © SPANI Arnaud/Hemis/Corbis

  • Siti Khadijah market

    Siti Khadijah market is mostly run by women. You can buy various vibrant foods there. Source: Duratul Ain D.

  • Tangled Creek in Yellowstone National Park

    A frosty morning...Source: © Jeff Vanuga/Corbis

  • Bubble kids

    "I took this picture at an amusement park down by the Waterfront in Cape Town. It was a clear blue sky when I saw these kids crawling, running and trying to balance themselves in these shiny plastic bubbles in a pool of water."Source: Philip Grube

  • Torred del Paine

    "This was the early morning sun hits the face of the mountain, and the dark stormy clouds glows and popes up."Source: Gleb Tarro

  • Russland, St. Petersburg

    The vaulted ceiling at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.Source: Sasse/laif

  • Binche festival carnival in Belgium

    The carnival of Binche is an event that takes place each year in the Belgian town of Binche during the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday.Source: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Redux

  • Night fishermen, Japan

    Fishermen wait for glass eels to be drawn to the bright lights they're shining on Japan's Yoshino River. When the eels are close, the fishermen scoop them up. This type of traditional fishing is best done on the darkest nights.Source: The Asahi Shimbun

  • Running of the Bulls

    Space is tight for onlookers during opening day of the San Fermin Festival's Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Source: David Ramos

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