After reviewing more than 2 million images captured from the field in 2022, National Geographic editors selected 118 for the third annual issue of the magazine’s “Year in Pictures” issue.
Each photograph tells its own compelling story, serving as minor exceptions in the anthology of life in 2022.
This includes images taken in a Polish border town after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and at the site of NASA’s historic moon rocket launch.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Anastasia Taylor-Lind traveled to Przemyśl, a Polish town near the border, and spoke with displaced Ukrainians like 72-year-old Ludmyla Kuchebko.
Anastasia Taylor-Lind/National Geographic
Shrouded in morning mist, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) looms over Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B in March 2022 as the rocket awaits testing.
Dan Winters/National Geographic
Almost every continent is covered in this selection, with locations ranging from 29,032 feet for the first all-black expedition to Mount Everest to 9,869 feet for the wreck of the Endurance.
At sunset on April 27, 2022, Evan Green saw climber Thomas Moore walking among the tents set up at Camp I framed by Everest (left), Lhotse (center) and Nuptse (right). .
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Some NatGeo photographers used clever techniques to capture these images, such as Ben Depp, who used a motorized paraglider to document the Louisiana coastline. One hyena even grabbed a tripod when Jen Guyton was photographing the animals in Kenya.
A spotted hyena scientists nicknamed Palazzo smiles meekly and flops her ears back as Moulin Rouge, the clan’s dominant female at the time, towers over her.
Jen Guyton/National Geographic
“Over the past few years, we’ve been working very hard to engage photographers around the world because their stories and perspective really matter and strengthen the storytelling,” Whitney Johnson Latorre, Vice President of Visuals and Immersive. Experiences for National Geographic Media, told to Good Morning America.
Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, model and activist who advocates for the concerns of indigenous peoples,
raise your fist to honor “the resistance and struggle of my ancestors.”
Kiliii Yuyan/National Geographic
After lying dormant for 800 years, Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula erupted twice in less than 17 months, most recently at 1:18 p.m. on August 3, 2022.
Chris Burkhard/National Geographic
Blue and yellow macaws perched on a roof in Caracas, Venezuela, waiting to be fed by the locals.
Alejandro Cegarra/National Geographic
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And this year, National Geographic is inviting readers to submit images from their photo libraries for a chance to be featured in the magazine!
One lucky grand prize winner will be featured in an upcoming issue of National Geographic Magazine (the US edition) and will receive a six-month digital subscription to the magazine.
Up to 10 honorable mention winners will be photographed on National Geographic’s YourShot Instagram account, with more than 6.5 million followers, and will receive a six-month digital subscription to the magazine. Click here for more information about the contest.
Neuroscientists at the University of Virginia record the brain activity of nine-month-old Ian Boardman as he brushes his skin to activate nerve fiber responses.
Lynn Johnson/National Geographic
Around Vostok and other southern Line Islands in the remote central Pacific, abundant small reef fish support a thriving population of large predators.
Enric Sala/National Geographic
“The heat I felt in Durban was very refreshing,” says Lawrence. Unathi Madalane (left) and Tshiamo Maretela enjoying the beach.
Wayne Lawrence/National Geographic
See more memorable images captured this year in the December issue of Pictures of the Year and at natgeo.com/photos.
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