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Best of April 2019

Desert Fog
Morning fog skims enormous sand dunes in Namibia's Naukluft National Park. Your Shot photographer Lola Biuckians captured this image from a helicopter. "An unusual occurrence in the desert, she says, "our pilot said he has not seen anything like this in his almost twenty years of flying this morning run."
Photograph by Lola Biuckians
In the Indian town of Shravanabelagola, a worshipper ceremoniously washes the feet of a statue of Bahubhali, which means 'One with Strong Arms,' who is a much revered figure among Jains religion. The statue is 57 feet tall and carved from a single piece of stone.
Photograph by Vinod Kulkarni
Your Shot photographer Adhi Prayoga takes up-close pictures of fish larvae in various stages of their development. "I take pictures starting on the 3rd day, when the tail starts to appear," he says.
Photograph by Adhi Prayoga
People living near the Bruarfoss waterfalls in Iceland were so tired of tourists crowding the area that they closed it off to traffic. Now, to see the site and get a photo, you have to walk about an hour from an official parking lot. "It is a blessing really," says Your Shot photographer Kai Hornung, "as it lets you enjoy the natural beauty without being tackled by other people."
Photograph by Kai Hornung
The architecture of the transportation hub in Kuala Lumpur lends the effect of an optical illusion. "The capital city of Malaysia has definitely been urbanised and the architecture has evolved since decades ago," says Your Shot photographer Raymond Tang.
Photograph by Raymond Tang
"Bubble net feeding is a unique technique employed by humpback whales, in which a group of whales swim in a shrinking circle blowing bubbles below a school of fish," says Your Shot photographer Vadim Balakin, who got this aerial shot off the coast of Antarctica. "This shrinking column of bubbles surrounds the school of fish forcing them upward."
Photograph by Vadim Balakin
Women dressed as brides celebrate the day of St. Agatha in Sicily. "They bring with them a red flower, because it has a strong meaning: the love," says Your Shot photographer Antonella Platania.
Photograph by Antonella Platania
Shortly after a snowfall, Your Shot photographer got an opportune photograph at Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park. "Every year for a few days in February," she says, "the sun sets at a certain angle and illuminates the waterfall in luminescent orange and red, making it look like a molten lava."
Photograph by Sangeeta Dey
A school of barracudas circles a diver in the waters off French Polynesia. It's likely that the school is full of young fish, as barracudas become more solitary as they get older.
Photograph by Serge Melesan
Night falls at Japanese style public housing in one of Tokyo's outer suburbs. "Known collectively as 'Danchi,' these old apartments typically follow a particular monotonous design and aesthetic," says Your Shot photographer Peter Stewart.`
Photograph by Peter Stewart
"A parent king penguin returns from feeding at sea to be greeted by its hungry youngster, pestering for some regurgitated food," says Your Shot photographer Rosie Leaney, who captured this moment on the Falkland Islands. "King penguins are so dignified they even make regurgitation look graceful!"
Photograph by Rosie Leaney
"The party was finished when suddenly they tried to throw the brother of the bride into the water," says Your Shot photographer Mateo Boffano. "I took the camera out of my bag and made just 3 shots."
Photograph by Mateo Boffano
Patricia Lake's perfectly calm surface reflects the mountains of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The park is the largest Canadian national park in the Rockies.
Photograph by Wei Dai
"Early morning, several fishermen work together to recover a large net alongside the south central coast of Vietnam," says Your Shot photographer Olivier Apicella. "Within the next few hours all the catches fish will be sold in the local market."
Photograph by Olivier Apicella
A boy goes for a night swim in Charleston, West Virginia. "The only light I use at night to photograph my son is the one inside the pool," says Your Shot photographer Tessie Wallace.
Photograph by Tessie Wallace
After reading a promising forecast, Your Shot photographer Plamen Petkov drove 3.5 hours to get this view in Bulgaria. "I just have no words to describe what I saw. The sea was drowning and boiling," he remembers. "The waves furiously crashed into the rocks and tried to break down the lighthouse. It was hard to hold the camera while the wind was trying to knock me off."
Photograph by Plamen Petkov
A baby elephant enjoys a watering hole in Botswana. Don't let the perspective fool you-- baby elephants can weigh 200 pounds at birth.
Photograph by Sandy Sharkey
"On June 6th, 2018, I watched this beautiful supercell slowly begin to die out in the Gooseberry Badlands near Grass Creek, Wyoming" says Your Shot photographer Sebastian Hobbs. "This small mothership of a storm slowly spun over these small canyons as it trailed into the distance, growing smaller and smaller in size with every passing minute, soon becoming nothing more than a small rain cloud."
Photograph by Sebastian Hobbs
A snowboarder checks equipment after being dropped off by a helicopter in Revelstoke, British Columbia. "It is amazing how heli pilots operate their machine," says Your Shot photographer C. Kahn."After a drop off, as they are off to pick up the next group, they just dive into the valley to take advantage of gravity and maximise fuel efficiency."
Photograph by C. Kahn
A woman does a backflip as part of a synchronized swimming routine. The practice occurred on a chilly evening in California, resulting in the dramatic steam above the water.
Photograph by James Rokop
Your Shot photographer Peter Coskun and his friends got permits to camp at the Grand Canyon some sixty miles from a paved road. "As we arrived, the clouds darkened and the thunder began rumbling," he remembers. "I set up on the edge with a lightning trigger hoping to capture some strikes in the distance. When I heard the shutter click when these two bolts struck, I knew I had something special."
Photograph by Peter Coskun
In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, people celebrate the day of St. Charalambos, protector of beekeepers. Tables in the formation of a cross are covered in jars of honey waiting to be blessed. It is thought that honey blessed during this festival becomes a powerful cure.
Photograph by Ivanka Iantcheva
In Yasugi, Shimane, Japan, swans take flight in a rice paddy, where they spent the night protected. "In the morning the swans fly towards the feed station," says Your Shot photographer Masahiro Hiroike."To reproduce the dynamic scene, I took them with a slow shutter of 0.1 second."
Photograph by Masahiro Hiroike
"A perfectly circular ice disk formed in Westbrook, Maine, this winter," says Your Shot photographer Tina Radel. "This angle gives a perspective that really shows the massive size in proportion to the surrounding buildings."
Photograph by Tina Radel
Fishermen prepare extraordinary amounts of nets in the early morning in Bình Thuận, Vietnam. The area, off the coast of Vietnam, is popular for yielding shrimp, tuna, and squid.
Photograph by Nguyen Ha
A pair of red-crowned cranes participate in a courtship ritual in Hokkaido, Japan. It's said that the birds mate for life, and as such they serve as a symbol of luck and longevity in Japanese culture.
Photograph by Shan W
A great white shark breaches in the ocean. This behavior is intended to catch the shark's prey more quickly; they can easily launch themselves at speeds of 40 miles per hour.
Photograph by Uryadnikov Sergey
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