Big Picture: National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest

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Better remember to post this even if a bit late after the first two…

The Big Picture

Boston.com’s The Big Picture has finally started the first of their end of year round up pictures and as always, it’s great and you should check it out.

The latest Big Picture post is up and featuring both the Earth’s most awe inspiring geological activity and one of my favoured choice of a top shelf country.

Boston.com’s The Big Picture photo blog. If you’re not a regular visitor to this brilliant site, you should be.

Boston.com’s big picture blog is my new favourite go to photo blog really. Their latest is a great collection of photos summarising up the year 2009 and blah, blah, blah… it’s a great collection of photos. Looking forward to the next one and be sure to check out some of the great previous posts while your there.

The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it’s time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years after it came down. Each photo tells its own tale, weaving together into the larger story of 2009. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Please watch for part 2 and part 3 tomorrow and the next day. (40 photos total)