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National Geographic: 5th Week in 2012 with Breathtaking Photos [Big Picture]
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Check out the National Geographic this week’s most awesome photos – submitted by people just like you.
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This blue pond is a wonderful pond that changes colors every day. It had cool colors, just like a watercolor painting, one day. All are nature's tints. Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. Photo and caption by Kent Shiraishi
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This picture of a polar bear was taken at the St-Felicien Zoo in Quebec, Canada. Photo and caption by MariePier Couture
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A seal pup was isolated from the large group of seals and exposed to the sand whipping up around him on the beach at Donna Nook near Louth, Lincolnshire. Photo and caption by Neil Parker
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Photo taken in Salt Lake (Tuz Golu), central region, Turkey. Photo and caption by Ali Yilmaz
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I was lucky enough to come upon this urban coyote in Chicago! He made his way from the lakefront with a rabbit in his mouth. Then the coyote dropped it off and explored the Montrose marina. Photo and caption by Andrew Smith
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Diving with my son in Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda, we came across this guy. We had to sneak up on him as to not spook him. Seconds after this shot, he was gone. Photo and caption by Michael Reiser
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I made a plankton net and set out to capture some tiny little critters to observe under my school's microscope, and this little guy is what I found. Using cross polarization, I ended up with some interesting effects. Photo and caption by Blake Estes
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This lizard was hunting at night on the window of my studio. Photo and caption by Francesco Di Marco
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