The Best Photos of 2008

Want to enlarge the photos? Click here.

The National Geographic International Photography Contest received more than 220,000 submissions from around the world. Here are the winning photographs from the three categories: nature, people and places. A panel of experts chosen by National Geographic selected the winners.

More contest photos
  • All 2008 submissions
  • 2008 Viewers' Choice gallery
  • 2007 contest winners
  • MSN privacy
  • Legal
  • Advertise
  • Help
  • Feedback
  • About our ads
© 2010 Microsoft