The Best Entries From Smithsonian's Photo Contest Finalists
An Indonesian woman and her family harvest salt after a long drought spell.
These rice fields in Vietnam — which are sometimes built into steep hillsides as terraces — are almost ready to harvest.
Source: Smithsonian.com
A young boy in Kerala, India, participates in the 200-year-old "tiger dance." Performers' bodies take six to seven hours to be painted.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Police officers rush past the Brazilian National Congress to keep protestors against corruption from invading the building with brooms.
Source: Smithsonian.com
A group of young men celebrate a Hindu Festival devoted to the deities Shiva and Shakti in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Yellow rice paddies alternate through a Vietnam valley. To get the shot, the photographer had to climb roughly 2,000 feet up the side of a mountain for two hours.
Source: Smithsonian.com
In this gorgeous shot, the Milky Way looks like it is exploding from Mount Rainier in National Park, Washington.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Monks release lanterns for Loy Krathong Buddhist Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Source: Smithsonian.com
This caterpillar — photographed in North Carolina — looks incredibly devious.
Source: Smithsonian.com
Twenty-year-old Christine watches her baby through a mosquito net in the Republic of Congo.
Source: Smithsonian.com
This barbershop's last customer of the day was captured in Bagbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Source: Smithsonian.com
See more gorgeous photography from around the world.
Popular Right Now
Popular Keywords
Advertisement