The best photos of 2023 | Compilation of the most wonderful photographs of the year
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- W𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮
Marine biologist Alexander Semenov calls the lion’s mane jellyfish the queen of the Arctic seas. He photographed this regal specimen in its final stage of life: Having reproduced, it has shrunk in size, digested or shed its hundreds of long tentacles, and become, in Semenov’s words, an “alien flower.”
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDER SEMENOV
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𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆, 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗮
Before the Artemis program sends humans to the lunar surface, NASA performs high-fidelity tests on Earth. For a mock moonwalk, astronaut Zena Cardman wore this training suit weighing more than 80 pounds to simulate a real suit’s range of motion and weight in lunar gravity.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAN WINTERS
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𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘆𝗹𝗮, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱
At a military facility north of the Arctic Circle, Finnish and U.S. soldiers train for winter warfare by navigating an obstacle course while on skis. The exercise took place two months before Finland-which shares an 800-mile border with Russia-joined NATO. The training was arranged in response to the war in Ukraine.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LOUIE PALU
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𝗗𝗼ñ𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻
Pilgrims sing, dance, and play flamenco during a stop along their spring journey to the Virgin of Rocío shrine. Photographer Aitor Lara says that the group’s lyrics “reflect the magical experience of the pilgrimage and the joy of being able to present their fervor to the Virgin.”
PHOTOGRAPH BY AITOR LARA
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𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮
Soon after dawn at Lemek Conservancy, spotted hyenas arrive at a pond to drink. Widely misunderstood, hyenas are fierce, intelligent, and social, living and hunting as members of matriarchal clans. Jen Guyton captured this close-up with an armored, remote-controlled robot designed by National Geographic photo engineers.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JEN GUYTON
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𝗫𝗶’𝗮𝗻, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮
On Chinese Labor Day, tourists pose for a selfie in front of a pagoda and bronze statue of Xuanzang, the seventh-century Buddhist monk who spent 16 years on a pilgrimage to India and translated dozens of manuscripts from Sanskrit into Chinese.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STANMEYER
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗮, 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻
Workers at the Chiba Kogaku glass factory use sledgehammers to remove the clay pot around a core of optical glass. Highly resistant to air-temperature changes, the glass will be cut into slabs, shipped to the University of Arizona, then melted and cast into mirrors for large, high-altitude telescopes.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTOPHER PAYNE
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𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆
Caver Valentina Mariani (above), National Geographic Explorer Kenny Broad (center), and Nadir Quarta prepare for a dive into the dark, toxic waters of Lago Verde. Such sunlight-starved ecosystems could offer a glimpse into the chemistry of life in alien seas.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CARSTEN PETER
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𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮
Inuvialuit herders move Canada’s last free-range herd of reindeer, numbering around 4,000, to the animals’ calving grounds. The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation took full ownership of the herd in 2021 with a goal of growing a sustainable food source.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KATIE ORLINSKY
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𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗾𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻, 𝗨𝘇𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻
An all-woman ceremony beneath a hand-embroidered suzani marks a son’s departure to study in the capital, Tashkent. While one recites Quranic verses, others remove a covering to bless the flatbread. This ritual was influenced by Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest living religions.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀
A seven-foot-long zebra shark glides through an exhibit at Shedd Aquarium, one of several aquariums where endangered zebra sharks are breeding to produce eggs for shipment to Indonesia. They will be raised and released into a marine protected area in Raja Ampat to rebuild its wild population.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET
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𝗧𝗲́𝗻𝗲́𝗿𝗲́ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿
In the Sahara, a team of paleontologists led by Explorer Paul Sereno excavates a sauropod skeleton. After shipment to the University of Chicago, the expedition’s finds will be cleaned, studied, and later returned to Niger.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KEITH LADZINSKI
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𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼
Streaked with sunlight and crowded together for warmth in winter, monarch butterflies blanket fir trees in El Rosario Sanctuary. Photographer Jaime Rojo received special permits to work outside the sanctuary’s operating hours. He made this photograph shortly before sunset.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAIME ROJO
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