The Very Best "Spontaneous Moments" Photos

Escaping the Surf! -- Photo and caption by David Smith
This is a picture of my son playing in the Mediterranean surf on a beach in Barcelona. It was taken during a late autumn family vacation and captures a childs enchantment and excitement with the sea during a lovely stroll along the beach in warm autumn sunshine. This chance photo pictures Calum's moment of escape from the surf as the wave broke on the beach.
Location: Beach at Passeig Maritim, Barcelona, Spain

Cock Fight -- Photo and caption by Szymon Lazewski
Typical entertainment on Philippines. Brutal fights against two roosters out of which one has to die to bring money and glory to the owner of the one which has survived.
Location: Malapascua Island, Philippines.

Lover's Quarrel Comes in Many Forms -- Photo and caption by Dengei Calunod
I visited the beach town of Sitges in Spain this spring; I came across this guy bringing his pet cat for what seemed to be a day to relax for the both of them. The cat was all very playful and jovial, until its master sat down, leant his back against the sea wall comfortably reading a book whilst enjoying the breeze. The cat slowly went the other way with downed level of excitement, perhaps felt abandoned.
Location: Sitges, Catalunia, Spain

Spontaneous Moments Photo - Tiger Eating -- Photo and caption by Iyan Xavier
A beautiful , stunning white tiger named Omar, fetching his meal thrown by the trainer, he looks really hungry cravings for those meats!
Location: Singapore Zoo

Summer Joy! -- Photo and caption by david lyle
Three sisters playing in the sunset surf on Maui.
Location: Maui, Hawaii

Request of a Child -- Photo and caption by DIEGO GARZIA
I take this shot in Malaysia, at Tahiupusam 2012 in a temple of Batu Caves. Tired of the long procession, a child asks to be picked up by mom.
Location: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves

Grey Heron Silhouette at Sunset -- Photo and caption by Justin Sneddon
Several days into our trip to the Maldives island "The Royal Island", I stepped onto the beach to get a sunset picture with my telephoto lens. There wasn't any foreground interest until this Grey Heron flew past and landed on the sea wall. I spotted the opportunity with the setting sun, so kicked off my shorts and waded into the water to get as close to the bird as possible. I only got off two of these shots (with the bird perfectly centred) before the whole event was over. If I was 5 seconds later in spotting the opportunity I would have missed it.
Location: Horubadhoo, Baa Atoll, Maldives

Best Spontaneous Photos - L.O.V.E. -- Photo and caption by irena berdon
I took this photo in a park situated in Milan, Italy. It depicts common life in urban space. I found proper to add a message found in the chocolate candy called Baci: "Every great love begins with a kiss." Since illustrate the industrial culture in modern times.
Location: Milan

Camel Attack -- Photo and caption by Rhiannon Wynn
While taking a break from our camel ride in the desert of Rajasthan, I paused to take a photo of our group's young camel handlers. Just as I was taking the shot, the camel decided the one boy's hair looked incredibly tasty, and took a bite.
Location: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

Best Spontaneous Photos - Three Sheets to the Wind -- Photo and caption by Andrew Wyatt
Sirens of the playa, who call themselves "Wind Worshipers" took large swaths of silk fabric every late afternoon at the annual Burning Man festival in 2011. Burning Man is annual gathering of about 50,000 people than build a temporary city in the Black Rock desert north of Reno,NV, that showcases large art structures,crazy costumed revelers, and a spirit of "radical, free expression."
Location: Black Rock Desert, NV

The above 10 photographs are some of our favorites from National Geographic's Spontaneous Moments 2012 photo contest. Check back again, as we will feature more amazing Spontaneous Moments photos soon.

National Geographic recently released this amazing photograph of one shark eating another shark whole.

The photos were taken by Daniela Ceccarelli, of Australia's Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Daniela was conducting research on a "fish census" off Great Keppel Island, Great Barrier Reef when she spotted what was thought to be a brown-banded bamboo shark near the ocean floor.
"The first thing that caught my eye was the almost translucent white of the bamboo shark," Ceccarelli told National Geographic via email. Instead, as Ceccarelli moved in for a better look, she found a camouflaged wobbegong shark emerging from seclusion with the bamboo shark partially inside its mouth.

"It became clear that the head of the bamboo shark was hidden in its mouth," she said. "The bamboo shark was motionless and definitely dead."
Amazing photos of a scene seldom seen... One shark eating another.

Macro Photo of Lizard with Ant on Its Head

This macro lizard photo has amazing detail and color. Astonishing macro photo from Indonesian photographer Teguh Santosa.

We're guessing the lizard isn't hungry at the moment. Or, maybe this was right before the big CHOMP!!??!!

Photo is Copyright Teguh Santosa. Be sure to check out his portfolio on 500px.

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Waiting for a Miracle
Slovenia church in the morning fog. Absolutely stunning landscape photo.

The Game
Amazing photo of a dolphin jumping at sunrise in the Red Sea.

Celebration - Amazing Fireworks Photo
Exploding fireworks photo over a celebration in Istanbul, Turkey.

Cloudy Day

Lightning, Arizona
Inspiring photo of a lightning storm in Arizona.

Clouds On Fire

Riverdance - Aurora Borealis
For a brief moment the sky exploded and turned everything into a green wonderland... A photo can never do this thing justice.

Option - Amazing Black & White Photography
Winter in Quebec, Canada. Breathtaking winter / atmosphere black and white photo.

Kite Runner
Sabah, Malaysia. There is no ground to fly their kites. So, the kids just climb to the roof tops to do it.

Amazing Underwater Photo - Landslide Hall
"Landslide Hall" - Orda Cave. Russia.

When the Ocean Turns into Blue Fire
Gran Canaria Island, Atlantic Ocean, Canary islands, Spain. Fascinating crashing waves photo on a day filled with sun and big waves last winter. Strength and color. Blue fire.

Envole Moi
Nice (macro?) photo of a Lady Bug taking flight.

Denise Family - Seahorse Photo
Beautiful underwater photo... Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Denise pygmy seahorses are smallest seahorses in the world. They grow to just 1.5cm. It took the photographer, Alexander Safonov, 20 minutes at depth of 24 meters to get this shot. The seahorses don't like to face the camera and keep constantly moving around.

Siberia at -37°C
Amazing frozen landscape photo from the center of Siberia.

Anemone Schrimp
Incredible underwater photo (taken using Nikon D100, 60mm Macro, SEA&SEA YS300 Strobe) of a schrimp off the coast of the Philippines.

Thanks for Viewing Our "15 Amazing Photos" Post. Look for More Amazing Photos Posts in the Future!

Let's just all agree birds are creepy animals. Now, now, I know you might disagree, but birds have eyes that will pierce your soul, screeches that will pierce your ears and shark pointy beaks that will pierce your eyes. They are not natural and seeing one looking into my soul like this intimidating seagull is almost too much. Does this bird look like he wants to be your friend or does he look like we wants to drink your sweet, sweet eye juice. Yes, birds are creepy. I think Alfred Hitchcock was on to something after all.

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This little guy seems to have won himself a mate for his fine nest building skills. Nice job!!

Hornero Facts:
Horneros are brown birds with rather short tails and fairly long bills. These wonderful birds are known for building mud nests that resemble old wood-fired ovens. The Spanish word “hornero” comes from horno, meaning “oven." While many birds in the species Furnariids have different nests, the hornero nest is the reason for the common name being applied to the entire family - Ovenbirds (though unrelated to the Ovenbird, which is a parulid warbler).

The exact shape and size of the hornero nest varies depending on the species. The Hornero generally lay 2–4 eggs, although the breeding behavior of the Bay Hornero is virtually unknown.

A female humpback whale breaches in Frederick Sound, Alaska. While marine scientists are not sure why the mammals display this kind of behavior, I think they do it just because it looks fun. Duh, Winning!

A close-up photograph of feeding seagulls from a car. You have to admire the moment captured as the hand feeds the seagulls...wings photographed in mid-flight...beautiful. Of course the car was probably covered in bird poop minutes later.

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Surgeons prepare a horse for surgery. I have often wondered how that would work. This photograph gives us some insight into why it is so expensive and complicated to perform equine surgery.