Just like last year, the winners of the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest amaze and astound us.
This year the Grand Prize goes to Greg Lecoeur’s jaw-dropping shot of the feeding frenzy that accompanies sardine migration along the Wild Coast of South Africa.
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Additional prizes are given in four categories: Action, Animal Portraits, Landscapes and Environmental Issues.
Check out the rest of the awesome photography below:
Grand Prize/First Place: Action
Greg Lecoeur/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Second Place: Action
Tori Shea-Ostberg /2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Third Place: Action
Zsolt Kudich/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Honorable Mention: Action
Scott Portelli/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
First Place: Animal Portraits
Varun Aditya/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Second Place: Animal Portraits
Michael O'Neill/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Third Place (A): Animal Portraits
Jose Pesquero Gomez/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Third Place (B): Animal Portraits
Mario Suarez Porras/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Honorable Mention: Animal Portraits
Lawrence Chia Boon Oo/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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First Place: Landscape
Jacob Kaptein/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Second Place: Landscape
Alessandro Gruzza/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Third Place: Landscape
Santiago Borja/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Honorable Mention: Landscape
Prasenjeet Yadav/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
First Place: Environmental Issues
Vadim Balakin/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Second Place: Environmental Issues
Chris McCann/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Third Place: Environmental Issues
Eleanor Ryder/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Honorable Mention: Environmental Issues
Sergej Chursyn/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Honorable Mention: Environmental Issues
Ken Bower/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
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Honorable Mention: Environmental Issues
Patty Waymire/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year