In a year nature photographers shoot millions of amazing photos. We’ve seen allot of photography this year so We selected the 30 most inspiring nature photographs of the year 2012. Enjoy!
1. Male Gelada Baboon in Simien Mountains
Photo by Brian Shuchuk | Photo Location: Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

2. Spirited Bear
Photo by Terry Bilton | Photo Location: The Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada

3. Wallaby, Queensland.
Photo by Lisa Clarke | Photo Location: Mount Morgan, Australia

4. Mummy I’m Down here, and Hungry!
Photo by Bjorn Olesen | Photo Location: Borneo Highland Resort, Sarawak, Malaysia

5. A Peppermint Shrimp within a Branching Vase Sponge
Photo by william Goodwin | Photo Location: Margate Bay, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. 75 feet deep

6. Giraffe with Baby
Photo by Niklas Passmann | Photo Location: Kronberg, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany

7. Going Home.. A mother and baby white rhino leave the grassy areas
Photo by Chris Minihane | Photo Location: Lake Nakuru National Park

8. Trees and the Blue Pond
Photo by Yukio Miki | Photo Location: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan

9. The Matriarch
Photo by Stephen Oachs | Photo Location: Masai Mara Kenya Africa

10. There’s always one…
Photo by Yashani Shantha | Photo Location: Pinnawala, Sri Lanka

11. lovely dinosaur
Photo by mehmet karaca | Photo Location: Kahramanmaras, Turkey

12. Looking to the North
Photo by Mario Tizón | Photo Location: Cordoba-Argentina

13. Neon River
Photo by Arild Heitmann | Photo Location: Tennevik River, Troms, Norway

14. Hello World
Photo by Fabien BRAVIN | Photo Location: Toulouse – France

15. Tender Moment
Photo by sanjeev bhor | Photo Location: Masai mara National Reserve , Kenya

16. How’s my hair look ?
Photo by Graham McGeorge | Photo Location: Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville, Florida

17. Nursing Mama
Photo by Ruth Steck | Photo Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

18. The Godfather
Photo by peter Delaney | Photo Location: Etosha, Namibia

19. Golden Road
Photo by Ron Azevedo | Photo Location: Aspen, Colorado

20. Pelican, Walvis Bay, Namibia
Photo by ROMULO REJON | Photo Location: Walvis Bay, Namibia

21. Wave of Fish
Photo by Octavio Aburto | Photo Location: Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

22.Aurora Phoenix
Photo by Bjørn Jørgensen | Photo Location: jord Grøtfjorden close to the city Tromsø in northern Norway.

23. Must Be Married….(Angry Zebras)
Photo by Justin Bowen | Photo Location: Maasai Mara, Kenya

24. Natures Art.. Dried up delta of the Kimberly region
Photo by ted grambeau | Photo Location: Kimberly’s , North Westrern, Australia.

25. Man and animal conflict
Photo by Salil Bera | Photo Location: Siliguri, West Bengal, India

26. Weedy Seadragon
Photo by Richard Wylie | Photo Location: Flinders Pier, Flinders, Victoria, Australia

27. Wrong Side of the Tracks
Photo by Callum Snape | Photo Location: Banff Town, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

28. Dreaming… about Pandas
Photo by dafna ben nun | Photo Location: Szechuan, China

29. Chaos
Photo by Antero Topp | Photo Location: East-Tsavo NP, Kenya

30. Windswept Lady
Photo by Dave Drost | Photo Location: Monument Valley, Arizona

31. Staring at the Sun
Photo by Nicholas Samaras | Photo Location: Chalkidiki


