The most famous photos of National Geographic (8 photos) Bashny.Net

The first issue of National Geographic magazine came out in 1888. Since then he has got more than 60 million readers around the world, their own TV channel and website. Magazine publishing are invariably accompanied by unique photographs, many of which are winning prizes at prestigious competitions.

To his 125 th anniversary of the National Geographic opened an exhibition of the best photographs published in the magazine for all time of its existence. Several of them can be found below:

This photograph in 1906 made George Shiras III - the first who began to shoot wild life at night. Here is embodied demonstration on Lake Michigan of its new enhancements: Stand for the camera with a raised torch and flash



In 1913, Peru Hiram Bingham III climbed a high mountain to the top to take pictures of Machu Picchu. Studies of this mythical city of the ancient Inca civilization Bingham worked from 1912 to 1915



Rider throws a coin in the parking lot, which is going to leave his pony, 1939 Texas



This is probably the most famous photo National Geographic. Steve Mac-Kari photographed Afghan girl in a refugee camp in Pakistan in 1984. No one has seen in the picture is nothing special, until one publisher almost accidentally pulled it out of the pack and not put on the cover of the June issue of 1985



Chimpanzee named Lou Lou pulls a paw to Dr. Jane Goodall, zoo Republic of the Congo, 1990



Camels are looking for food and water in southern Kuwait, while above them hung black cloud of burning oil. Photographed Steve McCurry in 1991, during the Gulf War



Angry mob protesting against high food prices in tents, selling bread in Giza (Egypt). Picture taken in 2008, in the background stands the Great Pyramid



Two Israeli girls at the Dead Sea. The picture was taken in 2009