Natural patterns (20 photos)

Best Artist - nature. And these photos National Geographic confirm this.

1. Salt formations along the shores of Lake Retba in Senegal. Due to the fact that the water in the lake is very salty, local residents earn their living prey salt. (Robert Haas)



2. Biplane over the island of Monomakh, Massachusetts. (Michael Melford)



3. The boundaries of the four countries - Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates - a vague spot a rising sand desert Rub 'al Khali. (George Steinmetz)



4. The leaves are dried palm smooth lines around the tree in Kenya. (Robert Haas)



5. The dwellings in caves dotted with rock formations in Cappadocia, Turkey. (Klaus Nigge)



6. Witch ring or bestravnye sites in the Namib Desert in Namibia. Picture taken from an airplane. (Michael Fay)



7. photosynthetic bacteria in the thermal pool New Zealand absorb carbon dioxide. (Peter Essick)



8. Droplets of dew on the inflorescences in the head of a sunflower. (Jozsef Szentpeteri)



9. Lichen on granite tombstone in Champleyn Lake, New York. (Stephen Sharnoff)



10. Typical needle flower Banks, which is common in Australia. This was photographed on a farm in Mount Barker. (Jonathan Blair)



11. Reflecting on the water, the light paints peacock patterns on the rock wall in the National Park Glen Canyon in Utah. (Frans Lanting)



12. Iridescent points around the mantle of giant clam in Palau, Micronesia. Mania - is the outer layer, releasing secretion clamshell. (Tim Laman)



13. Yellow beams on a cactus in Manzanillo, Mexico. (Raul Touzon)



14. Demonstrating its main defense mechanism millipede rolled into a tight spiral. Thus, it protects their limbs, which it has an average of 100-300. (George Grall)



15. Scales of Atlantic salmon in Quebec expert can tell the age of the fish. (Paul Nicklen)



16. Increased 400 times diatoms - a type of algae, which can be found in the ocean, fresh water, and soil. (Darlyne A. Murawski)



17. inextricably intertwined "hands" a basket starfish. (Brian J. Skerry)



18. Sunlight breaks through the water cenote Kspakay in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Cenote - a subterranean lake with fresh water, usually found on the Yucatan Peninsula. (Stephen Alvarez)



19. bony plates tortoise shell protects it from predators. Turtles of this species live in most parts of North America. (Darlyne A. Murawski)



20. Mammatus over Nebraska, known for their saggy baggy form. Another their name «mammatocumulus» comes from the Latin word "breast". (Carsten Peter)