Have you ever taken what you would consider to be the ‘perfect picture’? I’m not talking about your daily selfie that you upload to Facebook or Instagram, I’m talking about an actual photo, taken with an actual camera that has the ability to inspire others. It is truly an art form, and perhaps one that doesn’t get as much credit as it really deserves. After all, we all take pictures but then again, we can all paint but that doesn’t mean that we are an artist with a paintbrush.
As we move about through our day-to-day lives, we sometimes come up against struggles that exist within and without. We see them happening before us and some of them are truly life-altering. Capturing those moments in a photo can really inspire others and make for a moment of beauty that is captured forever. That is why the National Geographic best pictures of 2018 are so wonderful to see. They involve those moments that are frozen in time and here are the best of the best for this past year.
19. A cheetah chasing a baby gazelle.
18. This crocodile hunting wildebeests
17. This young boy was drowning and a fisherman saved him
16. The beauty of a tornado
15. Students in France protesting against educational reform
14. An overcrowded train roof with people on their way to a religious holiday
13. Chinese basketball courts
12. An elephant working its way through crocodile infested waters
11. The eye of a black swan
10. Van Gogh baobabs
9. A live grouper in a lizard’s mouth
7. A chameleon shedding its skin
7. Fabrics drying in Indonesia
6. Biting mom’s tail
5. Dust bathing elephants
4. Cuban dance classes
3. Walking the wire in Yosemite
2. BFFs
1. The beauty of flamingos
