Fire in the Sky

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Image: Mitchell Krog, South Africa [larger view].

My friends at National Geographic have provided permission for me to share some of the images from their recent 2008 International Photography Contest.

Nature Honorable Mention.

The photographer writes;

Our first electric storm of summer 2007 set alight the grasslands, causing the orange glow to the right of the photo, which is commonly mistaken as a sunset or digital manipulation. I rushed out with my camera and had a 15 to 20 minute window of opportunity to grab this shot.

You can download wallpaper of the photography contest images for your laptop.

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