Winners of the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

In National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015, photos were selected from more than 17,000 global entries in the categories Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments.

Anuar Patjane Floriuk won first prize for his underwater shot of divers swimming close to a humpback whale near Roca Partida, an island off of the western coast of Mexico.

Similarly, in second place winner, three gravel workmen are looking through the window glass at their working place. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Camel Ardah, as it called in Oman, is one of the traditional styles of camel racing between two camels controlled by expert men became the third place winner.

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