Photo of the Day: Best of October

Every day, we feature an image chosen from thousands around National Geographic. Here are some highlights from October.

It’s contest time, and the editing is easy. Every year, the National Geographic Photo Contest makes this Photo of the Day editor quite happy, as there are invariably more vistas, venues, and creatures to choose from. Below is a selection from October, a little early this time to whet appetites of any who might still want to enter. The contest wraps up at the end of this week on October 31.

The morning sun kindles a view of fall foliage on Lake Towada in Aomori, Japan. Sitting at the base of Mount Hakkoda, the lake and the annual autumn display of its forested banks are a popular tourist draw.

“Off the coast of Guadalupe Island, great white sharks

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