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National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 (12 photos)

Last month, the winners of the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year competition were announced, with the Grand Prize awarded to photographer Anthony Lau, for his photograph of  Mongolian horsemen charging through the snow in Inner Mongolia. Lau was awarded a seven-day Polar Bear Photo Safari for two at Churchill Wild–Seal River Heritage Lodge. Gathered here are all of this year’s winners and honorable mentions, captions written by the photographers.

The Winter in Inner Mongolia is very unforgiving. At a freezing temperature of minus twenty and lower with constant breeze of snow from all direction, it was pretty hard to convince myself to get out of the car and take photos. Not until I saw Inner Mongolia horsemen showing off their skills in commanding the steed from a distance, I quickly grab my telephoto lens and capture the moment when one of the horseman charged out from morning mist. (© Copyright Anthony Lau / 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest)
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/08/national-geographic-travel-photographer-of-the-year-2016/494567/