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Best of 2012 Unforgettable Images, Oddities & Escapes Our Favorite Travel Photos 20 Best Space Pictures Extreme Photos Of the Year Wallpapers: Year's Most Wanted Best Photos by Kids, for Kids Photos of the Year Penguins, a masked man, a tornado—see National Geographic's top ten, as chosen by Editor Chris Johns. "The best photographs," he says, "will always surprise you." Which is your favorite? Top Ten Discoveries The world's largest croc, new planets, Maya drama—the year brimmed with breakthroughs, and these were your favorites.   1. Limbless Amphibians Discovered Sure, they're slick and slithery—but don't call them worms. Photos >>   2. New-Species "Heaven" Found Under the eye of the night monkey, a cloud forest teems with rare beasts. Photos >>   3. Shark Eats Shark Whole See an on-camera first: A carpet shark Hoovers up a fellow fish. Photos >>   4. Deep "Lost World" Exposed Surprise: Yeti crabs abound at volcanic mounds off Antarctica. Photos >>     1. Bagel-Head Body Modification Not for needle-phobes: The tragically hip submit to the year's trendiest taboo. Watch >>   2. World's Largest Spider See what happens when a hapless mouse wanders into a goliath spider's deadly trap. Watch >> 20 Most Viewed Travel Pictures Watch Nat Geo's Top Talks Our Explorers' Top Moments Our Smartest Travel Tips Biggest Energy Developments   Nat Geo Photo Contest Winners From a rain-pelted dragonfly to a double rainbow over Indonesia, see the winning shots of our most recent reader photo competition.   Travel Photo Contest's Top Shots Our editors received 12,000 entries from 152 countries, so the winners must be pretty darn good, right? See for yourself.   Best Wildlife Pictures of 2012 It's tough to compete with pounce-ready cheetah cubs and a beady-eyed croc. But National Geographic's Paul Nicklen did—and won, with his effervescent image of bubble-jetting penguins.   Subscribe to National Geographic magazine Shop our online store   If you received this email from a friend and would like to subscribe to this or other National Geographic emails, click here. Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | About Us Click the unsubscribe link above to be removed from our email program, or send your request to National Geographic; Attn: E-newsletter Program; 1145 17th Street NW; Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2012 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved. To ensure you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how