While the last weekend in October brings an extra hour in bed, the real best thing about this time of year is the eye-gougingly gorgeous images from National Geographic's Photo Contest.
Amid all the turmoil in the world right now, the American photo-magazine's crowd-sourced galleries are a beautiful reminder that there’s still a lot to marvel at in the world today.
The pictures below are not even the official winners of the competition, nor have they placed - the judges are going through the final selection process, so these are just a sampling of what photographers have submitted to the Nature, Places and People categories.
All in all, it’s scrolling through just a few of the 5000 images in consideration for the title is a fantastic way to spend that hour you just gained on a grey day in late October...
(Image: Colin Mackenzie)
(Image: Montse Grillo)
(Image: Takashi Nakagawa)
(Image: Melih Sular)
(Image: Henrik Nilsson)
(Image: Hidenobu Suzuki)
(Image: Brian Callaway)
(Image: Yusuke Sakai)
(Image: Cezary Filew)
(Image: Istvan Kerekes)
(Image: Francisco Mingorance)
Image: Lorenzo Mittiga)
(Image: Hiroshi Tanita)
(Image: Shao Hua Luo)
(Image: Rick Loesche)
(Image: Hiroki Kondo)
(Image: Matthew Smith)
