Cyclists riding through the vineyards in Loire Valley, France.
Stunning images: winners of the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
Merit winner: Ken Bower
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Location: Gásadalur, Faroe Islands
"Until a tunnel was built in 2004, the 16 residents living in Gásadalur had to take a strenuous hike or horseback over the steep 400-metre mountain in order to make it to the other villages. It was a rare sunny day in the Faroe Islands and I had to wait until the clouds rolled in to provide some softer light. I decided to go with a long exposure (1 minute 10 seconds) to illustrate the force of the wind and a serene sea among the isolated islands."
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Wonderful pictures, as one would expect, except that Baobab trees are not confined to Madagascar, as the comment suggests. The trees are found in abundance in Tanzania, I know because I have photographed them myself, and they are also found in many other African states. They are also to be found in Australia. The Baobab tree - Adansonia digitata is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsular and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island.
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