A lone black bear forages in front of a towering blue Alaskan glacier. A fire red seahorse floats in the current clutching a vine of his own fertilized eggs. A herd of wildebeast coalesces into a swirling storm of dry hide and dust. This isn’t a TV spot for Animal Planet’s next big DVD box set. The editors at National Geographic have combed through thousands of submissions to the 2011 photo contest and picked their favorites. Click here to see what the editors picked or, if you’ve got the time, comb through all the submissions yourself.