National Geographic editors' favorites from Photo Contest 2012
"Water Magic." Standing at the narrowest point of a small lake, photographer Jorgen Tharaldsen threw rocks into the water to create ripples and found that the rebounding circles formed interference patterns to produce this photo. (Jorgen Tharaldsen/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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