The winning photos in the 2012 National Geographic Photography Contest.

Not in any particular order:

The Matterhorn, 4478 meters high, under a full moon.


A tender moment between a cheetah mother, Malaika, and her cub.


A red fox hunting through two feet of crusted snow, location unknown.


Men working a dragon boat in China.


A wild Alaskan brown bear digging on a game trail.


Glacial ice washing ashore on Iceland's eastern coast.


Scavenger women picking through a dumpsite.


Busaba, an Indochinese tigress, shaking off after a bath at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand.


A gloomy winter view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.


Stilt fishermen at work in Sri Lanka.


National Geographic 2012 photo contest winners