The terraced rice fields of Yen Bai are among the most impressive "Earth Photos".
The "Earth Photo" contest has now found 50 outstanding photos, including a picture of the terraced rice fields in Yen Bai.
From 1280 submitted photos, the jury selected 50 outstanding images to be exhibited throughout the United Kingdom. The criteria for the "Earth Photo" (UK) award is to showcase the diversity of the planet we live on.
Photographers from around the world have brought many impressive perspectives of the Earth, including a photograph by Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang Long of the terraced rice fields of Yen Bai. This image has been selected among the top impressive photos announced by the competition's judges.
Currently, 50 photographs are on display at the headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society in London, England.
Farmers are working in the fields in Yen Bai, Vietnam. Photo submitted by Ly Hoang Long.
The grandfather and grandson went coconut picking in Copala, Mexico.
Two scientists are sitting in a submarine preparing for a scientific research dive off the Antarctic Peninsula.
A mining site in western Australia.
The Maniq indigenous people live in the remote mountain ranges of Thailand. Pictured is a Maniq man named Jin. The Maniq now number just over 350, and they maintain a very primitive lifestyle: hunting, gathering, and sleeping in huts. They still speak their own language and practice traditional medicine using forest plants.
A refugee in Belgrade, Serbia.
Penguins stand on an ice floe off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.
An elderly woman is making panela sugarcane syrup at her home in Guerrero state, Mexico.
A scientific research center in Nuuk, Greenland.
A girl trains an eagle to hunt prey. Photo taken in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia.
The photo was taken in a remote village in Luang Namtha, Laos.
The photograph, titled "Searching for Silence," was taken in Greenland.
The Hellisheidi power plant in Iceland and the Northern Lights in the sky.
One of the 50 most impressive photos selected.
This photo shows the crater of an still-active volcano in Iceland.
A forest area in Portugal that recently experienced a fire still has tree trunks blackened by smoke.
This photo was taken on the coast of Dorset, England.
A close-up shot of a leaf.