Need a reason to stop staring at your phone? Look around. This photo of tulip fields near Voorhout in the Netherlands is nothing less than stunning. (Picture Courtesy: Anders Andersson/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, has more than 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands. And don’t get us started on the wonders of the ocean! (Picture Courtesy: Abdullah Albaker/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
You don't have to walk through it, just admire the salt flats in northern California. (Picture Courtesy: Andrei D/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
People swimming in a rock pool on the coastline near Sydney, Australia will make you want to take a tip. (Picture Courtesy: Stuart Chape/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
Koehn Lake, Mojave Desert, California looks like the center of natural symmetry. (Picture Courtesy: Jassen T/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
Fog covering Cemoro Lawang as the sun rises In Indonesia. See the marvelous trees and brooding clouds? It’s like something out of Lord of the Rings. (Picture Courtesy: Achmad Sumawijaya/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
A frozen river channel in Alaska, from an altitude of 38,000 feet might be cold, but equally as epic. (Picture Courtesy: Juain Fan/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
African Elephants in the floodplain, Okavango Delta, Botswana will warm your heart. (Picture Courtesy: Gaston Piccineti/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
Salt flats in northern California, United States from about 400 feet in the air have a charm of their own. (Picture Courtesy: Andrei D/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
Wave surfing at the famous beach of Praia Mole located in Florianopolis, Brazil is exactly where you'd want to be.(Picture Courtesy: Chris Schimd/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)