Entering the 40th annual, Earth Day today has left people worldwide being part of green initiatives of various kinds. Earth Day this year is full of eco-friendly events, conferences on Climate Change, recycling activities and what not. Joining the league is the inaugural Green Auction, an attempt to save the planet. Members of the International League of Conservation Photographers have selected 40 greatest nature photographs for auction that will be held today. Out of the outstanding 40, here are the 10 ingenious works.
water liies
1. Seeing Double
seeing double
Photographer: Paul Nicklen
2. Australian sea lions play in the sea grass beds off Little Hopkins Island Australia
australian sea lions play
Photographer: David Doubilet
3. Twilight of the Giants, Botswana 1989
twilight of the giants
Photographer: Frans Lanting
4. Stone Canyon
stone canyon
Photographer: Jack Dykinga
5. Tortoises at Dawn, Galapagos Islands, 1984
tortoises at dawn
Photographer: Frans Lanting
6. Polar Dance
polar dance
Photographer: Thomas D. Mangelsen
7. A thresher shark
a thresher shark
Photographer: Brian Skerry
8. Split Rock and Cloud, Eastern Sierra, California, 1976
split rock and cloud
Photographer: Galen Rowell
9. Water liies, Nymphaea nouchali, Okavango Delta, Botswana
water liies
Photographer: Frans Lanting
10. Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, Southwest Tasmania, Australia
morning mist
Photographer: Peter Herbert Dombrovskis
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