Top 100 travel photos
With more than 5,000 reader entries, judging the Travel section's year-end photo issue presented quite a challenge. I viewed the photographs numerous times as I tried to whittle them down to the top 100 for LATimes.com.
Foremost, I was so impressed by how readers have traveled and visually captured the world in lovely and unique ways. Some photos simply took my breath away, and others made me smile.
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-- Kathy M.Y. Pyon, features photo editor
1. Costa Rica
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2. Galapagos Islands
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3. Datong, China
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4. Jerusalem
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5. Destin, Fla.
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6. Santorini, Greece
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7. Huntington Beach
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8. Kurashiki, Japan
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9. Pamukkale, Turkey
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10. Ubud, Bali
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11. Cinque Terre, Italy
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12. India
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13. Suzhou, China
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14. Chicago
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15. Cozumel, Mexico
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16. South Georgia Island
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17. Antarctica
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18. San Francisco
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19. Salt Lake City
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20. Venice, Italy
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21. Varanasi, India
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22. Manaus, Brazil
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23. Burano, Italy
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24. Southern France
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25. Dubrovnik, Croatia
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26. Niagara Falls
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27. Da Nang, Vietnam
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28. Arlington, Vt.
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29. Osaka, Japan
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30. Germany
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31. Mammoth Lakes
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32. Zhu Jia Jiao, China
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33. Pokhara, Nepal
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34. Zimbabwe
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35. Oaxaca, Mexico
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36. Havana, Cuba
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37. Berkshires, Mass.
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38. Cheyenne, Wyo.
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39. Antarctica
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40. Tsuwano, Japan
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41. Bali, Indonesia
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42. India
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43. San Pedro, Belize
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44. Great Wall of China
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45. Santa Cruz, Calif.
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46. Rio Mamori, Brazil
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47. Eastern Sierra
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48. Havana, Cuba
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49. San Francisco
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50. Mauritius
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51. Bahamas
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52. Lake Titicaca
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53. Alberta, Canada
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54. Rockport, Mass.
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55. Norway
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56. Tillamook, Ore.
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57. New Mexico
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58. San Diego
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59. Chicago
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60. Antarctica
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61. Southern Africa
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62. Maldives
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63. Mono Pass, Yosemite
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64. Alaska
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65. Lake Titicaca, Peru
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66. Cairo
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67. Taipei
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68. India
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69. Japan
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70. Paris
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71. Buenos Aires
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72. South Africa
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73. Tanzania
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74. Kodiak Island, Alaska
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75. Sydney, Australia
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76. Sula, Montana
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77. Nashville
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78. Beijing
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79. Sylhet, Bangladesh
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80. Mexico
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81. Thebes, Egypt
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82. Otavalo, Ecuador
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83. Katmandu, Nepal
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84. Vietnam
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85. Venice, Italy
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86. Kerala, India
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87. Maui
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88. White Sands National Monument, N.M.
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89. Costa Rica
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90. Switzerland
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91. Egypt
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92. Varanasi, India
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93. Vietnam
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94. Ladakh, India
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95. Barcelona, Spain
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96. Ladakh, India
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97. New Hampshire
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98. Zanzibar, Tanzania
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99. Kauai
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100. India
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