With half of 2012 in the books lets look back on the most amazing photos to come from this period . A seahorse inspects a diver ' s watch 1 An illuminated snow tunnel in Russia 2 Everybody was kung fu fighting 3 The honeybeeâ €™ s final sting 4 Street artist Sainer goes big in Poland 5 Mount Rainier casting a shadow on clouds 6 First contact 7 The Irish Sky Garden crater 8 Moon bridge in Dahu Park , Taipei 9 Flight of the devil rays 10 GÃ ¡ sadalur Village in the Faroe Islands 11 Worldâ €™ s edge 12 The Capilano suspension bridge in Vancouver 13 Fractal patterns in dried out desert rivers 14 Meditating monks at Pongour Falls 15 A sunset eclipse 16 Bora Bora from space 17 The largest raft of canoes and kayaks in the world 18 Adaptive roots in the concrete jungle 19 The Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve 20 Above the canopy 21 Colliding rivers in Geneva , Switzerland 22 The stunning green vine snake 23 Aurora australis ( southern lights ) from space 24 Mount Kilimanjaro from above 25 The amazing strength of an ant 26 Yarn bombing a bus in Mexico City 27 Felix Baumgartner jumps from 71 , 580 feet 28 The most incredible aurora of 201229 The Waterfall Island at Iguazu Falls 30 Overgrown railroad tracks in the forest 31 A pod of sleeping sperm whales 327 hours in one image 33 Pixel people perfection 34 Galactic monsoon 35 Striking artistry of multiple takeoffs at Hannover Airport 36 Sailing like a boss 37 A sea of purple in the badlands of Utah 38 Putting the size of a whale in perspective 39 Meanwhile in Switzerland 40 One boat and 145 water - skiers 41 Salar de Uyuni after some rain 42 Outdoor jacuzzi on the Matterhorn 43 The precious blue marble 44 Maelstrom at Kauai , Hawaii 45 Capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia from space 46 Serenity now 47 ROFLMAO 48 Beautiful Bern from above 49