Awesome Photos From The National Geographic

National Geographic recently launched Your Shot, National Geographic's photo community, which allows photography fans to connect with Nat Geo photographers and editors. Click through for 10 great images from the collection.

• Photographer: Ryan Deboodt, National Geographic Your Shot

  Camp inside Hang Son Doong, Vietnam

  Photographer's comment: "After two days of trekking and caving, we reach the first camp inside Hang Son Doong, the world's largest cave."

• Seagull

  Photographer: Junichi Saito, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "Feeding a seagull."

• Cloud of Tadpoles

  Photographer: Eiko Jones, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "While photographing lilies in a local swamp, a cloud of tadpoles swam by numbering in the thousands, all following along in a trail."

• Ki Monastery - Spiti Valley, India

  Photographer: Stuart Edwards, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "The Ki Monastery is situated high in India's Himalayan region in the remote Spiti Valley. A few hundred Buddhist monks live here permanently, studying and worshiping in probably one of the most serene places I've ever seen."

• Meteorite

  Photographer: Noel Kerns, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "Abandoned farm house near Sanger, Texas. 3-minute exposure under a 3/4 moon, f/5.6, ISO 200. Interior of house light-painted with X2000 flashlights."

• The Ice Caves

  Photographer: Andrew Inaba, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "Granite Falls, Washington, is home to the Big Four Ice Caves — a large network of tunnels formed from heaps of avalanche-deposited snow and hollowed by cascading water and warm winds. Spectacle and beauty must come with respect, as the ice is prone to collapse and cave-ins."

• Weightless

  Photographer: Dimitris Maroulakis, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "Freediver slides peacefully over sea bed in the blue hole area of Vouliagmeni."

• Best Shelter Ever

  Photographer: Arati Rao, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "A baby shelters under its mother one late afternoon in Sri Lanka."

• Night of Lightning at Grand Canyon

  Photographer: Rolf Maeder, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "It was such a wonderful experience to witness this beautiful thunderstorm far across the Grand Canyon! More about this shot at http://www.photographysedona.com/blog/editing-the-grand-canyon-light-show-from-raw-to-print/."

• Perfect Catch

  Photographer: Wayne Panepinto, National Geographic Your Shot

  Photographer's comment: "I'm amazed how easy the sea lions catch their food. I'm very happy for sea lion Lily and Seneca Park Zoo with the Daily Dozen end results!"