Best News Pictures of 2010: Your Picks From National Geographic News

You clicked, we noticed. See the best photo galleries of 2010 from National Geographic News, as measured by viewer interest—including a shocking sinkhole in Guatemala, fish with "hands," volcanic lightning in Iceland, and a crocodile-elephant fight.

1. Photos: Sinkhole Pierces Guatemala

Yes, it's real. See multiple views of the 30-story-deep sinkhole in Guatemala that swallowed a three-story building in June.
2. Photos: Fish With "Hands" Identified

Nine fish that use handlike fins to walk, rather than swim, off Australia were identified as new species in May.
3. Photos: Best of 10-Year Marine Census

See "Mr. Blobby" and the other stars of our 13 favorite pictures from the Census of Marine Life, which concluded in October.
4. Photos: Strange Species Found Off Greenland

From deep-sea "aliens" to promising seafood specimens, 38 striking fish species were spotted off Greenland for the first time in April.
5. Photos: Lightning Adds Flash to Ash

Intense lightning storms mixed with ash clouds to electrify the night sky over Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano in April.
6. Photos: Sinkholes Around the World

The sinkhole that opened up in Guatemala in June added to the chasms—natural and human-induced—that have appeared from Alabama to Iceland.
7. Photos: New, Rare Species Found

A bat with trumpet-like nostrils and a katydid that "aims for the eyes" were among the hundreds of species seen in Papua New Guinea in 2009.
8. Photos: Crocodile Attacks Elephant

In an unusual ambush, a Nile crocodile grabbed onto an elephant's trunk at an African water hole this summer. See which animal came out alive.
9. Satellite Pictures: Gulf Oil Spill's Evolution

See the growth and evolution of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as viewed from space.
10. Photos: Gulf Spill From Above

The spread of oil on the water's surface in April was a clue used to determine the size of the leak from the Gulf of Mexico rig disaster.

Published November 29, 2010

You clicked, we noticed. See the best photo galleries of 2010 from National Geographic News, as measured by viewer interest—including a shocking sinkhole in Guatemala, fish with "hands," volcanic lightning in Iceland, and a crocodile-elephant fight.

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