It's got nothing to do with design, directly, but everything to do with inspiration: National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 has entries up for public voting, and the photos do not disappoint. Within the three categories of People, Places and Nature are astonishing shots of everything from thunderstorms in Montana to Himalayan monasteries to the long-exposure flight patterns of moths.
For a condensed version check out Boston.com's faves, or look at the full galleries here. Shutterbugs still have time to enter--the contest ends in five days, and submitting an entry is just 15 bucks.