Sunday Stills: At the southern tip of the world, a sea brims with life

Plus: Winning images from the 2019 Travel Photo Contest, a transgender spiritual order gains acceptance, and more [Winning images from this year's Travel Photo Contest]( [VIEW ONLINE]( [Travel Photo Contest winners]( [National Geographic]( Issue 155 [S U N D A Y S T I L L S]( June 16, 2019 . Photograph by Enric Sala [Magazine]( [The sea at the end of the world]( Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of the Americas, is brimming with an incredible menagerie of life. This is the plan to keep it that way. [See the pictures]( SHARE [F]( [T]( what we're looking at Jenna Fite, Photo Editor [Marcus DeSieno grows bacteria cultures on film, creating cosmic patterns]( ›› [Matthieu Gafsou plays at the edges between humans and technology]( ›› . Photograph by Ismail Ferdous [Culture]( [Transgender spiritual order finds acceptance at Hindu pilgrimage]( Kumbh Mela is India’s biggest spiritual festival and the largest gathering of human beings on the planet. This year members of a majority-transgender order were granted the right to full participation for the first time. [See the Pictures]( SHARE [F]( . . Photograph by Theo Stroomer [Travel]( [Welcome to the donut capital of America]( Photographer Theo Stroomer goes in search of these indulgent rings of sugary fried dough in Los Angeles. [See the pictures]( SHARE [F]( [T]( . . . Photograph by Weimin Chu [Photo contest]( [Travel Photo Contest winners]( This photograph of a small fishing village in Greenland took the grand prize in the [2019 Travel Photo Contest](. [Learn more]( about Wiemin Chu’s winning shot and discover all the photos that took home top prizes. [See the pictures]( [RELATED Get the story behind the winning image +]( . . When you read, watch, shop or travel with us, you help further the work of our scientists, explorers, and educators around the world. To learn more, visit [natgeo.com/info]( [Shop]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( [Travel]( [READ OUR LATEST STORIES]( [SHOP]( [DONATE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [TRAVEL]( [FB]( [Twitter]( [IG]( You are receiving this email because you elected to receive marketing communications from National Geographic under the terms of our [Privacy Policy](. Click here to [unsubscribe.]( If you reside in the EU/European Economic Area and wish to exercise all other data subject rights, [click here](. National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2019 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. {LITMUS TRACKING PIXEL}