{"id":464950,"date":"2026-02-10T02:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T02:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:44:09","slug":"the-2025-canadian-geographic-photos-of-the-year-are-as-stunning-as-youd-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464950\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 Canadian Geographic Photos of the Year are as stunning as you&#8217;d think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/7qU7rZRhZbikWYPYTVLZV8\/3b3624f6e2a36000108350340ab9e5cd\/Screenshot_2026-02-09_at_3.26.12_PM.png\" alt=\"No re-use: Canadian Geographic - Winner: Matt Melnyk  Lightning strikes as a severe storm tracks southeast of Calgary on a summer afternoon.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2026-02-09_at_3.26.12_PM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nLightning strikes as a severe storm tracks southeast of Calgary on a summer afternoon. (Matt Melnyk\/Canadian Geographic)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could see the storm,\u201d Melnyk shares. \u201cIt was intensifying. It had nice structure. I could see the rain and hail core nicely isolated. I&#8217;m like, \u2018Oh, this is a good storm, and it&#8217;s shooting out lightning like crazy! I need to get to a spot now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And for Melnyk, the reward goes far beyond the image itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou&#8217;ll never get the same lightning shot twice,\u201d he adds. \u201cSo I feel like you&#8217;re basically getting a shot in time that you&#8217;ll never, ever get again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope says that dedication, whether it\u2019s driving hundreds of kilometres or waiting for the perfect second, is exactly what makes these images stand out.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/canadiangeographic.ca\/articles\/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-canadian-photos-of-the-year-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">click here<\/a> to see and learn more about the winning photos and scroll down for a quick look at a few of the top picks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lightning strikes as a severe storm tracks southeast of Calgary on a summer afternoon. (Matt Melnyk\/Canadian Geographic) \u201cI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-464950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}