Every year Smithsonian magazine announces a photo contest, and 2017 was no exception, with 48,000 submissions from photographers in 155 countries and territories, this annual contest has gifted us breathtaking pictures from six different categories: Travel, Altered Images, Mobile, Natural World, People, and The American Experience.

There is still some time to vote for your favorite work, you can vote here until March 26. Tuesday, March 27 is the day when Smithsonian will announce the winner of the Grand Prize, and he/she will receive 2.500$. On this day a new 16th Annual Photo Contest will be announced as well. Check out this breathtaking work below! And if you are amazed by these photos just as much as we are, you can check out last year's finalists here. You can find more about the 15th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest here.

Finalists: Altered Images

Rhino From Chitwan

Renewal

Salt Field Workers

Life Directions

Simple Motions

Stairs

Finalists: Travel

Making Incense

Red Chili Pepper Pickers

Leather Drying in Dhaka

Umbrella Market

Downstairs

Boatman

Roman Goods

Breakfast at the Weekly Market

Finalists: Mobile:

Birthplace of Statue

NYC

Beat the Heat

Working in the Dockyard

A Perfect Flutter

Finalists: Natural World

Joy

Ray of Zeus

Bear and Salmon

Seahorse

Affection

Seeing Double

Sardines in the Sun

Finalists: People

Green

Care

El Clot (The Hole), Gypsy Wedding

Rain

Feliz Navidad

Swimming

Finalists: The American Experience

After a Long Day

Hunting

My Post-Irma Street

Bow Girls

Untitled

Backyard

Intersection

Split Screen