From kayaking through the majesty of a Norwegian fjord to riding over Myanmar’s dawn mist in a hot air balloon, National Geographic searches talented photographers across the world to capture its cover photo.

For the first time, editors at the magazine are inviting readers to shoot the December 2015/January 2016 cover photo as part of an assignment, Your Shot National Geographic’s photo community.

For this assignment, National Geographic Traveler magazine Editor-in-Chief, Maggie Zackowitz is asking Your Shot members to submit photos of their ‘best place’ — the favorite destination to which they’ve travelled — to correspond with the annual ‘Best of the World’ magazine feature.

On September 22, editors’ best choices will be published with a commentary about why each photo was selected.

MailOnline Travel shows some of the impressive photos which stand out.

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