I don’t know anything about photography, but there are some images I just can’t stop staring at.  There are lots of those among the finalists for the Smithsonian’s 10th annual photocontest.

Here’s a gorilla photographed at the Bronx Zoo by Vanessa Bartlett:

Here’s a kitchen in an abandoned home, photographed by Cleat Walters:

Go there and vote for your favorite! The current leader is this photo of someone watching a solar eclipse, taken by Colleen Pinski: