Best Wild Animal Photo of 2008

Stalking India's Hemis National Park, a snow leopard lives up to its name in U.S. photographer Steve Winter's award-winning National Geographic magazine image. On October 30, 2008, "Snowstorm Leopard" was named best overall photo in the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Natural History of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine. As few as 3,500 snow leopards remain in the wild. (See more snow leopard photos by Winter.) Source: National Geographic