Swimming with jellyfish, a glowing ocean… and the most terrifying photograph of a penguin ever taken! National Geographic release their pictures of 2015

  • National Geographic Magazine has complied its annual 'Photo of the Day' roundup for 2015
  • It includes snaps taken by staff photographers and members of its 'Your Shot' photo community
  • Community members have captured amazing moments, including a snappy penguin and a luminous lake 

By Sara Malm for MailOnline

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National Geographic has picked its top nature photographs for 2015, including jawdropping shots of frozen lakes, jelly fish and a very snappy penguin.

Compiled from its Photo of the Day feature, the magazine has chosen some of its favorite images of 2015 taken by both the publication's staff photographers and its Your Shot online photo community.

One taken by a community member using a GoPro, captures the moment a penguin on Antarctica mistook the camera equipment for food, resulting in an equal parts terrifying and fascinating photo.

Another, taken underwater in a lake on a remote island in the Western Pacific sees a young woman surrounded by yellow jellyfish.

Others showcase the wonders of nature, such as luminous plankton by the seaside in Iran and the northern lights of Iceland.

Snack attack: A member of National Geographic's Your Shot community captured this photo with a GoPro on Antarctica's sea ice. 'I studied the movements of the penguins for weeks,' Berry writes. 'They walked in the same area almost every day. We would get maybe a dozen or less going by. The day this was taken there were over 60 penguins. It was a bit of luck involved too.'

Snack attack: Clinton Berry, a member of National Geographic's Your Shot community, captured this photo with a GoPro on Antarctica's sea ice, about six miles from Casey Station after studying the moments of the penguins for several weeks to find where they walked

Wobbly shot: Jellyfish Lake on Eil Malk, one of the Rock Islands of Palau in the Western Pacific is home to rare golden jellyfish which are harmless to humans and spend much of their lives following the sun as it makes its daily progress across the sky

Wobbly shot: Jellyfish Lake on Eil Malk, one of the Rock Islands of Palau in the Western Pacific is home to rare golden jellyfish which are harmless to humans and spend much of their lives following the sun as it makes its daily progress across the sky

Glow-rious: While walking along the shore of Larak, Iran, Your Shot member Pooyan Shadpoor came across the luminous scene in the photo, saying that the 'magical lights of [the] plankton ... enchanted me so that I snapped the shot'

Glow-rious: While walking along the shore of Larak, Iran, Your Shot member Pooyan Shadpoor came across the luminous scene in the photo, saying that the 'magical lights of [the] plankton ... enchanted me so that I snapped the shot'

Moon dance: Aurora Borealis is seen chasing across the dark night sky on Iceland earlier this year

Moon dance: Aurora Borealis is seen chasing across the dark night sky on Iceland earlier this year

Rise and shine: Your Shot member Ernie Vater took this photo along along the frozen shores of Lake Superior at the Apostle Islands National Lake Shore near Bayfield Wisconsin. You can only reach the location by walking across a frozen Lake Superior, which does not happen often. Access was limited to only 9 days this past winter

Rise and shine: Your Shot member Ernie Vater took this photo along along the frozen shores of Lake Superior at the Apostle Islands National Lake Shore near Bayfield Wisconsin. You can only reach the location by walking across a frozen Lake Superior, which does not happen often. Access was limited to only 9 days this past winter

Under the sea: Your Shot member Jeff Hester captured this incredible moment at Cabo Pulmo, a marine park off Mexico's Baja California peninsula, showing his wife swimming underneath a huge shoal of fish

Under the sea: Your Shot member Jeff Hester captured this incredible moment at Cabo Pulmo, a marine park off Mexico's Baja California peninsula, showing his wife swimming underneath a huge shoal of fish

Cracking up: Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia is the world's deepest and oldest, and was snapped by Alexey Trofimov

Cracking up: Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia is the world's deepest and oldest, and was snapped by Alexey Trofimov

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