Heaven on Earth

National Geographic wants to know.

In conjunction with Tuesday’s release of its new book “Visions of Paradise(National Geographic Books, $35),” National Geographic is inviting the general public to submit images that best represent their unique vision of heaven on Earth to the “Visions of Paradise Photography Contest” that continues through Dec. 21.

Each week 20 Editor’s Picks will be selected from qualified entries and posted on the Web site at www.nationalgeographic.com/myvision. Viewers will be able to vote for their favorites by going online to the site.

At the end of the submission process, Editor’s Picks also will be judged by an expert panel of photographers and art directors who will selected a final list of 20 official winners.

Winning photographs will be posted on the site and each winner will receive a customized copy of “Visions of Paradise” with their winning photograph as the cover image.

The book released this week features 155 images from 82 renowned National Geographic photographers, conveying their ideas of “heaven on Earth.”  

 Carla Hinton

Religion Editor