'Golden Hour' around the world: Breathtaking photographs from National Geographic readers capture magical sunrises and sunsets from some of the globe's most beautiful places.

A breath-taking collection of photographs from none other than National Geographic has captured that magical time between the first and last hour of sunlight in some of the world's most impressive places.

The series, titled 'Golden Hour,' is from one of the organization's 'Your Shot' communities - and offers up some of the prettiest pictures taken by travelers at dusk and dawn.

National Geographic encourages all professional or hobbyist photographs to share their best travel pictures by uploading them on its Your Shot website.

These superb shots were picked from the Golden Hour community within the travel category, but scores of communities exist in the realms of weather, landscape, food, culture, architecture and many more. To share your shots click here.

Golden Gate Fog: The Golden Gate Bridge just before sunrise

Sunrise at Mara: Acacia tree and gnus grazing in the sunrise at Masai Mara reserve in Kenya

Sunset at Riffelsee Lake: It was any photographer's regular spot for sunrise but I took a bet with sunset and it worked out pretty well. The timing had to be just right. I waited for the sun to disappear behind the peak of Matterhorn and the colors started to become warm and just about enough for me to capture this shot of the Riffelsee Lake with Matterhorn and the surroundings in the reflections of the lake

Golden fog: Rodna, Bistri¿a-N¿s¿ud, Romania

Paris: Magic hour in the streets of Paris. Montparnasse, Ile-de-France, France

The Calm After the Storm: After three days of snow storms at Mount Baker in Washington state, I snowshoed through thigh deep snow to get this pristine view of Mount Shuksan at sunrise

Oia Iconic View: The picturesque Oia village is located on a sheer cliff on the northern tip of the volcanic Santorini island in Greece. It is famous for its architecture and sunset views

Frosty river: Frosty morning in Prague. Silhouette of swans on Vltava river in mystery fog

Land of the Diné: Sunset provides magical light for less than five minutes on the Diné deities

Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption on the sun: Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption as seen in the morning, when first sun light touches smoke from the crater. Kamchatka, Russia, September 2013

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