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THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT

Off the coast of Lagoa, Portugal, is a unique cave called Algar de Benagil. Your Shot photographer Simão Viegas snapped this as a beam of light streamed through “the eye” of the cave, illuminating the people inside.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMÃO VIEGAS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT