The Grand Prize Winner of National Geographic's best photo of the year competition goes to photographer Paul Souders. Titled Ice Bear, it features a female polar bear staring at Paul from underwater. It is seriously damn good.

Paul—who also won the 2013 BBC Wildlife photographer of the year award got so near to the beast, we're not sure just how big his balls actually are. Here's another shot of it. There's more so be sure to check out all of them.