Martin Moravek Czech Republic 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "The Waves" The photo was taken in Moravian Tuscany, Czech Republic

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Jurgen Dopatka USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "Frosted Dune"

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Martin Moravek Czech Republic 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "Flowers near the sky" Flowers and foggy hills - High Tatras, Slovakia

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Steve Burkett USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Where Yellowstone Gets Its Name" Cold winter day, burned trees, mineral-laden waters

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Diane Kravetz USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Intersect"

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Fall Impressions"

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James Peterson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Phantom Juniper" Captured in infrared light, this ancient tree reflects its resiliency amidst a harsh environment.

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Remmelt van Veelen Netherlands Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Campo Imperatore, Italia"

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Crete Senesi #1" Photo taken in Tuscany - Italy in the area called "Crete Senesi"

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Klaus Blumhofer Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Blue orange"

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Rainer Quesada USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ant" An ant triumphantly scaling a flower.

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Klaus Blumhofer Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Beach lightning" right place, right time (in milliseconds :-)

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Guenther Reissner Austria Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Great Sand Dune" sand dune, great sand dune, nature, landscape, Colorado, usa

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Nancy Zavisch USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Blue Morpho" Turned photo on the side for better composition. Just hanging out!

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Christine Goerner Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Landforms" A contrast of inky trees in the foreground, mountains in the distance, and gentle rolling hills dotted with trees in between, creates landscapes within landscapes and celebrates the beauty of form, to

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Marc Ward USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Air & Water No.64"

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Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Zypressen im Nebel" group of cypresses in San Quirico d'Orcia in Tuscany while fog drifts by

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Martin Bigmore Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ablaze" The glorious colour and twisted beauty of the Japanese Maple Tree

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Judy Nussenblatt USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Poppies at Dusk"

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Sara Blumberg USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "100 year old tree" The colors of Namibia

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Gary Lopez USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Firestorm" In this closeup view of the Flaming Star nebula, the energy from a massive blue star churns the surrounding gas and dust into an enormous celestial storm.

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Keith Manning USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Vestrahorn Time Tunnels" Very Active Northern Lights at Vestrahorn, 26 September 2022

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Anne Dignam USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The Bolt"

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Beth Youmans USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Bees Knees"

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phillip vandervoort Belgium Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "serendipity" when the clouds step aside for that short moment to let the sun kiss the beauty of nature

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Adam Neuba Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "golden mountains" Nature as an artist. A small piece of Marra Mamba Tiger's Eye...

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Adrian Per Romania Nominee Nature Amateur "Misty Sunset In Carpathians" The Fog covering the Semenic Valley iIn End Of The Day.

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Adriana Kastelan Croatia Nominee Nature Amateur "Magic Land #1" Foggy day on Paradise beach

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Path Ahead in Joseph Oregon"

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Andreas Torsten Schuler Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "A thunderstorm is coming"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mesa Arch"

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Anne Neiwand Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Road to Now Where" In the highest peaks of New Zeland this little road weaves its way through the ridges and waterways.

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Anne Schlueter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "White Dome Geyser" Yellowstone geysers erupt in their own time. This one chose to wait until a very cold sunset, and so I waited too.

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Rolling Stones"

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Anne Neiwand Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sheep Herding" New Zealands Highland Sheep farms keep the counrtry going. They produce the highest grade merino wool.

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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee Nature Amateur "blue horizon"

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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee Nature Amateur "smoky skies"

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Nature Amateur "Golden Lake"

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Arijit Goswami India Nominee Nature Amateur "On the Edges." This image was clicked at night time when the snail came out for meal. It was taken at night time because of the colour of the leaf and snail where I can highlight with the help of external light.

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Ashley Kelam Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "lone web on fence" ‘lone web on fence’ was shot in April 2021 in Bundoora, Australia, and attempts to reveal a beautiful and humorous fleeting moment within suburbia; a frequently perceived mundane landscape.

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Ashli Shapiro USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Indigo Turban In The Sahara" Indigo Turban in the Sahara at Sundown

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Berit Hampel Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Summervibes"

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Beth Youmans USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Here Comes The Sun"

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Coral Cove 2299" Coral Cove 2299

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Salt Flats 2491" Salt Flats 2491

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Scoresby Sound 5634" Scoresby Sound 5634

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Brendan Berryman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Footsteps on Luna" This image was captured at Lake Tyrrell in Northwestern Victoria in Australia, it reminds me of a Luna landscape

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Jokulsarlon Icebergs"

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Brigitte Bourger French Polynesia Nominee Nature Amateur "Vertex"

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Bruce Orr USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Dawn on the River" River Li - Yangshuo, China

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Alone"

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Carol Smokler USA Nominee Nature Amateur "moon in the morning" moon set

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Cecilie Stuedal Norway Nominee Nature Amateur "Forest fire" A controlled burn of a Norwegian national park

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Charita Carter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Reflection" Morning Light at Lake Louise

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Christine Goerner Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Where the Birds Soar"

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Christine Goerner Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise in the High Country" Rays of the early morning sun, fog, and glorious views to the Goulburn River Valley were the recipe for this picture-perfect landscape in the High Country of Victoria, Australia.

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Chuck Hebert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "A Snowy Pier" DescriptionA snowy pier juts out on Lake Tahoe on a cold and peaceful winter day with no one around.

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Dawnflight" Early morning flight to find sweet nectar.

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Cindy Starr USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Dunes"

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Cindy Starr USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise at Zabriskie Point"

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Colin Scott USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow road" Woke up to this.

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Damjan Voglar Slovenia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dunes Of Sahara" Landscape photograph of Sahara Dunes.

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Dana Mikaelle Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Winterland" Winterland

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Dana Mikaelle Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Fall"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Explodes"

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David Mediavilla Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Bruarfoss"

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David Mediavilla Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Calima"

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David G Jones UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Luskentryre Break" This image was captured during 2021 autumn, displaying the early morning mood of Luskentyre Beach, Scotland.

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Debbie Kestenberg USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sedona"

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Debbie Hartley Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Uluru Views"

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Deryk Baumgaertner Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Sitting on the dock of the bay" A scene like from the movie "The Perfect Storm" served as the backdrop for one of my absolute favorite photos from this year's Northern Lights trip.

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Devin Campbell USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn #1"

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Diane Kravetz USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Petal View"

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Diane Epstein USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Dolomites" What a View

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Diane Gelvin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Doris Longwing" I was surprised when this tiny creature let me get so close with my macro lens.

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Dominique Dubied Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Strong couple" wo trees standing in the adversity of the weather in Spring, Switzerland

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Edwin Robinson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fall Colors"

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Elisabeth Murray Portugal Nominee Nature Amateur "Smoke signals" When Mother Nature gives you signs....

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Elizabeth Schatz Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Noor"

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Elizabeth Kazda USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mandala with Maple Leaf and Samaras" A mandala representing birth and death. In-camera multiple exposure of 24 frames of a decaying maple leaf and maple seeds (samaras) photographed on a rotating platform.

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Eric von Schulthess Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "The last winter" It is sad to witness how fast the glaciers are melting. This glacier Arc does not exist anymore - it is gone :-(

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Eric Wiles USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Montrey Sunset" Sun setting on the coastal town of Monterey Ca. revealing its fantastic and brilliant landscape.

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Esakiraja Vr India Nominee Nature Amateur "Me & the sea" Me and the ocean: Love at first sight

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Gary Lopez USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Lavender Fox" About 2,700 light years from Earth, in the constellation Monoceros, is the Fox Fur Nebula, named for its resemblance to a soft, wispy fox stole.

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Gayle Pepper USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue Ridge Falls" Nature falls all around us in spectacular arrays.

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Beach at dawn" Photo taken at Santa Maria del Mar beach at dawn - Cuba

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Graeme Gordon Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Bilgola" Waist deep

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Greg Finnegan Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Lund boat " Boat sitting in Quarry in summer resort Ontario , Canada

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Gregory Hom USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Windansea" Winter Sunset on the California Coast

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Gregory Murray Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Winters Jewel" The Jewel of Winter

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Guenther Reissner Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Dead Horse Point" dead horse point, desert, Utah, state park, usa, sunrise, canyon

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Harvey Silber USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Winter Thaw"

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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Colour and crystals #1" Chemical deposits and crystals occurring naturally in a volcanic lake, Rotorua New Zealand 2016

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Inigo Calles Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Bosque Mediterraneo " Santa Pola, Alicante

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Ivan Vucetic Croatia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dugi Otok" Long star trail over beautiful Dugi Otok in Croatia.

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Ivan Vucetic Croatia Nominee Nature Amateur "Disco Spinner" Long star trail around Polaris in Mala Rava, Croatia

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Jackie Rosenthal USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Stunt Road" Los Angeles smog has worked to my advantage by enhancing these soft layers.

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James Meldrum USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fisheye Trees"

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James Peterson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Winter Storm, South Rim" In the Grand Canyon, a sunset beam and an incoming snow squall collaborate in creating a sublime moment.

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James Peterson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "West Fork Monolith" An enchanted moment in Arizona's red rock country, created with an infrared camera.

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James Alan McClean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Teton Sunset" Gorgeous sunsets assured!

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James Patrick Conway Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "The cloud"

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Jamie Johnston USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Colorado Fall Colors" Winter and Fall meet each other at Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado.

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Jamie Johnston USA Nominee Nature Amateur "First Snowfall" An early fall snow squall quickly turned a beautiful fall afternoon into a winter wonderland.

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Jan Bellamy New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Nature's Eye"

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Jane Kreinberg USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Reaching for the Moon" Reaching for higher heights, at the juncture of sunset and moonrise.

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Jane Kreinberg USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Hints of Autumn"

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Jane Strisik USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Simple " She does it with Grace

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Jane Strisik USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Costa Rica " So Quiet

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Janet MacCausland USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Hope" The power of a sunset is compounded by sunrays which promise peace and hope.

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Jean-Paul Soujol Benedetti France Nominee Nature Amateur "Zastrugis" A snowdrift in subtle polar blue, a world where the cold is king. A work on the aesthetics of color in a minimalist composition.

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Jeff Lucas Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Boundary Bay" Looking south across Boundary Bay to Mount Hood, WA.

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Jesse Mechling USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Zabriskie Point" Zabriskie Point sunrise, Death Valley National Park, CA

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John Doyle USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Pink & Red Tulips" New York Botanical Garden

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Juergen Buechel Liechtenstein Nominee Nature Amateur "Volcano Nights" Night shot of the active volcano De Fuego in Guatemala

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Julio Lucas USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Colorado Skies " Sunset brings out Colorado's painted sky.

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Julio Lucas USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Light" Brilliance and Calm

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Karl Franger Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Forest fires" remnants of smoke from a forest fire

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Kathi Mangel USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Alabama Hills" The Milky Way over the Alabama Hills, California

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Kathy Sergio USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Boneyard Beach Sunrise" Boneyard Beach sunrise at Bull Island

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Keith Manning USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Brúarfoss In Autumn" Autumn colors at the Brúarfoss (waterfall) in Iceland

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Keith Monsoor USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Auroras Borealis Alaska" Northern Lights from the Borland Highway

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Kensaku Tsutsui Japan Nominee Nature Amateur "Seashore at Dusk" The seashore in Japan, known for being painted by ukiyoe artists in the Edo period, turns red at dusk.

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Kent Wisner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Salt Pan Reflections #1" Part of a muli-year study of the salt pans of Malta

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Kerry Maxwell USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Garden Life "

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "in Erwartung" The summer flower "Sonnenhut" just before flowering.

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Kye Bonofiglio Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunken Treasure" What lies beneath

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Lawrence Russ USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Playground at the Edge of the Sea, past Sunset"

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Leif Sohlman Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Walking into fairy land" Walking into fairy land is a photo on the boardway over Dyarna south of city Enkoeping (Enkoping) Sweden a foggy November day 2022. The fog make the pathway, with some imagination,lead into a fairy ta

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Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Canyon"

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Louise Richards Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Emotions" The Ocean Flow - a reflection of human emotions. BlackHead Beach, Black Head NSW Australia.

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Louise Richards Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Emerging" Sunlight embracing the Fog of a new day. Pindimar NSW Australia.

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Luca Nebuloni Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Playing before going to bed" Sunset is coming on a saline in Sicily. Sun seems to like a little fun playing with a windmill before going to sleep. Colors and reflexes on water was so soft and warm.

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Lucy Lasky USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Looking At the Lilies" Monet's garden

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Madeleine Corbeil USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Foggy Morning in the Great Smoky Mountains" Capturing the Great Smoky Mountains required me to re-define my landscape definition because there are few sunny days; most are foggy, misty and present challenging compositions.

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Magnus Karlson Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Diamond beach" Diamonds on the beach, Iceland

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Marc Ward USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Air & Water No.79"

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Mark Appleton Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Heading Out #1" Exploring the colours and patterns as the storm water slowly makes it's way back out during a break in the weather

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Markus van Hauten Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Golden Morning" Trees in a local nature reserve

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee Nature Amateur "Finding the Middle Way" HDR

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee Nature Amateur "Ancient forest" HDR Photography

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee Nature Amateur "Symphony" Conductor, orchestra and a wonderful forest symphony

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Martin Bigmore Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Bellarine Dawn" A glorious summer sunrise above the coastal features of St Leonards in Victoria

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Martin Bigmore Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Scarlet Steps" Almost like a cascade of scarlet, these leaves provide a beautiful natural carpet for the steps

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Martin Moravek Czech Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "By the Lake" The photo was taken in Ramsau by Berchtesgaden, Germany

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Mary Ducca USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Falls" Ducca_Mary_Autumn Falls

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Mary Ducca USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Icelandic Icebergs" Icelandic Icebergs

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Mats Reslow Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Revisit" I photograph this tree one year in spring on an occasion with beautiful light. I have tried several times after that, but this time at late autumn the light was eight again.

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Melinda Goodall USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Nahmakanta Morning" Sunshine penetrates a light morning fog on Lake Nahmakanta in Maine’s North Woods, revealing a patchwork of autumn reflections.

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Incoming" Fully loaded with pollen, this bee prepares for another collection.

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Michael Hills USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Golden Tree in fog" The last remnants of fall hanging on to this lone tree by a foggy lake.

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Michael Brodie USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Spider Web With Dew" A nearly invisible web sparkles from the dew.

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Michel Groleau Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "The wall" Day breaks over Torres del Paine, revealing the magnitude of its cliffs.

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Michelle Lake Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Citadel"

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Neil Williams USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Water Transformations"

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Neil Hunter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "No Boundaries"

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Neil Hunter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fog Lifting"

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Nelson Rudiak USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fiery Sky" A beautiful sunrise in New Hampshire

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Nick Green UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Resiliance" This young tree shows reliance starting its new life in the harsh conditions of the sand dunes the

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Nigel Moyes Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Lavender" That Tree in Wanaka, New Zealand at Dawn.

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Patricia Schnepf USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Bee and the Sunflower" Nature's Companions

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Patricia Bauchman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Iceberg Blue" Shades of blue in an iceberg against a stormy sky in Alaska's Inland Passage

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Paul Hetzel USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Power Of Water"

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Windy Day!" Simonstown , Capetown

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Peter Rees UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Luskentyre " In the Outer Hebrides

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Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Nominee Nature Amateur "Falling leaves" the last leaves are falling from the tree in our garden

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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "The little waterfall"

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Rainer Quesada USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Aphid" An aphid resting on a flower.

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Renate Wasinger Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Spring"

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Reno DiTullio USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Moonscape Overlook" Moonscape Overlook at daybreak, Badlands of Utah, Hanksville, UT

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Richard Petronio USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Winter Sunset" Photographed in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Ricky Knowles Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dusk" Last light of the day illuminates the rocky coastline at Southend, South Australia

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Robert Bolton UK Nominee Nature Amateur "The Mouth of the Monster" The side of a glacial lake in the Highlands of Iceland. The sides had been sculpted over the centuries to make these wonderful patterns. Photograph taken in September 2022

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Roger Parvin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Golden Pond" Mt Pisgha Forrest North Carolina

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Rolf Hoesli Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "In the Highlands"

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Rolf Hoesli Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "High Voltage"

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Ruth Ball Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Misty Autumn Morning"

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Ruth Grindrod UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Black beach wave " Icelandic winter waves roll in huge and slow on one of the many black beaches

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Sally Paterson Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Lake Ohau"

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Scott Bolendz USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Untitled, from the series "Bodies of Ice""

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee Nature Amateur "spring"

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee Nature Amateur "The Golan heights"

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Simone Arrigoni Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Resonance - Blue whale" The Resonance photographic project is a tribute to the secret beauty of Nature by showing the fascinating shapes generated on water by natural objects’ sounds. Photo here presented: Blue whale.

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Sophie Karp USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Big Sky" The view of Lone Peak near Big Sky, MT, on a blue bird day in early winter

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Stefanie van Dijk Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Strand Hollum" storm breakers on Hollum beach with reflexion in the water

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Steffen Mueller Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Drive Home from Radiation Treatment" Last Year I was diagnosed with brain cancer. The world has changed considerably for me - but I'm fine!

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Stephen Mimms USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Canyon Rim v48"

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Stephen Buhagiar Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "Solo" After a snowy night, in the middle of nowhere, this bare tree stood still. Reflection about life: We're born alone, we die alone.

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Steve Majsak USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Monarch Migration" A Monarch butterfly's brief stop in Chicago during their annual migration

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn in the Rockies" A beautiful Fall day in the Rockies of Colorado

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Tumbling Waters" Bubbling brook in the Cascades

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Sue Trower UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Gold"

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Sue Trower UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Natures Triangles"

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Sven Thamm Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Between seasons" The cold breath of the Winter covers the trees with hoarfrost on the right side of the road, while on the left side the warming rays of the sun already summon the Spring. Where will the road lead us:

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Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Echo Point" Blue oil released during daytime heat from the native gum leaves mixes with fog in Australia's Blue Mountains

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Tim Owen USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Winter Glow" Light at sunrise illuminates a tree in a meadow

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Tommy Ervin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "A Desert River Flows" The Green River slowly carves it's away through the desert landscapes of Utah. A passing storm starts to lift just as the sun is about to set, illuminating the canyon below with a soft orange hue.

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Tree on fire" Flamboyán in full bloom

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Serenity"

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)" Canon EOS 5D MKII, tripod/LE. Close-up of the impressive Rhine Falls taken from "Rheinfallweg" at the city of Schaffhausen facing south towards "Schloss Laufen" (light spot), Switzerland, by night.

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Tajogaite" Tajogaite volcano, La Palma

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