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Gianluca Federighi Italy 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Professional "Alien" the Alien thron at the Sunset |
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Peter Meyer Australia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Professional "Lifeblood" `A small reed grows in pure white sand. A tannin stained creek its only source of water. |
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Liam Man UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Professional "Heart of the Glacier" A drone hovers outside this icy labyrinth, illuminating the frozen ripples sculpted into its walls. |
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Marcio Cabral Brazil Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Fireworks" Field of Paepalanthus at sunset, reflecting light, shining like fireworks. |
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Valentin Uta France Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Dune's Edge" At the edge of day and night, the Sahara reveals its endless patterns, shaped by wind and time |
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Vicky Stromee USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Blue Berg" |
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Tom Epperson Philippines Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Monet" Shot in riverbed in Southern California |
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Sebastian Sele Colombia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Borderland Plants #2" Fauna along the US-Mexico border wall |
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Julie Fowells USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Trailsicle" This is the path leading to the apple orchard from my grandfather's house. The night he died I slept outside and woke up to this. |
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David Sieczkiewicz USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Entwined" |
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Gio Fleming France Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Giants and Grazers" The Dolomites rise imposingly in the background while horses graze quitely below |
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Danielle Austen USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Stand Out" Lord Stirling Park, New Jersey |
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Mark Kuhn USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Sand of Time" Sand dunes fill the empty homes of Al Madam on the UAE-Oman border. Known as the 'Ghost Village,' its buried rooms and peeling blue walls tell a haunting tale of abandonment and time's passage. |
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Jean-Sebastien Vaillancourt Canada Honorable Mention Nature Professional "78th parallel north #7" This image was taken on an icebreaker in the middle of the Canadian Arctic. |
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Sant Khalsa USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Ancient Forest" Fallen trees in Northern Arizona from 225 million years ago |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Giant Camera 0242" From my "Giant Camera" series on San Francisco's Ocean Beach; Moonrise Nº2 |
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Steven Hans Lindner USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Two Fronts Meeting" Sunset reflecting on two weather fronts |
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Peter Meyer Australia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Burst" An incoming wave bursts into the sky after being hit by an outgoing wave |
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Steve Zmak USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Luminous" The sun broke over the jagged ridge above Yosemite Valley as a magical mist sat low in the air after it had been snowing all night, and the morning light bounced all around the golden granite valley w |
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Scott Atkinson USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Cottonwood fire" |
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Aaron Citti Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Heat Exchange" Taken on a USA trip hiking in Big Sur |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Nature Professional "White cliffs of Dover" very early in the morning leaving great britain |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Highlands of scotland" |
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Alfonso Calero Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Terraces " When the ocean tides are low in Kumamoto, Japan, the sand dunes reveal themselves at sunset. |
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Andrew Lever UK Nominee Nature Professional "Incandescence" I captured the transient dance of light on the ocean's surface, emphasizing the dynamic interplay of motion and color. The image embodies a sheer pulse of energy and emotion, reflecting both the tranq |
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Angela Di Finizio Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Bamboo" |
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Ashley Garrett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Red Ball of Red" |
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Ben Girardi Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Aurora over Tszil" The Northern Lights shine bright over Tszil mountain in British Columbia. |
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Christian Kleiman United Arab Emirates Nominee Nature Professional "Sunset Reset" Every sunset offers a chance to renovate. |
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Christian Kleiman United Arab Emirates Nominee Nature Professional "Azure" Beneath the cerulean skies of a Fijian island, the majestic coconut palm stands tall and proud. Its silhouette a testament to nature's artistry. This timeless sentinel of the shore tells tales of love |
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Danielle Austen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Autumns Last Glow" Drought reveals drowned trees at the Manansquan Reservoir, New Jersey |
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Danielle Austen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Whispers in the Marsh" Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, New Jersey |
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David Butler USA Nominee Nature Professional "Peralta" View from Peralta Trail in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Taken in 2011. |
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David Sieczkiewicz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dead Ends" |
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David Sieczkiewicz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sail" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Springtime Jubilee" |
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Donn Dobkin USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Deepening" From the unpublished Atlantic Ocean Perspectives series |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Nature Professional "Snail and Sunflower " The image showcases a striking photograph of a snail delicately perched on the stem of a withered sunflower flower. The contrast between the snail’s smooth, glistening shell and the dried, textured |
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Eleszabeth McNeel USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lightly Landed" |
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Frank Bevans USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dune at sunrise" |
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Frank Bevans USA Nominee Nature Professional "Oasis" |
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Frank Bevans USA Nominee Nature Professional "Open Road" |
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Frank Bevans USA Nominee Nature Professional "Twins" |
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Gareth Rockliffe USA Nominee Nature Professional "Cool Blue Too" The stillness of the Gulf |
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Gary Lopez USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dragons of Ara" In the night sky two dragons face off, their wings glowing in fiery colors of reds and oranges. The clouds of space gas and dust that shaped these mythical creatures cuts across the Constellation Ara. |
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Geoffrey McKillop Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Moodja Spirit Tree @ Christmas Tree" |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Nature Professional "Walk the ice path" |
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Gianluca Federighi Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Arcobaleno su cipressini" it appear and disappear in a minute! |
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Gina Socrates UK Nominee Nature Professional "The Beach - St Brelades Bay 2" |
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Glen McClure USA Nominee Nature Professional "Erriff Woods County Mayo Ireland" From the continuing series, The West of Ireland |
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Glen McClure USA Nominee Nature Professional "Grass Waves Morning Light County Mayo Ireland" From the continuing series, The West of Ireland |
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Glen McClure USA Nominee Nature Professional "Bertra view towards Croagh Patrick County Mayo Ireland" From the continuing series, The West of Ireland |
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Glenn Vanderbeke Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Dancing Magnolia" A living, breathing wonder. Dancing Magnolia. |
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H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Biscayne Sunrise VII" An eye for a good photo op, on my dog Coco's daily early morning walk, she brought me to this beautiful sunrise silhouette, Miami Beach, FL |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Nature Professional "Emergence #1" Plant emerging from Lake Waterford, Pasadena, Maryland. |
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Henri Kartmann France Nominee Nature Professional "South 01" In southern Spain, a place where the logic of modern life leaves space for daydreaming. |
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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Nature Professional "Come Visit!" Cypress and tupelo trees beckoning you to enter the magical fairytale world of the swamps. |
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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Nature Professional "Tjornuvik" The sky gradually changes from deep blue to warm hues of orange, pink, and purple as the sun sets. The steep cliffs and distant sea stacks are silhouetted against the vibrant sky. |
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Irene Hill USA Nominee Nature Professional "Beginning of the Everglades" |
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James Bourret USA Nominee Nature Professional "Aspens in Fog, Utah" |
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James Bourret USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Subway" |
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Jamie Davidson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Chincoteague Marsh" Magic light at Chincoteague NWR |
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Janice Tieken USA Nominee Nature Professional "Black Pepper and Hornworm" A painterly garden scene, albeit an intruder dining without invitation |
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Jean Rouzaud France Nominee Nature Professional "When gravity is stopped by a thread of arraignee" Gravity stopped by a spider thread |
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Jean-Sebastien Vaillancourt Canada Nominee Nature Professional "78th parallel north #8" This image was taken on an icebreaker in the middle of the Canadian Arctic. |
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Jean-Sebastien Vaillancourt Canada Nominee Nature Professional "78th parallel north #9" This image was taken on an icebreaker in the middle of the Canadian Arctic. |
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John Siskin USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lightning" Lightning Storm October 18, 2024 |
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Joseph Antonetti USA Nominee Nature Professional "Salt Lake" |
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Josh Levine USA Nominee Nature Professional "Autumnal Rusts" The deep ambers and yellows of hardwood leaves evoke centuries-old oil paints of Amsterdam. |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Nature Professional "Window Ice Floral" |
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Justin Pumfrey UK Nominee Nature Professional "Venus" Venus i |
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Justin Pumfrey UK Nominee Nature Professional "Venus V" Venus |
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Karen Jordan USA Nominee Nature Professional "Rock of Ages" Layers of volcanic strata formed throughout the ages created this curious otherworldly landscape. Only a native penguin resting high on rocks informs us this is the Planet Earth. |
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Katti Borre Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "No title #1" Unbearable beauty in Svalbard |
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Katti Borre Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "No title #2" Unbearable beauty in Svalbard |
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Katti Borre Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "No title #3" unbearable beauty in Svalbard |
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Kevin Vandivier USA Nominee Nature Professional "Walking Aspens" Detail of a grove of aspens from an on going collection called "Drive By Shooting". |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Algonquin 093" Algonquin fall, Ontario |
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Kristina O'Brien USA Nominee Nature Professional "River's Glow" An early fall sunset on the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine. |
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Laurencine Lot France Nominee Nature Professional "Sunset from Britanny" |
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Liam Man UK Nominee Nature Professional "Moonrise Sprites Over Storr" As a moonrise burns across the horizon as lights dance above the Old Man of Storr, in Scotland. |
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Liam Man UK Nominee Nature Professional "Burning Cold" A “Ring of Fire†annular solar eclipse soars overhead as two ice climbers perch atop a glacier. |
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Lou Fischer USA Nominee Nature Professional "Park Avenue Big Dipper" Moab by moon light |
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Lyne Raff USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dramatic Display" |
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Lyne Raff USA Nominee Nature Professional "Closeup" |
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Marcia Loor Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Resting Sea Monster" Greek islet in front of the Santorini coast, making justice to its mythical allures, makes you feel you are gazing at a resting crocodile-like creature.. |
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Mark Art.Visualizations Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "North Sea" Film120, 6x6, Medium Format, Analogue |
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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee Nature Professional "In the silence of the birches" Fog and rain are inherent to autumn. I like to enjoy these magical moments in the silence of the trees. |
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Martin Steenhaut Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Aurora wings" An aurora in Finland creating incredible shapes |
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Michael Barley USA Nominee Nature Professional "Rhythm of the Pacific" 6 foot waves from cruise ship at sunset |
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Michael Lee USA Nominee Nature Professional "Autumn trail" A trail in New Paltz NY during peak fall season. |
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Michel Arnaud USA Nominee Nature Professional "Snow scape in Rust " Stormy weather |
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Michelle Ranee Johnson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Illuminate" The skies were getting dark while the sun was still illuminating the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, one evening during sunset in April 2024. Ndee/Nnēē, Yavapai Apache, Tonto Apaches, Diné, |
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Michelle Ranee Johnson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Foggy Sunrise" A foggy morning during sunrise at Green River Lakes, Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA. |
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Mike DeCesare USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ancient Cedars" |
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Mike DeCesare USA Nominee Nature Professional "Misty Morning" |
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Nathanael Rehlander USA Nominee Nature Professional "Cyber Sunset" Cyberpunk blue hour over Bonham Lake |
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Nathanael Rehlander USA Nominee Nature Professional "Moon Bench" A quiet night to sit and think |
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Nathanael Rehlander USA Nominee Nature Professional "Washed Out" Trees and leaves peek out of a swollen river, days after a torrential storm in Dallas, TX |
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Nicol Hockett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Great North American Eclipse No. 3" |
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Nicol Hockett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Great North American Eclipse No. 4" |
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Nicol Hockett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Great North American Eclipse No. 5" |
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Nicol Hockett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Great North American Eclipse No. 6" |
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Ola Hvattum Norway Nominee Nature Professional "The end of the world" The last Norwegian fishing village, before the white horizon. |
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Ola Hvattum Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Kingdom of Norway" Sea and sky. Towering cliffs and a commercial fishing boat. All in perfect harmony. It is the Kingdom of Norway. |
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Paul Dileanis USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ibex Dunes Blue Hour" Blowing sand and soft pre dawn light illuminate the ephemeral beauty of a changing landscape. |
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Paul Broben Australia Nominee Nature Professional "One Tree Paddock" Standing tall amoungst the crop. |
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Paul Dodd Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Aurora Australis" Aurora Australis |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Nature Professional "Still and Cool" While the Norwegian Arctic is rugged and beautiful, its landscape and wildlife are impacted by global warming. |
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Paulo Olivier Hanshing Chile Nominee Nature Professional "Atardecer Epico" Un atardecer realmente encendido en la zona costera cercana a la caleta Talcaruca, Chile. |
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Pim van der Maden Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Kuinderbos" |
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Puck Soetens Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Colors of the Ocean #4" |
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Puck Soetens Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Colors of the Ocean #1" |
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Rainer K. Lampinen Finland Nominee Nature Professional "Teide" Teide |
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Ric Kallaher USA Nominee Nature Professional "February Skies/The Accuracy of Silence" February Skies - The Accuracy of Silence |
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Ric Kallaher USA Nominee Nature Professional "February Skies/Cloud Signals Pursuing the Sun" February Skies/Cloud Signals Pursuing the Sun |
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Richard Mack USA Nominee Nature Professional "Northern Lights in Chicago" On October 10th, 2024 the sun spots created a big magnetic field scoring 8kp in Chicago, Illinois. That is unheard of. People flocked the the Lake Michigan lakefron to see the spectacular show. |
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Rob van Esch Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "The colors from inside" Geothermal field in Reporoa, New Zealand |
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Robert Nowak USA Nominee Nature Professional "Volcanic Glass" Volcanic Glass, Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Oregon |
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Ron Smid Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Thirty Thousand Islands" While paddling my canoe among the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay I was rewarded with capturing this image of the sun attempting to burn through the autumn morning mist. |
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Ron Smid Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Englishman River Falls in Winter" After a rare winter storm, I captured this thirteen minute twilight exposure of Englishman River Falls on Vancouver Island using my Canon F1 camera and Fuji Velvia film. |
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Roy Pope USA Nominee Nature Professional "Skeleton Saguaro,Superstition Mountains, Arizona" Skeleton Saguaro, Superstition Mountains, Arizona |
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Scott Atkinson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Backwater" |
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Scott Wurzel USA Nominee Nature Professional "Flow State" Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. The title references that feeling when you are deeply embedded in a moment. |
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Scott Wurzel USA Nominee Nature Professional "Wave Over Wave" The scale of Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado is impossible to even hold in your head, even in person. |
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Scott Atkinson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Afternoon in the badlands" |
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Scott Atkinson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Winter branches" |
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Scott Atkinson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Frosted fall grasses" |
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Scott Atkinson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Surf stack at sunset" |
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Stefanie Hauger Singapore Nominee Nature Professional "Evening Palette" I watched in awe as the sky transformed into a painter's dream. |
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Stephan Fengler Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Buche" flattened trees Trees are much more than just aesthetically pleasing subjects. They are vital parts of our ecosystem. Trees play an important role in reducing CO2 in the atmosphere. They are crucial f |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "In Flight" Single image capture East Coast Australia. no ai used in this image |
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Steve Zmak USA Nominee Nature Professional "Trust The Light" The Big Sur seawater broke violently inside the rock tunnel creating a wind of swirling mist, but the beam of light remained unbroken and unmoved. |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "The Billabong Australia" In a tree by a brook there is a songbird who sings ,sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Storm Sea" Massive swell Malabar Headland Sydney Australia 2024 |
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Steve Gosling UK Nominee Nature Professional "In The Face Of The Storm" A dead tree stood defiantly in the field as the storm clouds moved in. |
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Steven Farah Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Dormant" |
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Steven Farah Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Peak's Reflection" |
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Terje Skaare Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Foggy night" Foggy night in Norway |
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Terje Skaare Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Spring time" Spring time in Oppstryn/Norway |
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Timothy A. Campbell Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Crystal Paint" Farm Life |
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Timothy A. Campbell Canada Nominee Nature Professional "H2O" Magic Pond |
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Todor Tilev Ireland Nominee Nature Professional "Lonely Flower" I visited Burren in County Clare in Ireland, where I took this picture. |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ocean Beach 0031" from my "Ocean Beach, San Francisco" series |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ocean Beach 0038b" from my "Ocean Beach, San Francisco" series |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ocean Beach 0011" from my "Ocean Beach, San Francisco" series |
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Ton Dirven Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Lost light" |
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Tonino Vicari USA Nominee Nature Professional "Man V Nature" MAN V NATURE |
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Tony Sweet USA Nominee Nature Professional "Swift River Reflection" Peak fall color in the White Mountains of New Hampshire reflects the season in the rushing river. |
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Victor Elias USA Nominee Nature Professional "Crater Lake in Winter " A chilled winter afternoon in Crater Lake |
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Will Fields USA Nominee Nature Professional "Rainy Autumn" The colors of a New Hampshire Autumn glow in a light, misting rian. |
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Will Fields USA Nominee Nature Professional "Zion Waterfall" This is why we need to protect our National Parks! |
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William King USA Nominee Nature Professional "Spotted Lanternfly Infestation" Spotted Lanternfly Invasion in Marine Park 's Salt Marsh Nature Center, the largest city park in Brooklyn, New York. |
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Yoshiteru Yamamoto Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Morning Mt Fuji" Morning Mt Fuji |
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Yvon Jolivet Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Storm over yellow field" Light yellow field under a dark sky not so far away. Those who sicken of the calm sometimes know the storm. |
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Yvon Jolivet Canada Nominee Nature Professional "The twilight fishermen" When the sun go down and the water is calm, fishermen try to catching fish under a paradise sky. |
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Yvon Jolivet Canada Nominee Nature Professional "String of pearls" String of pearled water captured by web. |