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 Super Mega Bolt Hits The Monterey Bay

Steve Zmak

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

" Super Mega Bolt Hits The Monterey Bay"
August 16, 2020-This rare thunderstorm set off some of the largest fires in California history.



Flying Saucer Cloud, County Mayo, Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Flying Saucer Cloud, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Inky Sea

Murielle Etc

France

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Inky Sea"
A black Sea, black as ink. I try to show the dark and mysterious part of the Sea, but also and always its prodigious beauty that bewitches us.



Canyon X

Aaron Citti

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Canyon X"
USA Canyon



Chernobyl forest

Caesar Lima

USA

Honorable Mention

"Chernobyl forest"
Chernobyl forest



Leaning Wood

Brian Eastwood

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Leaning Wood"



'Moor'

Peter Schulte

Germany

Honorable Mention

"'Moor'"
»Moor«



Gray Matter

Alys Williams

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Gray Matter"
Lobes of the Saharan brain.



Dragonflies Caught In Spider Web

Clarence Lin

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dragonflies Caught In Spider Web"
Jeju Island, South Korea.



Mountain View of US-Mexico Border

Liyun Yu

USA

Honorable Mention

"Mountain View of US-Mexico Border"
Aerial photograph captured from air space of US-Mexico Border.



Vegetal Symphony

David Frutos Egea

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Vegetal Symphony"
This plant formation reminded me of a musical score full of rhythm.



Dent d'Herens

Gaudenz Danuser

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Dent d'Herens"
swiss alps, mountain, winter



Fenced In

Mike DeCesare

USA

Honorable Mention

"Fenced In"



sand dune

Luciano Monti

Italy

Honorable Mention

"sand dune"



Guided by Moonlight

Carol Horigan

USA

Honorable Mention

"Guided by Moonlight"
Canyons on Navajo Lands in the enchanted SW US



Antarctic Landscape

Aleksander Myklebust

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Antarctic Landscape"
This photo was taken in Mikkelsen Harbour, Antarctica in november 2019.



Beginning

Hilda Champion

USA

Honorable Mention

"Beginning"
Thin rhizomes are leading out of the darkness of the water and anchor the first thin leaves.



Balance

Leeanne Mason

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Balance"
Balancing Rocks



 Light contrast

Rie Asada

Japan

Honorable Mention

" Light contrast"
The morning sun illuminated only the trees, and a beautiful monotone gradation appeared.



Natures Patterns at Silver Strand

Glen McClure

USA

Honorable Mention

"Natures Patterns at Silver Strand"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Milky Way Skynight with Meteor shower

Thomas Margrave

USA

Honorable Mention

"Milky Way Skynight with Meteor shower"
I captured beautiful skynight during Milky way with meteor shower!



Dawn Over the Hills at Inle Lake - Myanmar

John W. McDermott

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dawn Over the Hills at Inle Lake - Myanmar"
Sunlight breaks through the clouds and sets the fog aglow over the hills at Inle Lake.



The Wave

Dietmar Tallroth

Finland

Honorable Mention

"The Wave"
From the series "Silence in Movement - Nature's Force"



Journey

Aaron Citti

Australia

Nominee

"Journey "
Flinders Ranges, Australia



Face of the Rock

Alain Ernoult

France

Nominee

"Face of the Rock"
FACE OF THE ROCK CALLED EL CAPITAN, IN THE PAST TUTOKANULA, IN THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (usa)



autumn

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Nominee

"autumn"



Nuranang Falls

Amit Verma

India

Nominee

"Nuranang Falls"
Arunachal Pradesh, India.



Cinderella

Amy Arbus

USA

Nominee

"Cinderella"
Atlanta, GA 2019



The Hug

Amy Arbus

USA

Nominee

"The Hug"
Provincetown, MA 2019



Tree. Hill. Snow. Sun.

Andrew B Church

USA

Nominee

"Tree. Hill. Snow. Sun."
The late afternoon shadow of a tree falls on newly fallen snow near Stephens College in Columbia, MO



Big Sky

Annette Willis

Australia

Nominee

"Big Sky"



Reach for the Sky

Brian Eastwood

New Zealand

Nominee

"Reach for the Sky"



Stand in the fog

Cain Shimizu

Japan

Nominee

"Stand in the fog"
The two trees in the fog were like paintings.



Wandering fog

Cain Shimizu

Japan

Nominee

"Wandering fog"
I like the foggy landscape.



Guided by Starlight

Carol Horigan

USA

Nominee

"Guided by Starlight"
Canyons on Navajo Lands in the SW US



The Great Fountain Geyser

Charlotte Gibb

USA

Nominee

"The Great Fountain Geyser"
The very Earth seems to exhale steamy breath in Yellowstone National Park.



Moonlight

Clarence Lin

USA

Nominee

"Moonlight"



Storm Waves

Danielle Austen

USA

Nominee

"Storm Waves"
Passing Storm through the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.



Veil

David Collier

New Zealand

Nominee

"Veil"



The Wave

David Gubernick

USA

Nominee

"The Wave"



Endurance

Dietmar Tallroth

Finland

Nominee

"Endurance"
From the series "Water Stories"



Standing One

Dragomir Vukovic

USA

Nominee

"Standing One"
One quiet being strong...



Resilience.

Eduardo Loria

Costa Rica

Nominee

"Resilience."
I choose to capture this tree because it has an ability that we need more than ever: resilience.



Moment Of Magic

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Nominee

"Moment Of Magic"
The Magic behind a good sunset at White Pockets AZ



Birth

Felipe Abraham

Chile

Nominee

"Birth"



Spider

Gary Browne

Spain

Nominee

"Spider"
A dead tree photographed in the Spanish campo. From a low perspective it seems to be very much alive and takes on the appearance of a giant spider emerging from the undergrowth



Storm Euctice, Ramsgate

Gary Latham

UK

Nominee

"Storm Euctice, Ramsgate"
Storm Euctice hits Ramsgate



Canyon In Winter

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee

"Canyon In Winter"



Cool Cool Water

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee

"Cool Cool Water"



Snowy Forest

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee

"Snowy Forest"



Upon This Rock

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee

"Upon This Rock"



Prairie Storm

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee

"Prairie Storm"



skeena snow mountains

George Kavanagh

Ireland

Nominee

"skeena snow mountains"
skeena snow mountains



terre di toscana

Gianluca Federighi

Italy

Nominee

"terre di toscana"
The way of the soul is a way to walk and turn around just to look at our footprints 🖤👣



Lough Cullen Shapes, County Mayo, Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Lough Cullen Shapes, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Sand Patterns at Silver Strand County Mayo Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Sand Patterns at Silver Strand County Mayo Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Blowing Sand at Silver Strand

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Blowing Sand at Silver Strand"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Cloud Cap Sky, Doo Lough, County Mayo, Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Cloud Cap Sky, Doo Lough, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Florida Lagoon

H. Allen Benowitz

USA

Nominee

"Florida Lagoon"
A virgin place, untouched, where nature originated before development, Miami Shores Golf Course.



Elements

Hilda Champion

USA

Nominee

"Elements"
Wind, sun, and water are powerful forces and can destroy human card houses any time.



A Morning to Remember

Jeff Johnson

USA

Nominee

"A Morning to Remember"
Early morning surprise at the Great Sand Dunes in south-central Colorado



5-Million-Year-Old Kiss

Joel Simpson

USA

Nominee

"5-Million-Year-Old Kiss"
Detail of the formation at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California



Beach Serie 1

Joerg Barkholz

Germany

Nominee

"Beach Serie 1"
Way to the Beach.



Road Trip

John Marshall

USA

Nominee

"Road Trip"
Summer Trip Through The Big Cypress Swamp



Grove II

Juergen Lechner

Germany

Nominee

"Grove II"



Lost in Minds

Karel Mus

Belgium

Nominee

"Lost in Minds"
The landscape in my Mind



Perch

Ken Loyst

USA

Nominee

"Perch"
A solo gull overlooks his perch



Still Standing

Kimara Wilhite

USA

Nominee

"Still Standing"
A tree still standing at the boneyard on Hunting Island, SC



Japanese cedar

Kunio Nakaoka

Japan

Nominee

"Japanese cedar "



Hurricane Dorian

Lee Gordon

USA

Nominee

"Hurricane Dorian"
Hurricane Dorian building offshore



River flow

Leo Pelletier

Canada

Nominee

"River flow"



Uprooted

Lisa F. Fleischmann

Canada

Nominee

"Uprooted"
This is just one of many, giant, ancient forest remnants found in Cathedral Grove, Vancover Island, B.C. The biggest trees in the Grove are about 800 years old and measure 75 m (250 ft) in height.



Okefenokkee Treees

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Okefenokkee Treees"



Badlands Spires

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Badlands Spires "



Morning Meditations

Luciano Freaza

Brazil

Nominee

"Morning Meditations"
Sunrise at Itacimirim´s estuary.



Moon Over Capitol Reef

Lynne Eodice

USA

Nominee

"Moon Over Capitol Reef"
A full moon rising over Capitol Reef National Park, Utah



Autumn floats

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

"Autumn floats"
The leaves float above the waterfall with a life of their own...autumn floats



End song

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

"End song"
Though it is still autumn, the snows of winter arrive in the Wasatch mountains...end song.



Turbine Storm

Mark Duffy

Canada

Nominee

"Turbine Storm"
Major Storm over Wind Turbine



In the fog

Mauro Zorer

Italy

Nominee

"In the fog"
The trees on a foggy morning in Val d'Orcia



Reeds and Water

Michael Hart

USA

Nominee

"Reeds and Water"
Reeds and Water, Acadia National Park



Tra na mBo - Strand Of The Cow

Michael McLaughlin

Ireland

Nominee

"Tra na mBo - Strand Of The Cow"
Devonian age monolith is part of a complex of sites along the Copper Coast



Marsh Kiss

Nicole Robinson

USA

Nominee

"Marsh Kiss"



Lowcountry CLassic

Nicole Robinson

USA

Nominee

"Lowcountry CLassic"



Antarctica

Odette Sugerman

USA

Nominee

"Antarctica "
The Bottom of the world



Raven's View

Oliver Klink

USA

Nominee

"Raven's View"



The Wonder of Winter

Oliver Klink

USA

Nominee

"The Wonder of Winter"



Across the Lake

Paul McClenaghan

Australia

Nominee

"Across the Lake"
4.30am fog rolls through the distant hills across the lake.



Dune Face, Tukkee Sandblow

Peter Meyer

Australia

Nominee

"Dune Face, Tukkee Sandblow"
Wind lines on the face of a dune



Arabian Desert

Peter Rodger

USA

Nominee

"Arabian Desert"
kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Sense of Scale



autumn-landscape

Rainer Thrum

Germany

Nominee

"autumn-landscape"



Soledad

Ramiro Salazar

USA

Nominee

"Soledad"
I felt alone like the tree and the stone



Black beach #2

Renata Vale

Brazil

Nominee

"Black beach #2"
Black beach - Iceland - 10/21



Exultation

Richard Dweck

USA

Nominee

"Exultation"



Winter Shadow

Rie Asada

Japan

Nominee

"Winter Shadow"
The winter light cast a shadow on the snow surface.



Suspicious Mt. Fuji

Rie Asada

Japan

Nominee

"Suspicious Mt. Fuji"
Surrounded by suspiciously shaped trees, Mt. Fuji looked particularly shining.



Ghost Falls

Robert Nowak

USA

Nominee

"Ghost Falls"
Lupin Falls, Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada



Spring Island Trees 4

Robert Tardio

USA

Nominee

"Spring Island Trees 4"
Spring Island Trees 4



Spring Island Trees 5

Robert Tardio

USA

Nominee

"Spring Island Trees 5"
Spring Island Trees 5



Rough Patch

Rod Spark

Australia

Nominee

"Rough Patch"
Ben Lomond Tasmania



up

Ruud Peters

France

Nominee

"up"



Glacial Landscape

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Nominee

"Glacial Landscape"
Iceland



Mist on Porte d'Aval

Scott Wurzel

USA

Nominee

"Mist on Porte d'Aval"
A Mist on the English Channel rolls in over Porte d'Aval in Étretat



PO

Sergio Bruno

Italy

Nominee

"PO"
Kallitype from film's negative



Holy Stream

Shinya Itahana

Japan

Nominee

"Holy Stream"
Water falls like a ray of light on a rugged cliff (Tottori Prefecture)



Millennium Tree

Stephen Hayes

Ireland

Nominee

"Millennium Tree"
This image is of an evergreen oak tree planted on New Year's Day in the year 2000.



Crash-Grand Haven lighthouse

Stone Peng

USA

Nominee

"Crash-Grand Haven lighthouse"
Big Crash at Grand Haven Lighthouse



Columnar

Stuart Chape

Australia

Nominee

"Columnar"



Surreal

Susan Dykstra

Canada

Nominee

"Surreal"
Floating rock shelf with icicles



Little Iceberg

Susan Brunner

Switzerland

Nominee

"Little Iceberg"
At Glacier Bay in Iceland, Icebergs float to the Ocean and get washed ashore with the tide



Pylon Study

Terry Wild

USA

Nominee

"Pylon Study"
West Warf, Madison, CT. Middle Beach area.



Lofoten

Victor S. Brigola

Germany

Nominee

"Lofoten"
Reduce to the Max.



Wind

Virgilijus Usinavicius

Lithuania

Nominee

"Wind"



Ephemeral

Warren Keelan

Australia

Nominee

"Ephemeral"
A waterspout captured from the ocean's surface on the South East Coast of Australia.



 Shan Shui in Dutch landscape #1

Wieneke de Leeuw

Netherlands

Nominee

" Shan Shui in Dutch landscape #1"
Fog is related to my two-sided sudden deafness. fog muffles the sound.



Mt RobsonRoad

Yoshiteru Yamamoto

Canada

Nominee

"Mt RobsonRoad"
Mr. Robson Road



Carved Canyon

Zach Miller

USA

Nominee

"Carved Canyon"
Narrow passageways carved from red sandstone, seasonal flood rains, and wind.



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