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Every year, The Nature Conservancy, an environmental organization, holds a photography competition to celebrate the beauty of nature and raise awareness about the impacts of climate change.
Entries from 196 different countries and territories were judged across six categories, including: climate, landscape, people and nature, plants and fungi, water and wildlife. The winning photographs were carefully selected by a panel of expert judges, including conservation photographer Ami Vitale and Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson.
Chinese photographer Li Ping won the top prize for his drone photograph of a solitary highway in Tibet, flanked on each side by eroded trenches that jut out in the shape of a tree.
This image beat over 100,000 other photos and is a fantastic reward for the photographer's efforts. Along the sides of a highway, seagulls formed by rainwater erosion stretch like trees in Tibet, an autonomous region in southwestern China. To capture this image, photographer Li Ping slept alone in a roadside parking lot overnight before using a drone early in the morning.
"The Riverbank" by Kristin Wright (USA) - First prize in the water category.
A mother elephant seal chases a bird of prey away from her offspring, photographed in the Falkland Islands.
Nicknamed "ghost mushrooms" for their unusual green color, these bioluminescent mushrooms are scientifically known as Omphalotus nidiformis. Their luminescence is visible to the naked eye in complete darkness. They are found in some Australian forests. Locating and photographing them can be challenging as they only grow and glow for a few weeks each year.
Winter in Stokksnes, Iceland, on a beach with black sand and the majestic Vestrahorn mountain.
Giraffes are drinking water from a watering hole in the Zimanga private game reserve, South Africa.
Decades ago, following a dramatic decline in the goliath grouper population, Florida banned fishing, leading to a population increase. Now, there are new plans to reopen fishing operations, which could jeopardize their future once again.
A lively fan-shaped lizard stands guard over its territory. This lizard was photographed on the Chalkewadi plateau in Satara district, western India, the site of one of the largest wind farms in the region. Researchers suggest that the windmills may influence predator behavior, creating opportunities for these small lizards to thrive in this rocky plateau.
An aerial view of two different types of ice in winter: On the right, ice forms quickly; on the left, open water will freeze after a storm removes the ice.
The bush surrounding the giant is one of the most beautiful sights in wild Namibia.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is one of the top tourist destinations in Indonesia.
The slope of Mount Adi, in Navarre, Spain
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Source: The Atlantic
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