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PHOTOGRAPHY
Winners of the Nature
Conservancy Photo
Competition
The nature that surrounds us is often taken for granted - it is simply there. But when we look at it, we ignore heavy industrialization,
modernization, and other factors, man-made, that harm and destroy our wonderful nature and raise a serious fear that in the future it
will no longer exist. The Nature Conservancy is one of the leading organizations in the world in its activities to preserve the nature of our
world and in protecting land and sea of ecological importance.
In order to raise awareness of the need to preserve the environment, the organization initiates a particularly successful annual photography
competition, which, this year, has had more than 50,000 photos, taken by photographers from more than 135 countries around the globe,
submitted. Recently, the winning pictures were announced, and we invite you to take a look at some of the leading and most impressive ones.
"Stallions
Playing"
Photo: Camille Briottet, Lyon, France.
Winner of the competition
The winning picture shows a pair of
stallions standing on their hind legs -
their bodies raised in the air, as they
play in a puddle of mud, splashing
in all directions. Without a doubt,
the power of nature and animals is
fully expressed here in this simple
picture.
"Serenity"
Photo: Jeremy Stevens,
Pennsylvania, USA
This magical snowy landscape, with
the glittering waterfall at the center
of the picture, was documented in
January 2018 on Lake Aldeyjarfoss
in Iceland. The photographer who
documented this wonderful picture,
Jeremy Stevens, testified that he
likes to climb into the most difficult to
reach places since they are the most
peaceful.
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