lensculture earth awards 2015 - selected entries (3)

LensCulture Earth Awards 2015 — Selected Entries (3)1

Sitting on a powder keg.© Ivan Tykhy, Ukraine 2

© Ivan Tykhy, Ukraine3

Lake Ypawu© Ricardo Teles, Brazil

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Lake Ypawu© Ricardo Teles, Brazil

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Lake Ypawu© Ricardo Teles, Brazil

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Traditional fishing is rapidly disappearing from the Li River, Guilin © Carlos Ribas Monteiro, Portugal 7

© Carlos Ribas Monteiro, Portugal 8

Salt Mountains© Gavin Burnett, UK

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Harvesting salt in Gujarat, India—a treacherous job. In the words of a veteran, "If you're a salt-pan worker, you have three ways to die: first gangrene, second TB or third blindness."Old age did not make the list. © Gavin Burnett, UK 10

© Kenneth Kao

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© Kenneth Kao

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Phreatic fracture in salt plain of Dallol© Stefano Pensotti, Italy 13

Phreatic fracture in salt plain of Dallol© Stefano Pensotti, Italy 14

gases tóxicos "Sangra la Tierra (Earth Bleeds)" © Iñigo Azkona, Spain 15

Winter day in Moscow © Alexander Petrenko, Switzerland

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THE LAST FIGHT | After the Future © Thierry Konarzewski, France

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#4 Dune © Seung Jae Kim, USA

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Clouded Sky © Akihide Hashimoto, Japan

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Underwater photo shot with a crocodile in the Caribbean Sea.We can coexist with all forms of life on the planet.© Ricardo Castillo Miguez, Mexico 20

This way—Mum showing the way to go to her baby, Central Serengeti, Tanzania © Dalida and Andrew Innes, Australia

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©Simone Sbaraglia

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El Búfalo y el Río © Amaury Cabrera, Spain 23

Defense mode ON © Alex Postigo, Spain 24

Floating Ice © Igo Bione, Brazil

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Celebration of Wildlife Colors © Kostas Milonakis, Greece

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© Stefano Soverini, Italy27

Firefly Flight © Joao Lemes, Brazil

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Chameleon Abstract©Simone Sbaraglia 29

Dancing Jellyfish © John Carlson, Australia

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El niño © Ricardo Castillo Miguez, Mexico

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© Simone Sbaraglia

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© Simone Sbaraglia

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© Simone Sbaraglia

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brown bear ,sun and rain© Corrado Mariani, Italy

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Blue Iceland #3—a conceptual image implying man's growing isolation from the natural landscape.© Paul Rose, USA

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A glacial lake forms at the heart of a crevasse field. Knik Glacier Palmer, AK.©Nicholas Guy, United States 37

A glacial lake forms at the heart of a crevasse field. Knik Glacier Palmer, AK.©Nicholas Guy, United States 38

© Seung Jae Kim, United States 39

The World In Half—on Lake Baikal. The lake is the world's oldest, largest, deepest (and clearest) freshwater lake.© Alexey Trofimov, Russia

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Glacial Waters © Ivana George, USA 41

Paris © Pierre Alberic Ortholary, France

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© Iñaki Larrea, Spain

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HERE>THERE .© William Rugen, USA 44

HERE>THERE .© William Rugen, USA 45

© Tine Poppe, Norway46

Deconstructing the American South-West © Marco Annaratone, Germany 47

© Sherry Malotte, United States48

© Sherry Malotte, United States49

© Meril DAREES50

© Meril DAREES51

Moonwalkers, Sicily © Simona De Marchis, Italy 52

Lone Tree with Sky © Gary Wagner, USA 53

Aurora over Sommaroy, Arctic Norway © Sandra Jordan, UK

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pavoreal© Beatriz Martinez Del Campo Ricoy, Spain

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Un paseo por las nubes © Miguel Angel Iglesias Lopez, Spain

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Ancha es Castilla© Jose Francisco Arias Fernandez, Spain 57

Ha'ena Beach Downpour Double Rainbow © Andrew Hara, USA 58

Waterberg - Antarctica. Around 90 percent of all the fresh water on Earth is contained in the Antarctic ice sheet. © Jean De Pomereu, France 59

© Christopher Hosken, Australia 60

Pinggan Village © Maki Sumawijaya, Indonesia

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Tanzania © Olimpia Cavriani, Italy 62

© Olimpia Cavriani, Italy63

Anastomizing Streams, Alaska © Nicholas Guy, USA

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The Sea of Clouds © Cedar Kraus, USA

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The Sea of Clouds © Cedar Kraus, USA 66

Replenish © Daragh Muldowney, Ireland

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© Daragh Muldowney, Ireland

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Sunset, Peru © Eric Hodges, USA

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Un tuffo nel sole © Eugenio Gianotti, Italy

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Kevin's Tree © Victor Spencer, USA

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© Anna Patalon, Poland

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The Village—Sződliget© Gabor Dvornik, Hungary

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"Dreamland"© Melissa Lazuka, United States 74

"Dreamland"© Melissa Lazuka, United States 75

Beauty—and death© Victor Diaz Lamich, Canada 76

North Bondi © Jeremy Cresswell, Australia 77

Sleeping Giant© Hidenobu Suzuki, Japan

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Overlooking Halemaumau Crater© Andrew Richard Hara, USA 79

Chimpanzee, Uganda © Stefano Soverini, Italy

04/23/2015 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.CAll photos were taken Lens Culture. THE END 80