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See the stunning winning photographs from WikiLoves Earth 2015

0 COMMENTSBY VIRA MOTORKO ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2015

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Our 2015 winner comes from Lower Kachura Lake, a popular tourist destination in Central

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Karakoram National Park, Skardu, Pakistan. Image by   Zaeemsiddiq, freely licensed under  CC-by-

SA 3.0. 

Wiki Loves Earth, a competition where participants take photographs of protected

natural areas and upload their photos to Wikimedia Commons, was held internationally

for the second time in 2015 with 26 countries. The contest is over, and we are now

able to present the international winners.

The goal of Wiki Loves Earth is two-fold. First, we aim to photograph as many natural

monuments and protected areas as possible and release the imagery under a free

license. Second, we contribute to environmental protection by raising public

awareness.

The idea of Wiki Loves Earth began in Ukraine in 2013. In 2014, Wiki Loves Earth was

 joined by 15 other countries from four different continents—Europe, Asia, Africa and

America.

During 2015, over 100,000 pictures were submitted by nearly 9,000 participants.

Wiki Loves Earth was organised through numerous national contests, coordinated by

local volunteers. The national juries then submitted up to 10 pictures to the

international stage of the contest. With 26 participating countries, the international jury

had to consider a total of 259 candidate pictures. The jury selected and ranked the

photos in several stages by means of a dedicated web tool.

The international jury was composed of 9 photographers from different countries, all

experienced in nature photography: Dmytro Balkhovitin (Ukraine), Matthew Buck

(Great Britain), Dietmar Bartz (Germany), Walaa Abdel Manaem (Egypt), Alex Wang

(USA), Katerina Zareva-Simeonova (Bulgaria), Zeynel Cebeci (Turkey), Susanne

Plank (Austria), and Yathin Krishnappa (India).

After careful evaluation jury members have selected the following images, in addition

to the winning image above. 

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Second place: a view of the Laurisilva (laurel forest) of Madeira, Portugal. Photo by   Jnvalves, freely

licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Third place: the  Alpine ibex  (Capra ibex), or Steinbock, in an Austrian national park in the Hohe

Tauernmountain range. Photo by  Bernd Thaller , freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Fourth place: a spider ( Misumena vatia ) with a freshly killed bee in the Bratental nature reserve,

near Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Photo by Suhaknoke, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA

3.0. 

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Fifth place: a European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) i n Ichkeul National Park , 

Tunisia. Photo byElgollimoh, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Sixth place: Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Vian and

retouched by Iifar, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 4.0. 

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Seventh place: Wolayer See and surrounding area, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by GeKo15, freely

licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Eight place: cormorants at dusk on the pond of  Vaccarès, France. Photo by Ddeveze, freely

licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Ninth place: limestone stalagmites inside the Anhumas Abyss, Brasil. Photo by Caio Vilela, freely

licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Tenth place: High Tatras as seen from the Polish Spisz , Tatry Natura 2000 Special Area of

Conservation, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Photo by Łukasz Śmigasiewicz, freely licensed

under  CC-by-SA 3.0 (pl). 

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Eleventh place: Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Salines de Thyna Ramsar site,

Tunisia.Photo by Elgollimoh, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

Twelfth place: Khlong Lan Waterfall , Khlong Lan National Park , Kamphaeng Phet Province,

Thailand .Photo by Khunkay, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Thirteenth place: the Malakatyn River at Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, part of the Lena Delta Wildlife

Reserve, Sakha, Russia. Photo by Boris Solovyev, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Fourteenth place: Morning in Tolkuse bog, Luitemaa Nature Conservation Area, Pärnu County,

Estonia.Photo by Märt Kose, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

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Fifteenth place: Lines left after skiing on the snowy slopes of Baba Mountain, Pelister National Park , 

Macedonia. Photo by Ptahhotep, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 4.0. 

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Special nomination: Apis Mellifera drone—moment at birth, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil. This image

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received a high rating from the jurors, but as it was not taken in a protected area, it was not eligible

for an award .Photo by Jonathan Wilkins, freely licensed under  CC-by-SA 3.0. 

The full report of the international jury, explaining the work of the jury, selection

process and presenting the results together with comments of the jury, is available. 

Congratulations to the winners and thank you for everyone who worked on

organisation of the contest this year!

Vira Motorko

Wiki Loves Earth international team