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Off-World Morning, Door Trail

Charles Farlow

United States of America

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Bright purple-red clouds signal the approaching sunrise and illuminate sedimentary rocks, lending a sense of viewing another world. The photograph was captured near the Door Trail in Badlands National Park, North Unit, South Dakota (USA).

Honorable Mention

The sedimentary layers of Dead Horse Point begin to come alive as sunrise approaches. The photograph was taken with daylight white balance near Moab, Utah (USA).

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Nominee

Blue Hour at Dead Horse Point II

Taken a few minutes before sunset, this photograph captures the beauty of light as it illuminates canyon walls below the Green River Overlook in Canyonlands National Park, Utah (USA). The image was minimally processed with no local adjustments or color grading.

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Fleeting Highlights

The contours of sand dunes provide an interesting foreground for clouds of an encroaching late afternoon storm. This image was captured in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado (USA).

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Contours of Sand and Storm

The northern lights as viewed near Tofte, Minnesota (USA), during a severe geomagnetic storm. Purple light (the “fringes”) is emitted when charged particles collide with low-altitude nitrogen atoms. Daylight white balance.

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Colors of Tofte

Two in-focus water droplets are suspended from one leaf of a Milky Iris after a morning rainstorm. The reflection of other leaves can be seen on the face of each droplet.

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On Edge IV

A few dunes have yet to be illuminated in this early morning image taken in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

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Dunes after Sunrise II

The northern lights as viewed from the top of Palisade Head, a headland overlooking the North Shore of Lake Superior.