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Bhutan horse chase

Stuart Chape

Australia

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Honorable Mention

Vigiil

Series of images of novice monks gathering and chasing horses around a temple in Bhutan as part of annual festival.

Series of images photographed from a light aircraft of the snow-covered glacial landscapes of the South Island, New Zealand. The images record the blue-grey waters of the Tasman, Godley and Cass rivers flowing into Lakes Pukaki and Tekapo from high mountains of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

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Glacial blue

Aerial view from a helicopter of a coastal swimming pool near Sydney, Australia

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Silver

Rock swimming pool

The complex wetland ecosystems of Kakadu National Park in Australia photographed from a helicopter.

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Kakadu designs

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Guiding light

A man and his monkey friend sit beside the Ganges River in India

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Friends

Photographed from a helicopter, these images record part of the complex wetland ecosystems that cover a large part of the vast wild Kakadu landscape in the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Nominee

Kakadu Wetland Designs

This series was photographed from a light aircraft and captures the blue waters of braided blue glacial rivers flowing into lakes from the high mountains of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. The blue colouration of the water is due to fine silt particles  in the water.

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Gold