{"id":328291,"date":"2025-12-05T00:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/328291\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:17:12","slug":"for-this-prestigious-contest-photographers-capture-the-planets-most-stunning-landscapes-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/328291\/","title":{"rendered":"For This Prestigious Contest, Photographers Capture the Planet’s Most Stunning Landscapes \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known as Tse Bitai to the Din\u00e9 (Navajo) people, or \u201cwinged rock,\u201d Ship Rock<\/a> in New Mexico is an otherworldly geological formation rising out of the desert that can be seen for miles around. The result of a massive volcanic eruption, the unique outcrop consists of a monolithic stack and at least six radiating, serpentine ridges of long-cooled lava.<\/p>\n

Originally, Ship Rock was likely a few thousand feet below the ground, but gradual erosion over tens of millions of years has revealed its jagged shape. For Karol Nienartowicz<\/a>, who won second place in this year\u2019s International Landscape Photographer of the Year<\/a> contest, the natural landmark was an irresistible place to document from the air as a storm rolled through the Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n

\"ALukas Trixl (Austria), \u201cThe Land Before Time,\u201d New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand<\/p>\n

One of more than 3,600 entries from photographers around the world for the competition\u2019s 12th edition, Nienartowicz\u2019s image is joined by dozens more honorable mentions that highlight the astonishing diversity of our planet\u2019s surface. Forests, deserts, mountains, lakes, canyons, plains, and many more nuanced ecological systems take center stage in the winners\u2019 striking images.<\/p>\n

A panel of judges chose three winners, with the first place award of Landscape Photographer of the Year presented to J. Fritz Rumpf<\/a>, followed closely by Nienartowicz and Joyce Bealer<\/a>. Another category commended specific photographs, with Lukas Trixl<\/a>\u2019s ethereal capture of New Plymouth, New Zealand, taking the top spot.<\/p>\n

In total, a pool of 101 photographs made the cut for publication in the competition\u2019s annual book, a further 101 of which can be viewed in the online gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"AEnrico Raimondo (Italy), \u201cFrom the cold age,\u201d Capracotta, Molise, Italy<\/p>\n

\"ADennis Hualong Zhang (Armenia), \u201cSupercell,\u201d New Mexico<\/p>\n

\"AJ. Fritz Rumpf (U.S.), \u201cWinter Meditations\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AHenrique Murta (Brazil), \u201cMartian Sculptures,\u201d Tassili N\u2019Ajjer National Park, Algeria<\/p>\n

\"AnMax Terwindt (Netherlands), \u201cAurora Eruption,\u201d Reykjanesbaer, Iceland<\/p>\n

\"AMatt Payne (U.S.), \u201cCracked Earth,\u201d Utah<\/p>\n

\"AAlbert Dros (Netherlands), \u201cPorcelain Shrooms,\u201d Speulder forest, Veluwe Area, the Netherlands<\/p>\n

\"aMartin Mor\u00e1vek (Czech Republic), \u201cMorning in Dolomites,\u201d Dolomites, Italy<\/p>\n

\"AKarol Nienartowicz (Poland), \u201cSalar de Gorbea,\u201d Salar de Gorbea, Atacama, Andes, Chile<\/p>\n

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