PHOTOS: Winners of the 2017 BigPictures Wildlife Photo Contest

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Fourth vintage BigPicture natural world photography competition goals to have a good time the variety of life on Earth and encourages people to guard and preserve it. The competition organized by the California Academy of Sciences received hundreds of entries, and listed here are the winners.

1. Confiscated: Grand Prize Winner These elephant foot footrests are amongst roughly 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products held on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Repository near Denver, Colorado. Photo: Britta Jaschinski

2. Feather in the Flames: Winged Life Finalist Farmers in Singur, West Bengal, India burn stubble left after the harvest, and black drongos attack insects fleeing the flames Photo: Kallol Mukherjee — 2. Feather within the Flames: Winged Life Finalist Farmers in Singur, West Bengal, India burn stubble left after the harvest, and black drongos attack insects fleeing the flames Photo: Kallol Mukherjee

3. Synchronized Sleepers: Man/Nature FinalistFranco Banfi and his fellow divers were following a pod of sperm whales in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the Commonwealth of Dominica when they suddenly seemed to fall into a vertical sleep. Scientists discovered that they were first observed in 2008. These massive marine animals spend about 7% of their time sleeping. Photo: Franco Banfi — 3. Synchronized Sleepers: Man/Nature FinalistFranco Banfi and his fellow divers were following a pod of sperm whales within the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the Commonwealth of Dominica once they suddenly appeared to fall right into a vertical sleep. Scientists discovered that they were first observed in 2008. These massive marine animals spend about 7 percent of their time sleeping. Photo: Franco Banfi

4. Kamokuna Lava Firehose 25: Winner of Landscapes, Waterscapes and Flora During the week of January, a steady flow of lava, known as a firehose, suddenly erupted from an underground lava tube at the base of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii and flowed into the Pacific Ocean. When the molten rock came into contact with the cooler seawater, steam, sand and pieces of cooled lava were violently thrown into the air. Photo: Jon Cornforth — 4. Kamokuna Lava Firehose 25: Winner of Landscapes, Waterscapes and Flora During the week of January, a gentle flow of lava, often called a firehose, suddenly erupted from an underground lava tube at the bottom of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii and flowed into the Pacific Ocean. When the molten rock got here into contact with the cooler seawater, steam, sand and pieces of cooled lava were violently thrown into the air. Photo: Jon Cornforth

5. Pandas Gone Mad: Man/Nature's Winner The Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center in China's Wolong Reserve has been breeding captive-bred giant pandas with the hope of one day re-introducing them to the wild. To prevent young pandas from becoming attached to their owners, the center's staff wear costumes imitating the animals' distinctive black and white pattern. Photo: Ami Vitale — 5. Pandas Gone Mad: Man/Nature’s Winner The Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center in China’s Wolong Reserve has been breeding captive-bred giant pandas with the hope of at some point re-introducing them to the wild. To prevent baby pandas from bonding and becoming attached to their human caretakers, center staff wear costumes that mimic the animals’ distinctive black and white patterns. Photo: Ami Vitale

6. Snow Globe: Winged Life Winner Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico is home to a huge population of snow geese, in part due to the vast fields of grain that have grown along their migration routes over the past 60 years. Coming down in huge flocks, geese leave a trail of mown vegetation and exposed terrain that can take decades to regenerate. Photo: Denise Ippolito — 6. Snow Globe: Winged Life Winner Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico is home to an enormous population of snow geese, partly as a consequence of the vast fields of grain which have grown along their migration routes over the past 60 years. Coming down in huge flocks, geese leave a trail of mown vegetation and exposed terrain that may take a long time to regenerate. Photo: Denise Ippolito

7. Mother Mantis: The Conqueror of Aquatic Life Surrounded by black volcanic sands, a peacock mantis shrimp stands guard over a ribbon-like mass of fertilized eggs in the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia. Photo: Filippo Borghi — 7. Mother Mantis: The Conqueror of Aquatic Life Surrounded by black volcanic sands, a peacock mantis shrimp stands guard over a ribbon-like mass of fertilized eggs within the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia. Photo: Filippo Borghi

8. Salmon Hunters: Wildlife on Land To capture this view of a mother grizzly bear and her cub, photographer Peter Mather placed a camera trap on a log that he knew the bears usually traversed when fishing for salmon in the Yukon River watershed in Canada, photo: Peter Mather — 8. Salmon Hunters: Wildlife on Land To capture this view of a mother grizzly bear and her cub, photographer Peter Mather placed a camera trap on a log that he knew the bears often traversed when fishing for salmon within the Yukon River watershed in Canada, photo: Peter Mather

9. Revillagigedo Summary: Aquatic Life Finalist The nutrient- and plankton-rich waters of the Revillagigedo archipelago in Mexico create an extremely healthy ecosystem. Here, over 1,000 top predators gather to eat, including a variety of sharks and yellowfin tuna. Photo: Ralph Pace — 9. Revillagigedo Summary: Aquatic Life Finalist The nutrient- and plankton-rich waters of the Revillagigedo archipelago in Mexico create an especially healthy ecosystem. Here, over 1,000 top predators gather to eat, including various sharks and yellowfin tuna. Photo: Ralph Pace

Ecosystem: Terrestrial Wildlife Winner A termite mound in Emas National Park in Brazil glows with light produced by click beetle larvae. Photo: Marcio Cabral — 10. Ecosystem: Terrestrial Wildlife Winner A termite mound in Emas National Park in Brazil glows with light produced by click beetle larvae. Photo: Marcio Cabral

The more the merrier: Terrestrial Wildlife finalist Macaques gather together on Shōdoshima Island in Japan, storing body heat as temperatures drop Photo: Alexandre Bonnefoy — 11. The More the Merrier: Terrestrial Wildlife Finalist Macaques gather together on Shōdoshima Island in Japan, storing body heat as temperatures drop Photo: Alexandre Bonnefoy

12. Sea Jewels: Art of Nature Winner Dozens of windblown sailors, measuring up to three inches long, seen in a bucket of water at the Monteray Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California Photo: Jodi Frediani — 12. Sea Jewels: Art of Nature Winner Dozens of windblown sailors, measuring up to 3 inches long, seen in a bucket of water on the Monteray Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California Photo: Jodi Frediani

Source : https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org | guardian.co.uk

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