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| [[Image:Noraphotocontest.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Nora Mitchell]] | | [[Image:Noraphotocontest.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Nora Mitchell]] | ||
− | | valign="top" | Details of a Leucospermum (Proteaceae) inflorescence at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. '''-Nora | + | | valign="top" | Details of a Leucospermum (Proteaceae) inflorescence at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. '''-Nora Mitchell''' |
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+ | | [[Image:EllenPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Ellen Woods]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|The ferny little thing called love. '''-Ellen Woods''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:DustinPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Dustin Ray]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Joshua tree (''Yucca brevifolia'') at sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. '''-Dustin Ray''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:AlyssaPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Alyssa Borowske]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Dubbed the "Angel Oak Tree" by locals, this enormous South Carolina Live Oak is considered to be the oldest tree on the Eastern Seaboard. Within the last month, an environmental group won a law-suit against a company that wanted to develop the land on which this oak has grown for the last several hundred years... '''-Alyssa Borowske''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:SimonaPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Simona Augyte]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Frozen bladderwack. '''-Simona Augyte''' | ||
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| [[Image:Jimmy.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Jimmy Bernot]] | | [[Image:Jimmy.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Jimmy Bernot]] | ||
| valign="top" | Male and female white-tailed ptarmigan in a field of lupin in Denali National Park, AK '''-Jimmy Bernot''' | | valign="top" | Male and female white-tailed ptarmigan in a field of lupin in Denali National Park, AK '''-Jimmy Bernot''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:Brigette.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Brigette Zacharczenko]] | ||
+ | | valign="top" | ''Acronicta lepetita'' caterpillar says hello (reared from wild caught female in Boerne, TX). '''-Brigette Zacharczenko''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:JohanaPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Johana Goyes-Vallejos]] | ||
+ | | valign="top" | Everyone enjoying the beginning of the summer has heard the gray tree frogs Hyla versicolor calling from up in the trees, but few shall catch sight of them blending with the bark and lichen. Because this my friend, is the master of camouflage that has awakened from his long winter sleep. '''-Johana Goyes-Vallejos''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:SumanPC14.jpg|left|600px| Photo by Suman Neupane]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Long-horned orb-weaver spider ( ''Macracantha arcuata'' Fabricius) found in the Tak province of Thailand. '''-Suman Neupane''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:PanchoPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Francisco Concha]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|First seconds of a baby skate out of the nice and secure egg capsule. '''-Francisco Concha''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:TimPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Tim Moore]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|A Buprestid beetle found under a shrub in Namaqualand - Northern Cape, South Africa. '''-Tim Moore''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:HollyPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Holly Brown]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Check my faux-hawk. Don’t be jealous. '''-Holly Brown''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:BenPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Benedict Gagliardi]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|"Who's that knockin' on my cabin door?!" | ||
+ | Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo alvarius), Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pima Co., AZ, 2011 '''-Ben Gagliardi''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:Karolinaroos.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Karolina Fucikova]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"| Kangaroos near the Melbourne airport. '''-Karolina Fucikova''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image: Kaitlin.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Kaitlin Gallagher]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"| Bahama beach view. '''-Kaitlin Gallagher''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:LouisePC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Louise Lewis]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"| Icebergs calved from a nearby glacier in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We knew it was going to be a good day in the field! '''-Louise Lewis | ||
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+ | | [[Image:JonPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Jon Velotta]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"| Sunset on the water, Belize. '''-Jon Velotta''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:AlejandroPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Alejandro Rico-Guevara]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|An exceptionally calm Southern Ocean still shows glimpses of its strength and the power that carved out these remarkable cliffs. Tasman Island, Tasmania. '''-Alejandro Rico-Guevara''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:HamidPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Hamid Razifard]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Nature vs. ''Homo sapiens''. The bird nest was removed by the staff of this megastore a week after I took these pictures. '''-Hamid Razifard''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:KristiinaPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Kristiina Hurme]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|Brown-bellied swallows (''Notiochelidon murina'') feast on the insects swept up with the rising clouds at sunset. El Silencio, Subachoque, Colombia. '''-Kristiina Hurme''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:HaleyPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Hayley Kilroy-Mollmann]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|From atop Table Mountain, the setting sun lights up the southern sky over the sandstone mountain ridge that winds its way towards the Cape of Good Hope. Although it's a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope forms the southern tip of Africa, it's easy to simultaneously feel like you're at the top and the bottom of the world here. '''-Hayley Kilroy-Mollmann''' | ||
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+ | | [[Image:HeidiPC14.jpg|left|600px|Photo by Heidi Golden]] | ||
+ | | valign="top"|After a long, cold and snowy winter on Alaska's North Slope, Oksrukuyik headwater springs begin flowing once more. '''-Heidi Golden''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 5 March 2014
This page showcases the entries to the 2014 Biological Photo Contest. Voting will commence in the week preceding the Grad Symposium with winners announced at the end of the Symposium. To enter, send your full resolution photo and caption to william.ryerson@uconn.edu and it will be put on this page.
Plants
Details of a Leucospermum (Proteaceae) inflorescence at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. -Nora Mitchell | |
The ferny little thing called love. -Ellen Woods | |
Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) at sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. -Dustin Ray | |
Dubbed the "Angel Oak Tree" by locals, this enormous South Carolina Live Oak is considered to be the oldest tree on the Eastern Seaboard. Within the last month, an environmental group won a law-suit against a company that wanted to develop the land on which this oak has grown for the last several hundred years... -Alyssa Borowske | |
Frozen bladderwack. -Simona Augyte |
Animals
Like the legend of the phoenix All ends with beginnings What keeps the planet spinning The force of love beginning - Nicole Freidenfelds | |
Male and female white-tailed ptarmigan in a field of lupin in Denali National Park, AK -Jimmy Bernot | |
Acronicta lepetita caterpillar says hello (reared from wild caught female in Boerne, TX). -Brigette Zacharczenko | |
Everyone enjoying the beginning of the summer has heard the gray tree frogs Hyla versicolor calling from up in the trees, but few shall catch sight of them blending with the bark and lichen. Because this my friend, is the master of camouflage that has awakened from his long winter sleep. -Johana Goyes-Vallejos | |
Long-horned orb-weaver spider ( Macracantha arcuata Fabricius) found in the Tak province of Thailand. -Suman Neupane | |
First seconds of a baby skate out of the nice and secure egg capsule. -Francisco Concha | |
A Buprestid beetle found under a shrub in Namaqualand - Northern Cape, South Africa. -Tim Moore | |
Check my faux-hawk. Don’t be jealous. -Holly Brown | |
"Who's that knockin' on my cabin door?!"
Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo alvarius), Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pima Co., AZ, 2011 -Ben Gagliardi |
Environment
Kangaroos near the Melbourne airport. -Karolina Fucikova | |
Bahama beach view. -Kaitlin Gallagher | |
Icebergs calved from a nearby glacier in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We knew it was going to be a good day in the field! -Louise Lewis | |
Sunset on the water, Belize. -Jon Velotta | |
An exceptionally calm Southern Ocean still shows glimpses of its strength and the power that carved out these remarkable cliffs. Tasman Island, Tasmania. -Alejandro Rico-Guevara | |
Nature vs. Homo sapiens. The bird nest was removed by the staff of this megastore a week after I took these pictures. -Hamid Razifard | |
Brown-bellied swallows (Notiochelidon murina) feast on the insects swept up with the rising clouds at sunset. El Silencio, Subachoque, Colombia. -Kristiina Hurme | |
From atop Table Mountain, the setting sun lights up the southern sky over the sandstone mountain ridge that winds its way towards the Cape of Good Hope. Although it's a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope forms the southern tip of Africa, it's easy to simultaneously feel like you're at the top and the bottom of the world here. -Hayley Kilroy-Mollmann | |
After a long, cold and snowy winter on Alaska's North Slope, Oksrukuyik headwater springs begin flowing once more. -Heidi Golden |