Wiki Loves Earth Photography
Despite the pandemic, the 2020 Wiki Loves Earth photography contest threw up some spectacular images.
Due to restrictions in place around the world, participants were encouraged to dig out and upload old images they had taken rather than venture out to take new ones.
It still managed to inspire 106,240 photo uploads from 34 countries, and out of 10 images chosen from each country, these were the fifteen highest placed by the international panel of judges.
First place: Chestnut-tailed starlings by Touhib biplob CC BY-SA 4.0
Second place: A common kingfisher in Italy by Luca Casale CC BY-SA 4.0
Third place: Sunlight through the evergreens in Ratargul Swamp Forest in Bangladesh by Nawas Sharif CC BY-SA 4.0
Fourth place: A baby tufted grey langur monkey nestles with its mother in Sri Lanka by Senthiaathavan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fifth place: Limestone karsts in Malaysia by Gurazuru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sixth place: A Malayan owl, also called the Malay eagle owl, having a daytime snooze by Ruchapong deemak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seventh place: A red-tailed bamboo pitviper spots its next meal in Bangladesh by Md Mehedi hasan456, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eighth place: Locals fish in the shadow of the erupting Taal Volcano in the Philippines by Michael Angelo Luna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ninth place: A yellow-winged darter resting on a plant in Ukraine by Сергій Мірошник, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenth place: A red fox rests in the shadow of stratovolcano Viluchik in Russia by NadezhdaKhaustova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eleventh place: Active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, or Mountain of God in Maasai, behind Lake Natron in Tanzania by Daniel Msirikale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Twelfth place: Aplastodiscus arildae on a dark forest floor in Brazil by Lucas Rosado Mendonça, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thirteenth place: A second kingfisher picture made the frame, this time in Germany by Hwbund, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fourteenth place: Sunset lights up Mount Bromo in Indonesia by Andhika bayu nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fifteenth place: A third kingfisher and about to eat its meal in Bangladesh by Dipu ME-12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Being shared on Wikimedia Commons, all of these images are licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, meaning you are free to share them for any reason so long as you give credit to the photographer and release any derivative images under the same copyright license.
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