Hello Nature Lovers !

I would like to cordially invite you to another great week of the Amazing Nature Contest. There were already so many excellent entries regarding how amazing nature can be in the past episodes and there is still so much more to see ^^ .. To participate in #amazingnature just create a post that shows how amazing nature is for you personally. This can be anything from a beautiful flower or animal to an astonishing sunset.

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What is the Purpose of the Contest ?

I am a huge lover of nature and really enjoy to take pictures of all the lovely things that surround me every day, no matter if those are plants, animals or landscapes. I found steemit to be a brilliant place to find and watch nature pictures from all over the world. There is such a diversity of great content out there, thanks to all of you, from different perspectives and out of various motivations. I would like to collect all those beautiful snapshots and their amazing stories in a weekly compilation so that you can all benefit from the beauty that we are facing all the time, but so often are not able to appreciate in the modern times we are living in.

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Contest Rules :

As this is a proper contest be so kind and follow those simple contest rules. Otherwise, to stay fair to those who do, I have to disqualify you from the winning places !

• Use #amazingnature as first tag and topic of the post and CLEARLY MENTION that your post is an ENTRY for this contest. This assures that this contest can grow and reach out to as many nature lovers as possible.
• All pictures that you use in your post have to be your own. You can use the amazing nature banner if you like or create your own.
• Clearly STATE why those pictures are representing YOUR AMAZING NATURE. This is an essential part of this contest.
• Drop the LINK to your post IN THE COMMENTS below so all participants can find it easily and fully enjoy this weekly collection. You can add a picture if you like.
• Please submit only one post per contest. Of course you can do more, but I will stick to one entry per steemian.

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Possible Topics :

As nature covers an extreme wide range there is anything possible. Amazing Natures categories could be anything from the following topics:

• Botany
• Zoology
• Geology
• Landscapes
• Philosophy
• ...

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Prizes to Win :

• 1st Place : 3 SBI
• 2nd Place : 2 SBI
• 3rd Place : 1 SBI

I will always try to link and present all Participants of Amazing Nature in the entries section of the announcement posts that will be published roughly one week later. This way you will have a nice compilation of them all. As an special addition, the new title picture of the contest will be created from the entry of the contest winner. This time it is from @annephilbrick.

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THIS WEEKS WINNERS

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Here we have milkweed pods that already burst open and were submitted for us by @annephilbrick. You can see that the beautiful seeds that are now ready to fly away, which will lead to a most fantastic and amazing sight. As the monarch caterpillars rely on milkweed plants we can also expect to be provided by more of these beautiful butterflies in the future ^^ .. Believe me, the other pictures of this post are as amazing as this one, so please look them up, you wont regret it ^^



@annephilbrick

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Here we have quite a lot of great pictures, or better a whole travel report, from the beautiful island of Itbayat in Batanes that was submitted by @iamraincrystal. There is only one boat going to this island per day and it is a 3 hours ride, so they stayed there for the night. You can find some great locations in her post, from Lake Kavaywan, Paganawam Port, Totongan Cave, breathtaking hideen blue lagoons, landscapes and more. The picture that you see here shows her at the top of Rapang Cliff, a memorable moment for sure ^^ .. Thank you for showing us the real beauty of nature and reminding us that we really should be thankful for our beautiful planet.



@iamraincrystal

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This entry is about the mating game of grouses ^^ @redheadpei was so lucky to observe three ruffed grouse that were moving rapidly through the bushes, followed by a male grouse with the feathers around his neck ruffed up and his tail starting to fan out. It was probably is a young male testing his appeal to the females, as those seem to be not to impressed by this beautiful male displaying his plumage, and the actual mating season will be in full swing in spring. A male grouse in his full regalia is an amazing sight and a great example of nature at work.



@redheadpei

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

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@wongbraling

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@mysteriousroad

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@brittandjosie

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@bucipuci

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@isabelpena

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@joelai

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@kamrunnahar

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@artofwisdom

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@karbon

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@nelinoeva

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I thank all of you who participated in this week and hope that you enjoyed the Amazing Nature Contest. I also already look forward to more excellent content and the start of a nice new Nature community. Of course the format is open for all kind of critics that can increase the quality of the contest and I am always happy about anyone who wants to join us on this little adventure.

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Previous Participants :

@alinix @annephilbrick @artofwisdom @angelro @atomcollector @bahttg @bigsambucca @brittandjosie @bucipuci @cocolefleur @dkkarolien @elkezaksek @ellenripley @hangin @iamraincrystal @isabelpena @johannpiber @kamrunnahar @karbon @kheys @melinda010100 @molometer @myjob @mysteriousroad @nelinoeva @nilom @qwerrie @redheadpei @sayee @sallybeth23 @seadbeady @travelsbyblue @viking-ventures @wongbraling

If you want me to take you out of the list, just tell me. And if you dont want your picture, in the case you are the winner, to be used as a new title picture, just write it in the comments while posting your contest entry.

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Best wishes,
Adalger