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FHSU Geosciences Photography Contest
The FHSU Geosciences Department is pleased to present the entries from our first annual Earth Sciences Week photography contest. This contest is open to anyone. Entry deadline has past for this year, please check out some of the great photos entered.
Winners will be announced HERE Friday, October 20.
Photos were accepted for judging in the following categories: Geology, Pollution, Weather, Water, and Ecology.
Judging is based on the following criteria.
1/3 on the ability of the photograph to capture interest and illustrate the category concept
1/3 on the scientifically accurate description of the feature of the photograph
1/3 on the composition and aesthetics of the photograph
Ecology
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Jake Glover |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
May 2004 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38.52'45.87" N 99.19'39.03" W |
| DESCRIPTION:
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An owl at night in a tree in my front yard in Hays, KS. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Linda McHenry |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
October 17, 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38.87° N, 99.32° W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Nectar En Route to Central America. A female monarch, Danaus plexippus, hangs from an orange daisy, Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, in front of Sheridan Hall at Fort Hays State University, enjoying some down time from her migratory trek to Central America. Flowers provide necessary nectar for butterflies, which refuel in Ellis County during their fall migration to Mexico. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Daniel Bernasconi |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
July 4 2006 |
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39 12'39.44"N
96 22'03.74"W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A butterly is resting on a flower sucking its nector, while also helping in the transfer of pollon from one flower to another. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mary Settle |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
6/12/06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38degrees 46'58.93" N
99degrees 12'57.41" W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
This picture represents Kansas. In the middle of a field there is a water tower, with nothing else around it but a cottonwood tree. The tree was probably able to grow there because the water would spill out, but when the tank was no longer used, the tree couldn't get enough water to survive in Western Kansas. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Nick Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-8-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
37.62 122.38 |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Moss covered tree close to Radar Station B71.
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Vicky Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-6-06 |
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Banff, Canada Area
111.48 Long 50.71 Lat.
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Highway viaduct construction in mountainous area.
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Josh Janzen |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
05-29-06 |
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Ketobe Knob
39 55'26"N 40 48'33"W
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| DESCRIPTION: |
This rattlesnake was found while hiking around Ketobe Knob underneath a sandstone shelf.
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Geology
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Jake Glover |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
August 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
Lat/Long - 40.254 105.615 |
| DESCRIPTION:
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This is a view looking out over the Rocky Mountain range at approximately 13,000 feet in elevation. The photo was taken on the way back from the summit of Longs Peak, Colorado. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Daniel Bernasconi |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
Feburary 7 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 49'36.31"N
99 20'09.85"W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The oil rig is pumping oil here in Ellis county. The oil is from organic material that has died and became buried. After millions of years of high pressure, the organic material has been compressed and turned into oil that is now being pumped for various uses such as plastics and gasoline. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mary Settle |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
9/16/06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 degrees 55'38.95" N
100 degrees 09'27.93" W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
This pictures was taken in the afternoon at the Castle Rock limestone formations. The way the sun rays are coming down makes the sight even more spectacular. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Vicky Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-4-06 |
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Yellowstone
47.59 N 103.59 W
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Hot Sulphur Cauldrons at Yellowstone National Park
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mike Everhart |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
December 14, 2004 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
45° 53' 05"N, 123° 58' 01"W (NAD27) |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Haystack Rock is a 235-foot tall monolith on the Pacific coast of Oregon coast in the northwestern United States. Composed of basalt, Haystack Rock was formed by the same volcanic flows from the Grand Ronde Mountains that created many of the natural features along the Oregon coast 10 to 17 million years ago. Haystack Rock was originally joined to the coastline but erosion has gradually separated the monolith from the coast. Three smaller, adjacent rock formations on the south side of Haystack Rock are collectively called "The Needles." |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Josh Janzen |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
05-06-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 35'15" N
109 48'33" W
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Salt stallagtites and stalagmites near Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah. |
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Pollution
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Daniel Bernasconi |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
May 23 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
31 44'22.68"N
106 30'29.83"W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Trash is being dumped into a small perennial river. This trash leaches contaminants into groundwater which can cause health problems and it can also be costly to correct. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mary Settle |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
3/31/06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
52 degrees 02'20.60" N
9 degrees 38'13.75" W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
I was walking up a beautiful, scenic mountain road along the Gap of Dunloe in Ireland when I saw a hub cap. I thought it was so sad to see the beautiful, otherwise perfect, landscape ruined by someone leaving a hubcap. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Nick Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-7-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
44.63 124.05 |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Old fishing boat that has sunk in the harbor off the coast of Oregon |
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Weather
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Jake Glover |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
May 2005 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38.52'48.12" N 99.19'48.87" W |
| DESCRIPTION:
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The bottom of what is likely a stratocumulus cloud on a late spring evening from my front porch in Hays, KS. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Daniel Bernasconi |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
June 1 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
35 04'15.75"N
106 32'39.58"W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Electrical buildup in the atmosphere is being discharged because unlike charge attract to each other. The negative charge at the bottom of the cloud region causes a region of the ground beneath it to become positively charged. Gradually the electrical potential gradient builds, and when it becomes sufficiently large, on the order of one million volts per meter, then insulation properties of the air break down and a current flows, and lightning occurs. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Beth Bills |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
August 6, 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
LAT: 38 degrees 57 min. 29 sec.
LONG: -98 degrees 29 min. 41 sec. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The people pictured are waiting to be baptized. There was a short enough break in the thunderstorm that the celebration could take place. One could watch the growing thunderheads to the North East of Lake Wilson. I was surprised at how glorious shadows of the people fell against the background of angry cumulonimbus and cumulous clouds. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mary Settle |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
7/22/06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 degrees 54'55.62" N
99 degrees 28'11.01" W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The rain lifts over old Highway 40 between Yocemento and Ellis, Kansas.This picture was taken after the rain along old Highway 40. I liked how the sky looked so much I pulled over and took a picture. It shows both the rainy, gloomy weather as well as the bright sunshine starting to peek through. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Vicky Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-8-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
124.215 W 43.368 N
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Seagull on the coast with misty weather shown in background. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mike Everhart |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
December 14, 2004 |
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45° 53' 07"N, 123° 57' 49"W (NAD27) (Cannon Beach, Oregon)
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| DESCRIPTION: |
The Fog Rolls In. The fog rolls in late in the afternoon ahead of an approaching storm along Cannon Beach on the Pacific coast of Oregon coast in the northwestern United States. Composed of basalt, the Haystack and the Needles just off the coast represent a small part of the volcanic flows from the Grand Ronde Mountains that created many of the natural features along the Oregon coast 10 to 17 million years ago. Features like Haystack Rock originally were joined to the coastline but the relentless erosion of ocean waves and waves have gradually worn them down. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Josh Janzen |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
07-04-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 53'04" N
99 18'15" W
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Evening clouds after light rain |
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Water
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Jake Glover |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
August 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
Approx. 40.14'48.37" N 105.35'22.68" W |
| DESCRIPTION:
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This is a stream running near the base of Mount Meeker, Colorado. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Daniel Bernasconi |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
July 1 2006 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
38 49'36.31"N
99 20'09.85"W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Water is flowing down the Rocky Mountains carrying sediments and large stones, this small tributary will eventually end up in the colorado river and do its job helping to carve more of the Grand Canyon. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Marry Settle |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
3/31/06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
52 degrees 02'20.60" N
9 degrees 38'13.75" W |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Passing by trees in a boat on the way to Brandon's Cottage on the Gap of Dunloe, Ireland. Before the walk up the mountain in Ireland, I was on boat to our location at Brandon's Cottage. Since it was stormy most of the way, when the rain stopped it made an awsome color over the water. I like how the water shows on the other side of the trees also. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Vicky Sanner |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
8-8-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
124.215 W 43.368 N
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Fishing boats in the harbor.
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Mike Everhart |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
December 14, 2004 |
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45° 53' 07"N, 123° 57' 49"W (NAD27) (Cannon Beach, Oregon)
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| DESCRIPTION: |
When mountains come down to the sea. A small granite pebble being worn down on Cannon Beach near Haystack Rock along the Pacific coast of Oregon coast in the northwestern United States. These pebbles represent a small part of the volcanic flows from the Grand Ronde Mountains that created many of the natural features along the Oregon coast 10 to 17 million years ago. Features like Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach originally joined to the coastline but the relentless erosion of ocean waves and waves have gradually worn them down.
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| PHOTOGRAPHER: |
Josh Janzen |
| PHOTOGRAPH DATE: |
05-53-06 |
| GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: |
39 36'04" N
107 11'31" W
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon, CO. The water appears a greenish blue because the sediment dropped by the stream is producing travertine and visitors must stay out of the water or even the oil of their bodies could destroy the fragile limestone.
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Prizes will be awarded for first place in every category and for the best overall photo.
For more information contact:
Ron Schott
Geosciences Faculty
628-5348
rschott@fhsu.edu
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