The Nature Conservancy's photo contest recognizes stunning portraits of AnimalsLandscapes, plants, and more.
This year's winners include sparring giraffes, a black sand beach, and neon mushrooms.
The photos capture the vibrant diversity of life on Earth.
On September 29, the Nature Conservancy announced its winners in its annual photo contest.
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This year's winning photos showcase the vast diversity of life and landscapes on Earth.
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Li Ping, a photographer who used a drone to take this image of a road cutting through tree-shaped valleys in Tibet, won the Grand Prize.
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Other photos capture animals in the wild — like this pair of lions rubbing heads. The one on right is clearly more senior than the one on left.
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These giraffes look like they're being friendly or romantic, but necking, or swinging their heads and necks into each other, is actually how they fight.
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These eagles were fighting, too — over a piece of salmon, according to the photographer.
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The elephant seal had the to stop a striated caraca from attacking her calf.
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Another photo shows workers at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy rushing to treat a wounded elephant calf, while sedating its mother so they can do so safely.
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Animals aren't the only ones who can be dramatic. Just the right moment lightning struck this mountain.
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This mangrove tree in Lamongan East Java was illuminated by fog.
