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 really 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 my best 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 during the weekend. This way you will have a nice compilation of them all. As an special feature, the new title picture of the contest will be created from the entry of the contest winner. This time it is from @elkezaksek.

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THIS WEEKS WINNERS

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Here we have the second entry of @elkezaksek to this contest. It contains eight pictures, every single one an amazing one by itself, of animals that she pictured, while they were all looking directly into her camera. This collection is really great and I watched through it many times already and will definitely still do it more often today ^^ We all know her for her beautiful charity blog, but she is also an outstanding photographer. thank you so much for showing us this amazing collection ;)





@elkezaksek

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Are you interested in snails and the mythology behind them ? @qwerrie took some great pictures of snails in his surroundings and tells us some nice details about their mythology. In general, they are seen as the son of a crocodile, snake and dragon, but also depending on the different cultures are symbols of eternity, the moon and fertility or even the personified patience and perseverance. There are many more information's in this post, like for example how a snail can help you to make your dreams come true ^^ So if you are interested, just give him a visit ;)





@qwerrie

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This entry here by @bucipuci shows us some amazing pictures of frost. Every season has its beauty, but during autumn we are all so lucky to admire what beautiful structures frost is capable to form out from air humidity. I am a big fan of water crystals myself and like to picture them, but those beautiful long needle structures on those branches are absolutely stunning and quite a rare sight. Those are some great examples of masterpieces that were created by mother nature, upon the perfect physical conditions. Thank you for this great frosty entry ^^





@bucipuci

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

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@isabelpena

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@kamrunnahar

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@thesobuz

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@nelinoeva

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@mintymile

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I thank all of you who participated in this week and hope that you enjoyed the Amazing Nature Contest. I am also looking forward to more excellent content to come 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 @joebtc @johannpiber @justclickindiva @kamrunnahar @karbon @kheys @melinda010100 @mintymile @molometer @myjob @mysteriousroad @nelinoeva @nilom @qwerrie @redheadpei @sayee @sallybeth23 @seadbeady @s3rg3 @theoctoberwind @thesobuz @travelsbyblue @viking-ventures @wongbraling

If you want me to take you out of the list, or if you don't want your picture, in the case you are the winner, to be used as a new title picture, just let me know it in the comments.

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Best wishes,
Adalger