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 of this contest and there is still so much more to see ^^ .. To participate in #amazingnature just create a post that shows how amazing nature is. 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 this 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 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 former challenge is now a contest be so kind and follow those simple contest rules.

• Please use the #amazingnature tag for topic of your post. This assures that this contest and topic can grow and reach out to as many nature lovers out there as possible.
• Of course all pictures that you use in your post have to be your own. You can use the Amazing Nature banner if you like.
• Clearly state in your post why those pictures are representing your amazing nature.
• Drop the link to your post in the comments. This way all participants and also myself can find it easily and fully enjoy this weekly collection.
• 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

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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 the steemians that entered for 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 all the amazing nature pictures. As an special addition, the new title picture of the contest will be created from the entry of the winner of the contes. This time it is from @hangin.

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THIS WEEKS WINNERS

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This amazing Banyan tree was submitted by @hangin. In Thailand they are a respected worshiped tree and the Thai's believe that spirits live in these trees. Wrapping certain color gamuts around them specify good luck and fortune. Cutting these trees down will result in devastating bad lucky, even in death. This is an excellent post. Thank you for submitting it here ^^



@hangin

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Here we have South Dock, Corregidor Island, in the Philippines. This island is known for its WW II ruins and was visited by @iamraincrystal in 2015. She is still very new here to steem, but I like her posts and she really deserves our warm hearted welcome. Please continue like this and thank you for joining the steem community and amazing nature ^^



@iamraincrystal

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As the third winner of the contest I would like to sponsor @khaimi. I know him for quite a while now and next to beautiful pictures he offers such a great philiosophical perspective on all his posts that I really love throughout his blog. Hey there, it would be an honor if you would participate in future contests. You really fit in here well ^^



@khaimi

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

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This will be the place for other participants ;)

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I thank all of you who participated in this week and hope that you enjoyed the Amazing Nature Challenge. I hope for more excellent content and maybe this can be 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 challenge and I am always happy about anyone who wants to join this little adventure.

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Previous Participants :

@alinix @angelro @bigsambucca @brittandjosie @cocolefleur @dkkarolien @elkezaksek @ellenripley @hangin @iamraincrystal @johannpiber @karbon @kheys @melinda010100 @molometer @nelinoeva @qwerrie @sallybeth23 @seadbeady @viking-ventures

If you want me to take you out of the list, just tell me. And if you 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