7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - North American Friday week #58 - the absolute winner takes 200 SBD!

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Hello fellow Steemians!

Welcome to my 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - North American Friday - where the winner of the weekly round will be able to participate for the total of 200 SBD!

Today, you can participate by submitting your personal pictures from your travels to the continent of North America.

See the winner of the last week´s North American Friday @jpphotography with the following entry:

Palms at Sunset in Hawaii. Hawaii is a place of incredible natural beauty. In 2016, I spent 12 days hitchhiking around Big Island. This was the first Hawaiian sunset that I experienced, near the place where I put up my tent.

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Your entries need to be submitted by 8 AM Central European Time in order to be considered for the challenge with a description of approximately 30 to 50 words. Only use of personal images will be accepted and only one picture can be submitted for a daily photo challenge. Ten winning photos will receive a bigger upvote from me and ten runners-up will get a smaller one.

Chosen from the ten winning entries, the absolute winner of the day will receive extended publicity in my post tomorrow morning. I will also visit his/her blog to upvote one of the most recent posts. The winning picture of the daily challenge will then automatically enter other rounds with the absolute winner gaining approximately 200 SBD in total.

Please see the winners of the previous contests of the week and give them your support if you like their images to be the one winning the weekly price and entering the other stages of the 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge. You can vote for them by upvoting their winner announcement posts below:

7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - Asian Sunday week #58 - winner announcement!

@amyalfatasya Asian Sunday entry:

The island located on the Indonesian border is the island of Sabang. This small island saves a million natural beauty. A stunning beach, and underwater beauty that makes this island very crowded with foreign tourists. A photo that I took on the Ujoeng beach kareung at sunrise some time ago on Sabang island.

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7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - Australian Monday week #58 - winner announcement!

@intrepidphotos Australian Monday entry:

A sixteen shot panorama of the milky way over the Warrumbungles. The area has little light pollution to disturb astronomical viewing and is home to the Siding Spring observatory which is has more than a $100 million in scientific equipment including 44 telescopes. The largest is the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope, sits at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m and was ranked in 2009 as the fifth highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes. New South Wales, Australia

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7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - Tuesday of Antarctica and World´s Oceans week #58 - winner announcement!

@bluebottlefilms Tuesday of Antarctica and World´s Oceans entry:

The beauty and grace of these creatures is astonishing. They glide effortlessly around our oceans impressing all that pass them by. This particular one had an interesting colouration that I had not seen before.

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7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - African Wednesday week #58 - winner announcement!

@crazy-andy African Wednesday entry:

It is Wednesday again and why not to try with another safari photo from Etosha NP, Namibia.
Did you know that oryx is also zebra. I did not till I went to Africa on safari and this is another thing why I love safaries so much.

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7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday week #58 - winner announcement!

@fotostef European Thursday entry:

Walking around Argos today, you can't suspect it has been inhabited since the Neolithic period! It is the biggest town in Argolis and a major centre for the area but all you can see is a small city not any different from many others in Greece.
And yet it has been continuously inhabited as at least a substantial village for the past 7,000 years and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network!

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For more information about the 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge and conditions see my original post: 200 SBD 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge - 2018 guidelines – 25/10 update.


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Tomas
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Panoramic view of the Philadelphia skyline as captured from the top of the Rocky Steps that are found right in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin.

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Wow, that is a pretty huge collection. Have a great weekend!

Last week I showed a photo of Mount Rundle at Banff National Park (Alberta, Canada). In this opportunity I share other photo of this interesting mountain, from a different angle and it gives a quite different view. The photo is in colour, even though I am an enthusiast of black and white, this image looks quite well in B&W.

Amazing piece of nature! Thank you for sharing once again.

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Grand Canyon

This week I am featuring my home state of Arizona. I took two of my friends from the east coast to see the Grand Canyon. This view is from the South Rim as the sun is setting. It is really an amazing sight!

Wow! It's almost unbelievable how massive and beautiful the Grand Canyon is!

Thanks. Yes it is really spectacular.

Excellent! I was just saying how has it been a while since we had GC in the contest and here we go, the second entry in one day. Perfect!

Thanks Tomas glad I could add to the Grand Canyon submissions today.

Palm Springs from above

It's kind of a bizzare scenery. Sand everywhere and in the middle you have this crazy city of Palm Springs. Close my the San Jacinto State Park with huge green trees and fresh cool air. First we thought: Why should we ride the overpriced cable way up the mountain? Just to take a look around? Well ... it was worth every penny.

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I am sure it was! Have a great weekend.

Caribbean Beach in Tulum, Mexico

The Caribbean is famed for its beautiful beaches. The beaches near Tulum in Yucatan suffer from a lot of algae that is washed to the shore, but the pristine sand and the beautiful rock formations make up for it. This beach is located right next to the amazing Maya ruins of Tulum.


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I have also posted this photo on my blog.

I like how it is surrounded by the rocks. It sure looks like an amazing place for a swim despite all the algae.

It surely is :)

Photo below is slightly different, but I like taking trees, branches etc. on photo.
What is at the background? It is the mighty Grand Canyon... You can also see Colorado River flows their way and as this shot was taken at the start of golden hour that spices the photo a bit more…

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Oh, I love that place... It's been a while since it appeared in the contest. Thank you so much for that.

Hi @czechglobalhosts
Below is my entry

New Hampshire - Purity Springs Lake. The Lake is know for her nature of purity, reflecting everything she sees in her. The Lake is surrounded by maple and willow trees. A small highway runs on one corner of the lake which makes the people near to the reflection

The Purity spring Lake is a private resort property, where they organised the recreational activities and put their efforts in keeping the lake clean and beautiful

And here is the link for full post : https://steemit.com/pc-nature/@pradeepdee6/without-deep-reflection-one-knows-from-life-that-one-exists-for-other

These colors are beautiful!

Truly New Hampshire is a heaven of colors. Thank you very much 😊

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That image is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing.

Hey @czechglobalhosts, I'm back!
And what a better way to start with North America.

Vancouver owns many bridges, but this was the best looking in the dark. The Lions Gate Bridge connects the city centre and north Vancouver. In the right of the photo, just above the trees you can see some fireworks celebrating the day of light.
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I am glad to hear that and get your beautiful image full of colors. Have a good one and hope to see you back soon.

Enchantment
I had been watching the smoke from a nearby forest fire drift towards Arches N P. Utah USA. The sunset colors were appearing as I hurried to find a spot to photograph what would become an enchanting scene. The smoke drifted over at the right time and it was amazing to watch.

Wow, that is epic! You have such an amazing backyard:)

It's one of the best backyards in the world, thanks!

New York skyline has always fascinated me. All these tall buildings packed in one place, and these bridges built with style to link Manhattan Island to the shore. Seeing this cityscape from a distance gives you an idea of how big it is!

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That view is just great and one could stare at it forever!