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PHOTO CONTEST POLL: Vote for your favorite nature photo

posted Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 11:42am

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We asked you to submit your favorite photos capturing the beauty of the national parks on camera. Below are the photos that came in. They are fabulous!

Now it's up to the public to decide which is the winning shot. The winner will receive a DVD set of Ken Burns' "The National Parks" series. Cast your vote now through November 30. One vote per person, please!

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Nov 4, 2009 12:30pm to Nov 4, 2009 12:30pm

Pick your favorite National Parks photo

Ryan Conley - Swiftcurrent Lake in Many Glacier, Glacier National Park. Grinnel Point with Mt. Gould looming in the background.

David Lien - Wolf in YNPs Thorofare Dist below Yellowstone Lake-Sep 08

David Lien - Grizz on the Thorofare Trail in YNP east of Yellowstone Lake-Sep08

Jack Dysart - Spider Rock in Canyon De Chelly National Monument AZ.

Reed Dils - Mt. Moran from Crystal Lake. Grand Teton NP

Reed Dils - Young Bull moose playing in Gross Ventre Campground, Grand Teton NP.

Rosa Maria Rios - This is one of many pictures we took on our two-day-stay at Zion National Park.

Rosa Maria Rios - This photo was taken inside Timpanogos Cave National Park, Utah.

Matt Trachimowicz - Yellowstone's Lower Falls as seen from the steps on Uncle Tom's Trail. It was taken on 9/6/09

Matt Trachimowicz - "Bison in the Mist" was taken on the morning of 9/6/09 in the Hayden Valley area of Yellowstone National Park.

Matt Trachimowicz - This photo of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park was taken on 5/16/04.

David Helmuth - The Virgin River flowing through the narrows in Zion NP.

David Helmuth - Longs Peak reflects the sunset as elk graze in the cool evening air. Late Spring in RMNP.

David Helmuth - The view from the Grand Canyon North Rim Lodge minutes before a downpour.

Thomas Campbell - Mt. McKinley, Denali Nat. Park,Taken from a single engine Beaver aircraft out of Takettena Alaska.

Thomas Campbell - West Thumb Geyser Basin with Yellowstone Lake in the background. Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyo.

Thomas Campbell - photo at Bear Lake, Rocky Mtn. Nat. Park, Longs Peak is in the background.

Dena Campbell - Yellowstone Nat. Park, Bison along West Geyser Basin.

Dena Campbell - Yellowstone Nat. Park, Lower Falls on the Yellowstone river.

Dena Campbell - Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyo. Castle Geyser, part of the old faithful geyser basin walk.

John Grevillius - Great Sand Dunes Natl. Park

Dennis Jost - Sandstone cliffs taken at Zion National Park

Dennis Jost - Sandstone formations taken at Colorado National Monument National Park.

Dennis Jost - Sandstone formations called "Park Avenue" taken at Arches National Park.

Karen McHugh - The Isaac and Abraham are two or the three peaks that make up the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park near Virgin, Utah.

Karen McHugh - Sunrise from Grand View Point in the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Karen McHugh - American White Pelicans on the Madison River just a couple of miles from Yellowstone's West Entrance.

Ryan Conley - Mt. Wilbur overlooking Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park.

Emmy Helmuth - Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Emmy Helmuth - Zion Canyon looking north from Angels Landing

Scott Allen - This photo is in on of the burn areas from the 1988 fires.

Scott Allen - Wonderful rock and cloud formations that happened to catch the face to Mr. Washington at Mt. Rushmore

Scott Allen - Devils Tower with the moon in the background.

Emmy Helmuth - The National Mall at night taken in front of the Lincoln Memorial

Gregory Gnesios - Sunset at Yaqui Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ.

Gregory Gnesios - Morning on the East Rim of Zion National Park, Utah

Gregory Gnesios - El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Jane Westbrook - Tower Falls - Yellowstone NP

Cynthia Southern - Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park with Longs Peak and Estes Cone in the background

Cynthia Southern - Longs Peak surrounded by clouds in Rocky Mountain National Park

Cynthia Southern - Pikes Peak with Garden of the Gods in the foreground Colorado Springs, CO

Fred Pulver - The whole tree was covered with red leaves - an amazing sight!

Jack Dysart - The only sand dunes in Colorado, near Alamosa in the San Luis Valley, are in the Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Tom Hattenburg - Sunset on Delicate Arch, Arches Ntl. Park, Moab, UT

Ramon Esparza - Capitan Mountain, Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Ramon Esparza - Sunrise on Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park

Ramon Esparza - Looking into the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Fred Pulver - White River National Forest - near Redstone, Colorado

Karen Hawley - Anhingas, Everglades National Park

Karen Hawley - Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Karen Hawley - Lion Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Andrew Frieder - Weekend trip to White Sands National Monument

Andrew Frieder - Walnut Canyon Road that leads up to the visitor center

Mary Lou Lane - Badlands S.D.

Mary Lou Lane - Big Bend N.P Texas

Mary Lou Lane - Mesa Verde N.P.

Andrew Frieder - Tejas Trail in the early morning-Guadalupe Mountains NP

Rosemary De Martini - Grand Teton National Park at sunrise

Nancy Dadisman - Rocky Mountain National Park; Elk & Coyote

Nancy Dadisman - Arches National Park, Devil's Garden Trailhead and Wall arch

Nancy Dadisman - Raptor flying over Canyonlands National Park in Utah

Ulli Limpitlaw - Bryce National Park

Ulli Limpitlaw - Rocky Mountain National Park

Ulli Limpitlaw - Longs Peak trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park

Fred Pulver - Crystal River Valley

Dave Stoetzel - Observation Point, Zion NP, in April when the Indian Paintbrush was in full bloom

Steve Smith - Mt. Denali appears on September 24, 2009

Steve Smith - Early fall comes to Denali National Park on September 3, 2009

Mark Frank - Grand Canyon National Park December 2008

Mark Frank - Grand Canyon National Park Sunset December 2008

Mark Frank - Grand Canyon National Park December 2008

Dave Stoetzel - Canyonlands NP, UT; HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo stacking five photos with different exposures together

Marcee Chipman - Yellowstone National Park

Marcee Chipman - Buffalo at Yellowstone

Marcee Chipman - Sunset at Yellowstone with ice chilled air

Dave Stoetzel - Capitol Reef from the visitors center. Three photos stitched together.

Henry Lansford - Fallen autumn leaves mingle with verdant aquatic plants on the surface of a stream in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park

Janet Oliver - Grand Teton National Park

Janet Oliver - Zion National Park

Michael Bartlett - Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, UT

Michael Bartlett - Tetons Range

Michael Bartlett - Alberta Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

Gary Ammarell - Rock Formation is in Zion National Park near Checkerboard Mesa

Keith Pool - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument on Sept 17, 2008

Carla Wilson - Yellowstone Canyon, from Inspiration Point

Carla Wilson - Mather Point

Carla Wilson - Grand Canyon

Henry Lansford - Long's Peak of Rocky Mountain National Park looms over Moraine Park on an early February day.

Cassie Kabal - Long Lake 1

Cassie Kabal - Long Lake 2

Adam Norris - Imperial Geyser, YNP 1

Adam Norris - Imperial Geyser, YNP 2

Eve Klein - Iceberg Lake, Glacier National Park

Eve Klein - Sunrise at the lake with Wild Goose Island, Glacier National Park

Eve Klein - Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park, a shedding mother goat and her rambunctious baby

Greg Brigham - Gates of Lodore on the Green River at the northern end of Dinosaur National Monument

Greg Brigham - Grand Teton in Teton's National Park

Greg Brigham - Yellowstone National Park

Ronald Lee - Sundance Mountain In The Clouds, Rocky Mountain National Park

Ronald Lee - Wild Flowers Along Fall River Road, Rocky Mountain National Park

Ronald Lee - Looking down From Fall River Road Rocky Mountain National Park

Anne Welch - Crater Lake Phantom ship island

Anne Welch - Crater Lake castle formation

Anne Welch - Deer grazing on the lawn at the Awahnee Hotel in Yellowstone

David Wilson - Long's Peak from the Moraine Park campground in Rocky Mountain National Park

David Wilson - Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park

Dawn Smith - Old Faithful

Dawn Smith - Grand Teton National Park

Dawn Smith - Mama Moose

Doreen Grobe - Norris Geyser Basin

Doreen Grobe - Grand Canyon

Doreen Grobe - Yellowstone Falls from Artist's Point

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Cynthia S
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 › 12:02am
I have been anxiously awaiting this series when I first heard of it last year. I love Ken Burns and the National Parks just as another poster stated. He is such a talented documentarian of American history.

I worked in Estes Park in 1987 and 1988 and have fond memories of all my hikes and especially my hike to the top of Longs Peak. It was wonderful, magical and spiritual. The experience molded me and made me a better person. Go home to a national park and find your soul.

Coco
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 9:49am
These pictures are extraordinary. Looking through them was like re-watching "National Parks." Thanks everyone for the journey. I don't know if I can choose a favorite.

Anna
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 11:43am
Beautiful, I don't know how else to describe it... brings back so many wonderful memories of when I was a kid...

Deronda Carey
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 2:07pm
all the photos are beautiful, such talent there is now. thanks for sharing. I love the simplisty of the pictures, I loved the elk and the coyote, the nature at its best...

Tatiana Perry
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 2:20pm
I have seen some of Nancy's photos and think she is a great photographer.

shirley
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 8:14am
Amazing photos!!

Jan Lytle
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 1:28pm
what kind of Power and Intelligence could be the Creative Force of this
incredible beauty...

JoAnn Koppany
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 7:39pm
Catching the sun's light at that magical moment is indeed an art.

Anna
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 11:43am
Beautiful, I don't know how else to describe it... brings back so many wonderful memories of when I was a kid...

Tatiana Perry
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 › 2:20pm
I have seen some of Nancy's photos and think she is a great photographer.

shirley
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 8:14am
Amazing photos!!

Jan Lytle
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 1:28pm
what kind of Power and Intelligence could be the Creative Force of this
incredible beauty...

JoAnn Koppany
Thursday, November 5, 2009 › 7:39pm
Catching the sun's light at that magical moment is indeed an art.