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kpete

(71,994 posts) Sat Dec 21, 2013, 10:39 AM Dec 2013

"The Ice Bear"

WASHINGTON (Dec. 19, 2013)—Proof, National Geographic’s online photography experience, has announced the winners of the 2013 National Geographic Photography Contest. A stunning photograph of a polar bear peering up from beneath the melting sea ice on Hudson Bay as the setting midnight sun glows red from the smoke of distant fires has captured the grand prize. The photographer of “The Ice Bear” is Paul Souders of Seattle, Wash. He has won $10,000 (USD) and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar in January 2014.

http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/19/photography-blog-proof-announces-winners-photo-contest-2013/

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"The Ice Bear" (Original Post) kpete Dec 2013 OP

k&r HappyMe Dec 2013 #1

Gorgeous photo. Too close to a wild animal for me! IdaBriggs Dec 2013 #2

Worth going to the link to see all photos. brer cat Dec 2013 #3

Chilling but beautiful. n/t UtahLib Dec 2013 #4

so painfully sad. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #5

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

1. k&r

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 10:53 AM

Dec 2013

Congrats to Paul Souders.

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)

2. Gorgeous photo. Too close to a wild animal for me!

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 11:08 AM

Dec 2013

I don't like the idea of being a polar bear's lunch!

Props to the bravery of the people who risk so much to educate the rest of us on the beauty of our world!

Kick. Rec.

brer cat

(24,566 posts)

3. Worth going to the link to see all photos.

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:06 PM

Dec 2013

This one is my favorite:

Thanks for posting, kpete.

K&R

UtahLib

(3,179 posts)

4. Chilling but beautiful. n/t

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:11 PM

Dec 2013

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

5. so painfully sad.

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:15 PM

Dec 2013

Red sun from fires in the distance.......

I hate what we, in our massive numbers, are doing to the rest of the lives on this planet.

There's a song by Dave Matthews. ... I can't listen anymore because it's too sad....

Here's a snip from it.

I saw a bear on TV and his friends were all drowning cause their homes were turning to water...

A strange, kinda sad, big old bear surely would happily eat me he'd tear me to pieces that bear...

Wake up, sleepy head.I think the suns a little brighter today
Smile and watch the icicles melt away and see the water rising...
Summers here to stay, and all those summer games will last forever
Go down to the shore, kick off your shoes, dive in the empty ocean.

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He'd tear me to pieces that bear....

This is how we distance ourselves from the creatures and what we do to them.

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