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https://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/landschaftsfotos-ein-internationaler-wettbewerb-kuert-die-besten-fotografen-a-f52d21f6-5c84-4154-8b98-63b316169313?sara_ecid=soci_upd_wbMbjhOSvViISjc8RPU89NcCvtlFcJ
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No. 1
A scene like from a science fiction movie: gnarled branches reach into the night sky. A strip of northern lights colors the horizon green. Photographer Kelvin Yuen from Hong Kong has secured the title of "Landscape Photographer of the Year" with his portfolio. This photograph was taken in Tromsø, Norway. It was one of about 3800 entries in the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.
No. 2
The sun rises, shadows stretch over the hills. Chance Allred from the USA took this photo in Hanksville, Utah. Canyons and rocks characterize the area. The town is located on the Colorado Plateau west of the Rocky Mountains.
No. 3
Gheorghe Popa has succeeded in creating an abstract aesthetic with this aerial view of Lake Cuejdelsee in Romania: The tree tops bore towards the sky towards the viewer. The light-dark contrast lends the picture a gloomy atmosphere.
No. 4
The sun peeps out between cloud cover and rising rock. Joshua Snow captured this motif in Oregon, USA. The photographer was awarded second place for his portfolio.
No. 5
As if painted, the Ibex dunes in California's Death Valley extend upwards. The ochre stands out strongly against the blue of the sky, the wind has drawn lines in the sand. The Canadian Evan Will has managed to immortalize this harmonious scene photographically.
No. 6
Silhouette-like trees rise into the sky. Stars light up the sky above the Namib-Naukluft National Park in the west of Namibia. Isabella Tabacchi from Italy took this picture, which makes you dream.
No. 7
Foam sweeps through the air, light shimmers through the breaking wave. Photographer Gergo Rugli named the photograph after the Greek sea god "Nereus".
No. 8
Snow-covered arches draw a softly appearing hilly landscape. A single conifer tree breaks through the harmonious form. The Jasper National Park is located in Alberta, Canada. There Vikki Macleod captured the winter idyll with her camera.
No. 9
Dry ground and bright sky: This photo from Death Valley was made by Ben Horne. The combination of striking structures and soft tones sets the landscape in scene.
No. 10
Mieke Boynton created an impressively ghostly recording in the Australian Buckland Valley. The photo shows a fog-covered forest. Brown leaves cover the ground. The symmetry of the trees gives the motif something mysterious.
No. 11
A plant blooms on cracked earth. The bird's-eye view creates an extraordinary aesthetic in this photograph. Shashank Khanna took this photo in Fremont, California.
No. 12
Birches rise meagerly from the water. They are reflected on the water. The photographer Gianluca Gianferrari took this picture in Italy when the Po overflowed its banks in November 2019.
No. 13
David Swindler from the USA shot this atmospheric combination of lightning and rainbow in southern Arizona. He captured the scene with his camera just before a thunderstorm.
No. 14
A storm rages over meadows, lightning flashes from the gray: Frédéric Couzinier succeeded in capturing a spectacular natural spectacle. The photo was taken in Winona in the US state of Kansas.
No. 15
A backdrop of moss-covered earth, trees and branches. The scene in the English Dartmoor, photographed by Nick Green, seems almost bewitched. The hilly landscape lies in the English county of Devon.
No. 16
Sunbeams let the fine fog cover shimmer. Underneath, a river meanders through dense forest. The Adirondacks Mountains extend in the north of the state of New York. There Nikhil Nagane photographed this panorama.
No. 17
For Klaus Axelsen, photography means becoming aware of light, forms and textures of a landscape. His work bears the title "Artwork of nature II" and was created in Mo i Rana, Norway, a town near the Arctic Circle.
No. 18
Cacti with red flowers sprout in front of a mountain scenery. A double rainbow runs through rain clouds in the background. Wayne Suggs captured this natural spectacle in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. The protected area is located in New Mexico, USA.
No. 19
Fog veils a hilly and mountainous landscape. This panorama is called "Land of Dreaming". The photographer Nick Schmid took the picture in Hirzel in the Swiss canton of Zurich.
No. 20
An iceberg rises out of the water and is reflected on the surface. In Scoresbysund in Greenland, Christopher Anderson pulled out his camera and captured the impressive motif.
No. 21
Many people know the reddish rock formations from pictures: The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, is part of the Unesco World Natural Heritage. Tony Hewitt was there and captured this motif.
No. 22
Waves tumble over rocks and you are in a foaming din. Ivan Miljak photographed the dynamic scenery on Tenerife and called it "El Bufadero".
No. 23
For the best individual photograph, another main prize will be awarded. This year the title goes to Kai Hornung from Germany. His winning photo shows how a stream of water flows through the Icelandic highlands. The structures of the hills and the intense play of colors make the surroundings look like they are from a foreign planet.