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2020 Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest results
Below are the winners and entries for the Sanctuary Recreation category. Thank you to all those who participated! Click each photograph to see the full version.
Sanctuaries at Home
While it’s important to get outside, experience nature, and recreate responsibly, we know that many of us are spending more time at home this year. Show us how you’re staying in touch with your national marine sanctuary through art, stewardship activities from your home or neighborhood, and responsible water based recreation in your local communities.
1st Place: Jill Brown. Sea turtles and tropical fish inspired by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary make a big splash as delightful works of sidewalk art.2nd Place: Tiffany Duong. Bringing Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary indoors during the pandemic with paintings of spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari).3rd Place: Kristine Ellefson. People enjoying Salt Creek Recreation Area in Port Angeles, WA, responsibly.
A Blue Heron and Snowy Egret peaceful fish at sunset in the Salinas River estuary, Salinas River State Beach. Photo: Meg McWhinney American Avocet taken in an estuary in Central California with a Sony 6300 and a 100 to 400 lens. Photo: Jerry Loomis“Blue” Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean Photo: Lisa Sugrue
I grew up in Cambridge moved to Hull. I love to see the beauty of nature in both worlds. Photo: Peter SugrueI grew up in Cambridge moved to Hull. I love to see the beauty of nature in both worlds. Photo: Peter SugrueI grew up in Cambridge moved to Hull. I love to see the beauty of nature in both worlds. Photo: Peter Sugrue
“Through a Fan” Coral Bay, St. John USVI Photo: Lisa SugrueMy cat, Mr. WhistlePig, sniffs a juvenile invasive lionfish I harvested out of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Rachel Lynn BowmanMy cat, Mr. WhistlePig, sniffs a lionfish I harvested out of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Rachel Lynn Bowma
“The Dog” Grand Turk, Caribbean Photo: Lisa Sugrue“The Other Dog” Grand Turk, Caribbean Photo: Lisa Sugrue"I grew up in Cambridge moved to Hull. I love to see the beauty of nature in both worlds." Photo: Peter Sugrue
"I grew up in Cambridge moved to Hull. I love to see the beauty of nature in both worlds." Photo: Peter Sugrue“My Favorite Rock” Hull Bay, Massachusetts Photo: Lisa Sugrue“Halloween Sky” Hull Bay, Massachusetts Photo: Lisa Sugrue
“Kaisers Sunset” Hull Bay, Massachusetts Photo: Lisa Sugrue“Sunset with Kaiser” Hull Bay, Massachusetts Photo: Lisa Sugrue“Kayaks at Dusk” Photo: Lisa Sugrue
Drifting kelp, Matlahuayl SMR, La Jolla, CA Photo: Lindsay BaumanDrifting kelp, Matlahuayl SMR, La Jolla, CA Photo: Lindsay BaumanPlaying in the waves at Matlahuayl SMR in La Jolla, CA Photo: Lindsay Bauman
Reddish Egret dance Loreto Baja, Mexico Photo: Jerry LoomisReddish Egret Loreto Baja, Mexico estuary in town Photo: Jerry Loomis“Skeleton” Oak Bluffs Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts Photo: Lisa Sugrue
It was sun rising time and there was rain, this boat was going to it's destination this photo is showing beauty of nature. Golachipa, Patuakhali, Bangladesh Photo: Md. Jahin khandakarAn evening on the pond. Fryeburg, ME Photo: Robin MicuSailing in Maine. Fryeburg, ME Photo: Robin Micu
Nahant Beach Reservation in Massachusetts, Early Morning Photo: Robin MicuKey West Sunset Photo: Robin MicuWaiting for Bioluminescence - San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area Photo: Andrea Sanchez Davidson
Sunset Walk to the Tidepools - San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area Photo: Andrea Sanchez DavidsonThis picture is of our 2020 Regency Tri-toon boat resting easily on the beautiful banks of Canyon Ferry Lake in Montana on a serene summer evening. Photo: Cori Watson
Please note that we may use any of the photos we received for this contest on our website, on social media, and in other NOAA and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation publications. We will provide credit to photographers whenever we use any of the photos. Organizations other than NOAA and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation may use photographs submitted in this contest to promote sustainable and responsible recreation in the National Marine Sanctuary System. These photos are not for sale and are not for commercial use unless prior permission is arranged.
