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Butare : Rwanda | Nov 25, 2009 at 1:00 PM PST
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Natures Best Photography Winner Is

RWANDA- Nature's Best Photography, the Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition, celebrates natures most incredible sights and creatures every year.

The winning image is chosen out of hundreds of thousands of photos submitted by photographers from all around the world with various levels of experience. The winners and highly honored images are displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. from now until May 2, 2010.

John Reiter is the grand prize winning photographer this year. He climbed a 10,000 foot high mountain through thick bamboo rain forest, along with his guide. After the climb, they found themselves within 20 feet of a family of gorillas and this amazingly beautiful, almost 500 pound mountain silver-back gorilla seen in the prize winning photo.

The United Nations Environment Program has named 2009 the "Year of the Gorilla" to raise awareness of the critical status of this endangered species.

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Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition celebrates natures most incredible sights and creatures from all over the world every year.The winning image is chosen out of hundreds of thousands of photos submitted by photographers from all around the world with various levels of experience. The winners and highly honored images are displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. from now until May 2, 2010.The grand prize winner this year is a mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.Photographer John Reiter climbed a 10,000 foot high mountain through a thick bamboo rain forest, along with his guide. After the climb, they found themselves within about 20 feet of a family of gorillas and this beautiful, almost 500 pound silver-back.The United Nations Environment Program has named 2009 the "Year of the Gorilla" to raise awareness of the critical status of this endangered species.
Pamela Stanfield is based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.
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Posted By slydog Andy Mathisen | over 2 years ago
Well..they'll never make a monkey outa me! :-)
(I do a good enough job on my own)
An encouraging article..thanks
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