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Dragonfly Photo Contest Winners 2022

ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Project Dragonfly graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), the Global Field Program (GFP), Earth Expeditions (EE) courses, and faculty and staff are invited ...

Dragonfly Photo Contest Winners 2022

ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Project Dragonfly graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), the Global Field Program (GFP), Earth Expeditions (EE) courses, and faculty and staff are invited to submit photos for the annual photo contest. Winners are announced each fall. Check out the winning 2022 photos here! Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted photos!

In the U.S.

nice flower

Community Category 

Monarch caterpillars eating milkweed, Bailey’s Harbor, Wisconsin. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø AIP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Sarah Makinney of Elmhurst, Illinois. Mckinney is earning ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo.

 

kids learning in a creek

Conservation & Education Category

A group of 6- to 10-year-old summer day campers exploring the creek for signs of human impacts at the Habitat Environmental Education Center in Kettering, Ohio. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø AIP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Stephanie Scott of Kettering. Scott is earning ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

 

cute spider in a flower

Up Close and Personal Category

A jumping spider (Phidippus princeps) peeks out of its webby, floral hammock in Kankakee Sands, a 10,000-acre restored tallgrass prairie along the Illinois-Indiana border. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø AIP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Robin Allen of Momence, Illinois. Allen is earning ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. 

 

International

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Best Caption  “Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear rubber boots.” 

Non-profit Associação Mico-Leão Dourado (AMLD) team members track golden lion tamarins in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GFP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Sara Fee of Atlanta, Georgia.

 

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Community  Category
At the Kimana Scout Camp, Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, scout rangers and Dragonfly graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs discuss the issues and connections surrounding human-wildlife conflict around the world. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GFP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Courtney Meyer of Atlanta, Georgia.


Earth Expeditions ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs investigating mangrove ecosystems on an island in the Gulf of California

Conservation & Education Category

Earth Expeditions ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs investigating mangrove ecosystems on an island in the Gulf of California, near Bahia de los Angeles, Baja, Mexico. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GFP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Ashley Konon of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

 

: Kaieteur Falls in Kaieteur National Park, Guyana.

Panorama/360° Category

Kaieteur Falls in Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Photo taken after a hike to see “the magnificent, untouched valley created by the 741-foot drop at Kaieteur Falls” by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GFP graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Samantha Wolfe of Grawn, Michigan.  

 

orioles

Up Close and Personal Category
Nestling orioles at Rancho San Gregorio in the Vizcaíno Desert, Valle de los Cirios Biological Reserve, Baja, Mexico. Photo by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Dragonfly staff member Kirsten Keener on an Earth Expeditions experience. The photo contest is open to graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs, faculty, and staff.