Odd Places in Nature

Challenge #2 in the Unique Landscapes and Outdoor Images series. Hosted by camcom12.

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These images are places in our natural world that are weird, unique or seemingly un-natural, but were actually created by wind, water, ice, earth movement, erosion, animals, or even chemically-reactive natural processes.

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Announced:

Friday, 26th October, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 2nd November, 2012 – Thursday, 8th November, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 9th November, 2012 – Thursday, 15th November, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Re-touching & cropping is fine, while keeping it as real as possible.
Minimal HDR processing is ok if needed for emphasis.
Borderless.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Color images please.
Images should not include faces, portraiture or close-ups -- only natural scenes.
If submitting 2 images, they should be different places.
Title your entry with the specific location, or at least the province, state or country it was recorded.
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Sulfur Crystals, Volcanic Nat'l Park, Hawaii

by JDCphoto

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Camera:	Nikon D50
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Submitted:	Friday, 2nd November, 2012 04:07 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 21st December, 2006
Focal length:	300 mm
Shutter speed:	1/500 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
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Galleries:	View this photo in JDCphoto's gallery

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