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Placed 1^st in the challenge. The sun sets over the Tide pools and sand formations of Second Beach on the Olympic Coast of Washington State...

Placed 46^th in the challenge. Waves pound a unique rock formation at Limekiln Beach, along California's Big Sur Coast

Placed 6^th in the challenge. Summer thunderstorms are a frequent occurrence in the northern Rocky Mountains and can sometime lead to interesting cloud formations...

Placed 22^nd in the challenge. Excelsior Geyser boils away under stormy skies in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Placed 5^th in the challenge. The sunset catches a small patch of fog left over from a late season snowstorm at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

Placed 7^th in the challenge. The rays of the setting sun illuminate the waves crashing through a sea arch on Pfeiffer Beach on Californias Big Sur Coast

Placed 28^th in the challenge. The Canyon of the Merced River Sits in deep shadows the morning after a light snowstorm blows through Yosemite National Park, California

Placed 23^rd in the challenge. A stroll along the banks of Hare Creek take you through the enchanted Redwood Forests of California's Big Sur Coast...

Placed 55^th in the challenge. Early morning sun lights up the incoming storm on the Eastern slope of California's Sierra Nevada

Placed 15^th in the challenge. A diminutive Pinyon Pine clings to life among the hard rocks of the Paria Plateau in the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness in Northern Arizona

Placed 27^th in the challenge. A thin ground fog greeting the rising sun on a chilly morning along the Yellowstone River...

Placed 12^th in the challenge. A small waterfall drops onto the beach at McWay Cove, along California's Big Sur Coast

Placed 4^th in the challenge. Venus' Belt and Earth's Shadow give color to the clear sky as the sun sets above a half-frozen Wanda Lake deep in the back country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

Placed 40^th in the challenge. Partington Creek flows down to the ocean while the waves crash into a small cove in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park on California's Big Sur Coast

Placed 3^rd in the challenge. A storm breaks in time for a gorgeous sunset over the Olympic Coast of Washington

Placed 4^th in the challenge. A bunch of Western Blue Flax (Linum Lewisii) shines in from of the flowerful meadows of Gothic Basin, home of the world famous Crested Butte Wildflower Festival

Thank you all. It was definitely the nicest color I've seen there after several attempts. Sometimes it's nice to be lucky :)

Placed 1^st in the challenge. Sunset lights up Mount Rainier as it reflects in tiny Aurora Lake deep in the backcountry of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Placed 14^th in the challenge. Havasu Creek cascades down one of the Waterfalls created by the floods of 2008 in the Grand Canyon. On the Havasupai (People of the Blue-Green Waters) in northwestern Arizona

Placed 3^rd in the challenge. Eons of wind and water shape the swirling sandstone desert of the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness in Southern Utah/Northern Arizona.