Hello Nature Lovers !

I would like to cordially invite you to another great week of the Amazing Nature Contest. There were already so many excellent entries regarding how amazing nature can be in the past episodes and there is still so much more to see ^^ .. To participate in #amazingnature just create a post that shows how amazing nature is for you personally. This can be anything from a beautiful flower or animal to an astonishing sunset.

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What is the Purpose of the Contest ?

I am a huge lover of nature and really enjoy to take pictures of all the lovely things that surround me every day, no matter if those are plants, animals or landscapes. I found Steemit to be a brilliant place to find and watch nature pictures from all over the world. There is such a diversity of great content out there, thanks to all of you, from different perspectives and out of various motivations. I would like to collect all those beautiful snapshots and their amazing stories in a weekly compilation so that you can all benefit from the beauty that we are facing all the time, but so often are not able to appreciate in the modern times we are living in.

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Contest Rules :

As this is a proper contest be so kind and follow those simple contest rules. Otherwise, to stay fair to those who do, I have to disqualify you from the winning places !

• Use #amazingnature as FIRST TAG and topic of the post and CLEARLY MENTION that your post is an ENTRY for this contest. This assures that this contest can grow and reach out to as many nature lovers as possible.
• All pictures that you use in your post have to be your own. You can use the amazing nature banner if you like or create your own.
• Clearly STATE why those pictures are representing YOUR AMAZING NATURE. This is an essential part of this contest.
• Drop the LINK to your post IN THE COMMENTS below so all participants can find it easily and fully enjoy this weekly collection. You can add a picture if you like.
• Please submit only one post per contest. Of course you can do more, but I will stick to one entry per Steemian.

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Possible Topics :

As nature covers an extreme wide range there is really anything possible. Amazing Natures categories could be anything from the following topics:

• Botany
• Zoology
• Geology
• Landscapes
• Philosophy
• ...

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Prizes to Win :

• 1st Place : 3 SBI
• 2nd Place : 2 SBI
• 3rd Place : 1 SBI

I will always try my best to link and present all participants of Amazing Nature in the entries section of the announcement posts that will be published roughly one week later during the weekend. This way you will have a nice compilation of them all. As an special feature, the new title picture of the contest will be created from the entry of the contest winner. This time it is from @redheadpei.

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THIS WEEKS WINNERS

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The winner of this weeks nature spirit special is @redheadpei with her true story about a nature tree spirit and a reminder that there is so much we don’t understand about our existence and that not only humans but everything in our universe has a spirit ... In her post she tells something about native Indian who refer to mother earth and her trees as a sacred Mother Goddess, about the Druids of Ireland who held the oak tree sacred and the ancient Celts who believe that we go into trees when we die, and more ... Her story is about this nature spirit in this tree that revealed itself as a warning to the seriousness of a dear friend’s health. It is a very touching story and the post is definitly worth a read !! .. Thank you so much for this amazing post @redheadpei .. by the way, there is another great entry about the spirits within trees by @bucipuci ^^

@redheadpei

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The second winner of this years nature spirit special is @akinome, not one of many words, but an excellent photographer which an beautiful blog to watch ^^ .. In his entry we see some different sections of frozen mountain lakes which nicely state how nature inspires our imagination. The spirit behind those fascinating structures for sure is an creative one. Maybe it is the same water, in all its states, loving little fellow who is responsible for the butterfly iCloud presented by @nelinoeva ^^ .. Thank you both for you entries ;)

@akinome

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Here we have the entry from @annephilbrick. It is such a lovely one that shows how flower buds unfold into beautiful flowers. For her it is deeply inspiring and also a great way to reveal one lovely nature spirit to us that surrounds us all wherever we might be ^^ But go an watch for yourself how this Scarlet Zinnia grows into true perfection ;) .. Thank you for this series ^^

@annephilbrick

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

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@bucipuci

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@engrsayful

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@kamrunnahar

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@ireenchew

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@nelinoeva

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@paradigm42

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@kaminchan

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I thank all of you who participated in this week and hope that you enjoyed the Amazing Nature Contest. I am also looking forward to more excellent content to come and the start of a nice new Nature community. Of course the format is open for all kind of critics that can increase the quality of the contest and I am always happy about anyone who wants to join us on this little adventure.

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Previous Participants :

@akinome @alinix @annamarina @annephilbrick @apnigrich @artofwisdom @angelro @atomcollector @bahttg @bigsambucca @brittandjosie @bucipuci @careassaktart @cocolefleur @davidesimoncini @dkkarolien @elkezaksek @ellenripley @engrsayful @hangin @iamraincrystal @ireenchew @isabelpena @joebtc @johannpiber @justclickindiva @kamrunnahar @karbon @kheys @lighteye @manojbhatt @melinda010100 @mintymile @molometer @myjob @mysteriousroad @nelinoeva @nilom @ninahaskin @paradigm42 @qwerrie @redheadpei @sarimanok @sayee @sallybeth23 @seadbeady @s3rg3 @theoctoberwind @thesobuz @travelsbyblue @trincowski @viking-ventures @wongbraling

If you want me to take you out of the list, or if you don't want your picture, in the case you are the winner, to be used as a new title picture, just let me know it in the comments.

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Best wishes,
Adalger