Each week www.nanpa.org highlights 7 images from the top 100 submissions of the NANPA Showcase competition. This week’s images are by:

John Trone – “Whaleshark, Isla Mujeres, Mexico”

Barbara Block – “Atlantic Puffins (composite), Grimsby Island, Iceland”

Michael Cohen – “Symmetrical Violetears, Costa Rica”

Hector Astorga – “Greater Roadrunner, Santa Clara Ranch, South Texas”

Paul Marcellini – “sunset reflected among reeds, Everglades National Park, Florida”

Caroline Bloss – “Merced River Ice Flowers, Yosemite National Park, CA”

David Hammond – “Misty fog surrounds a late season Sweet Gum., Johnson County Illinois”

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  Ferns and Birch Trees, Acadia National Park, ME
  © Richard Sandford
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  Devils Tower in golden grass circle, Devils Tower, Wyoming
  © Alice Cahill
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  Leaping Gentoo Penguin, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Island
  © Indranil Sircar
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  African elephant dust bathing with calf, Etosha NP, Namibia
  © Patrick Pevey
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  Moose cow and calf at Schwabacher Landing., Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WY
  © Alton Marsh
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  Burrowing Owlets , Cape Coral, FL
  © Marina Scarr
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  Island in the Sky, Olympic National Park, Washington
  © Peter Lik

The NANPA 2017 Showcase Competition Opens August 1, 2016. Enter your winning image.