2016 Adventures in Nature photo contest
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Winners of the 2016 Adventures in Nature photo contest, open to Arizona high school students, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Highways magazine and Cox Communications.
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest, 2nd place
- Wyatt Mendez
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Tucson’s Wyatt Mendez took second place for his photograph of a praying mantis. Mendez captured the image in the Chiricahua Mountains. He said the praying mantis “objected very much” to the giant lens.
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest, 3rd place
- Tanner Charnstrom
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Third place went to Tanner Charnstrom of Mesa for “Afternoon Glow,” shot in Upper Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest, 1st place
- Randy Davidson
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Randy Davidson from Prescott won first place in the Adventures in Nature photo contest for his “Under the Stars” photograph, taken near Skull Valley, Arizona.
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Mary E. Siml
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A monsoon storm over the Santa Catalina mountain range earned Tucsonan Mary E. Siml a fourth-place nod.
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Mary E. Siml
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In addition to fourth, Mary E. Siml also took sixth place for “The Great Expanse.”
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Tyra Hughes
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Tyra Hughes of Mesa received tenth-place honors for “Salt River.”
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Lydia Yates
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Ninth place went to Lydia Yates from San Tan Valley for her spider-themed photograph, “Itsy Bitsy.”
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Michael Bray
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Michael Bray from Sahuarita took eighth place for “Web of Life.”
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Lily Cate Smith
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Tucson’s Lily Cate Smith, a student at the Gregory School, came in seventh for “Green Bug on a Flower.”
Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest
- Madilyn Olson
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San Tan Valley’s Madilyn Olson’s capture of a double rainbow near Flagstaff earned her a fifth-place spot.
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Adventures in Nature: 2016 High School Nature Photo Contest, 2nd place
- Wyatt Mendez
Tucson’s Wyatt Mendez took second place for his photograph of a praying mantis. Mendez captured the image in the Chiricahua Mountains. He said the praying mantis “objected very much” to the giant lens.
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Judges noted high school students' talent and commanding technical knowledge.
