Winners photo contest made in US national parks

• The winners of photographs taken in US national parks

Winners of the contest Share the Experience Contest, which brings together photographs taken in the territory of more than 400 national parks and other conservation areas of the United States. This year the jury considered more than 15,000 entries submitted by professional photographers and amateurs. The main prize in the amount of 10 thousand US dollars was awarded to the photographer Yang Lu of the picture in the sunset of the National Recreation Area Glen Canyon.

"People's Choice Award." Bison grazing in Yellowstone National Park. This image has received many rave reviews.

1st place. Sunset Canyon National Recreation Area Glen Utah. Photographer: Yang Lu.

2 nd place. Bighorn National Park Joshua Tree against the sky, shimmering colors of sunset. Photographer: Koustubh Kulkarni.

third place. This photograph was taken by photographer Sarah Gustafson (Sarah Gustafson) during her first trip to Death Valley National Park. According to Sarah, she was always incomprehensible to the true size of these geological formations, so she turned herself into a frame to show the scale.

The winner in the category "Seasons and Landscapes". Hood - pointed geological formations - in the conservation area Ah-she-sle-pah in the state of New Mexico.

The winner in the category "Adventure". Kayaker swims under the arch Canyon National Recreation Area Glen Utah.

The winner in the category "Parks". Children swimming in the harbor in the National Park of the Virgin Islands. Photographer: Every Kid.

The winner in the category "Night Sky". The Milky Way shines in the night sky above the mountain range in the Badlands National Park. Photographer: Erik Fremstad.

The winner in the category of "Wildlife". Beetles Meloidae in Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

"People's Choice Award." Mount Whitney in the Inyo National Forest. This photograph was taken by photographer Martin Heather (Heather Martin), who was about to reach the summit at the weekend on the occasion of Remembrance Day, but due to the heavy snowfall could not implement his plan.