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Freeze Frame
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Dec 23 - Feb 28, 2022
When temperatures drop below freezing and snow begins to fall, nature’s blanket transforms our world. Snowflakes sprinkle across a bear’s fur (brown bear, right), birds nestle among snow-covered branches, and a deer’s thick winter coat show that the season is here.
Share some of your favorite freeze frames of animals that embrace the season’s change whether wearing it or sharing its name including snowy owls, snow monkeys, snow leopards, and snowshoe hares.
Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen pictures will be posted on this page, and one will even be featured.
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For this assignment, we’re offering an incentive. The author of the featured photo chosen by our editorial team will receive a Patagonia Arbor Linked Pack, perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the crag, or a weekend at the beach. See the official Contest Rules.
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![Alison Sumprer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/alisonsumprer081521monarch.jpg)
Monarch butterfly.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Steven Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/steven_weiner_female_mallard_4some_04jul2020.jpg)
Female Mallard, Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Massachusetts.
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![Patricia Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/patricia_weiner_jellyfish_1252017.jpg)
Jellyfish.
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, United States.
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![Patricia Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/patricia_weiner_a_pacific_coral_reef_1252017.jpg)
Coral reef.
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, United States.
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![Patricia Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/patricia_weiner_pacific_coral_reef_1252017.jpg)
Coral reef.
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, United States.
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![Patricia Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/patricia_weiner_white_pelican_1282014.jpg)
White pelican.
Everglades National Park, Florida, United States.
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![Michele E. Winship](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michele_winship_5.20.20_frog.jpg)
Green frog.
Rutgers University Botanical Garden, New Jersey, United States.
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![Anneke Ivans](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/indian_gharial_bronx_zoo.jpg)
Indian gharial.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Brigitte Kreigenhofer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/salvins_albatross_thalassarche_salvini.jpg)
Salvin's albatross.
Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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![Brigitte Kreigenhofer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/brigittekreigenhoferbattleofthenotherngiantpetrel.jpg)
Northern giant petrel.
Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lion_cub_botswana_bill_klipp_.jpg)
African lion.
Botswana.
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![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/sea_lion_gull_discovery_bay_bill_klipp_.jpg)
Discovery Bay, California, United States.
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![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/king_penguin_south_georgia_salisbury_plain_bill_klipp_.jpg)
King penguins.
South Georgia Island.
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![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/killerwhale_beach_attack_patagonia_bill_klipp_.jpg)
Orca.
Peninsular Valdes, Patagonia, Argentina.
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![Roxann Murray](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/roxann_muray_roosevelt_elk_crossing_2020.jpg)
Roosevelt elk.
Hood Canal, Washington, United States.
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![Kathryn Winograd](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/winogradheron8202021.jpg)
Great blue heron.
Littleton, Colorado, United States.
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![Roxann Murray](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/roxann_murray_ochre_sea_star_2013.jpg)
Sea star.
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, United States.
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![Roxann Murray](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/roxann_murray_great_blue_heron_2019.jpg)
Great blue heron.
Port Orchard, Washington, United States.
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![Roxann Murray](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/roxann_murray_sea_stars_and_anemones_2015.jpg)
Starfish.
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, United States.
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![Phil Petzold](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/phil_petzold_oystercatcher_nickerson_beach_park_ny_81421.jpg)
Oystercatcher.
Nickerson Beach Park, New York, United States.
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![Phillip Petzold](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/phil_petzold_skimmer_nickerson_beach_park_ny_71521.jpg)
Skimmer.
Nickerson Beach Park, New York, United States.
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![Phillip Petzold](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/phil_petzold_hippos_zambia_81517.jpg)
Hippopotamus.
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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![Gerard J. Morano](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_0050a.jpg)
California sea lion.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lesliesanderson.tern.614.l9411.jpg)
Forster's tern.
California, United States.
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![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lesliesanderson.bufflehead.110.z2793.jpg)
Bufflehead duck.
Oakland, California, United States.
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![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lesliesandersonyh.blackbird.517l1925.jpg)
Yellow-head.
Ruby Valley, Nevada, United States.
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![Sarah Sears](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/nautilus_sarah_sears_2010.jpg)
Chambered Nautilus
New York Aquarium, New York City, United States.
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![Rachelle Gage](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_4397.jpg)
Alligator.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Lynda L. Zarillo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/stingraysmile.jpg)
Stingray.
West Orange, New Jersey, United States.
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![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lesliesandersongrebes.815.l8437.jpg)
Clark's grebe.
Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States.
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![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lesliesandersongbheron.1019.jpg)
Great blue heron.
California, United States.
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![Roy Mauritsen](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/hippo_sdzoo_2000.jpg)
Hippopotamus.
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, United States.
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![Kevin Albinder](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2c8a2169.jpg)
Sea lion.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Janine M. Rao](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20200727_102412.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Mitchell Steinhardt](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_0102edit.jpg)
Humpback whale.
New Jersey, United States.
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![Janine M. Rao](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20200727_102441.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_polar_bear_2_11_2017.jpg)
Polar bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leafy_sea_dragon.jpg)
Leafy sea dragon.
Los Angeles, California, United States.
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![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/jellyfish.jpg)
Jellyfish.
Los Angeles, California, United States.
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![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_jaguar_cub_09_16_2017.jpg)
Jaguar.
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
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![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_california_sea_otter_08_30_2020_1_.jpg)
Sea otter.
New York Aquarium, New York, United States.
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![Leslie Wainger](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/seeing_double_splash_leslie_wainger_4.30.12_img_9490.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kathy_brady_wolves_march_1_2021.jpg)
Tundra wolf.
Lakota Wolf Preserve, New Jersey, United States.
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![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kathy_brady_humpback_whale_tail_may_13_2018.jpg)
Humpback whale.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Atlantic Ocean, United States.
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![Frank Greco](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/frank_greco_05032014_rhinopius_frondosa_nya.jpg)
Weedy scorpionfish.
New York Aquarium, New York, United States.
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![Frank Greco](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/frank_greco_050314_annularis_angelfish_nya.jpg)
Blue ring angelfish.
New York Aquarium, New York, United States.
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