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Assignment Open From
Jun 8 - Aug 22, 2021
Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci described water as “the driving force of all nature.”
Aquatic and land animals rely on it for drinking, swimming, cooling off, and just living life (right, hippopotamus in Uganda).
Send us your best photos of wildlife and water. Snap a duckling’s first dip, a sensational sea lion splash, whales in harmony, or frogs on fronds.
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 Paxat Pack 32L, perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the crag, or the beach. See the official Contest Rules.
We can consider a maximum of six submissions per contributor.
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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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