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Make a Splash
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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.
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN
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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![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/snow_leopard_1.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/swan.jpg)
Swan.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/white_naped_crane.jpg)
White-naped crane.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/tiger_4.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/bald_eagle_haines_alaska_billklipp_.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Alaska, United States.
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![Linda Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/adelie_penguin_brown_bluff_antarctica_linda_klipp_nov_2011__1_.jpg)
Adelie penguin.
Brwon Bluff, Antarctica.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Nathalie Taylor](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dt6a8682.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/flying_dove_barbara_kapetanakes_feb_2022.jpg)
Mourning dove.
Westchester County, New York, United States.
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![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/colorful_duck_barbara_kapetanakes_feb_2022.jpg)
Westchester County, New York, United States.
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![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lonely_goose_barbara_kapetanakes_feb_2021.jpg)
Canada goose.
Westchester County, New York, United States.
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![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/duck_in_the_snow_barbara_kapetanakes_feb_2021.jpg)
Mallard.
Westcheseter County, New York, United States.
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![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cold_little_birdie_barbara_kapetanakes_feb_2021.jpg)
Westchester County, New York, United States.
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![Barbara Kapetanakes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/arctic_fox_barbara_kapetanakes_august_2021.jpg)
Arctic fox.
Montreal Ecomuseum Zoo, Quebec, Canada.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Deborah Korman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/sealionppz3.jpg)
California sea lion.
Prospect Park Zoo, New York, United States.
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![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck_commongrackle_010720223.jpg)
Common grackle.
Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleen_shattuck_commongrackle_010720222.jpg)
Common grackle.
Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck_commongrackle_010720221.jpg)
Common grackle.
Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Debbie Caponigro-Kahn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_0763.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/hawkfrost.z4045.jpg)
Hawk.
Merrill, California, United States.
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![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_snow_leopards_03_07_2015.jpg)
Snow leopards.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Freeze Frame |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_polar_bear_03_07_2015.jpg)
Polar bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
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![Valerie Adams](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/valerie_adams__oh_hello_12_29_2018.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Central Park Zoo, New York, United States.
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![Valerie Adams](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/valerie_adams_aweinspiring_12_29_2018.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Central Park Zoo, New York, United States.
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![Valerie Adams](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/valerie_adams_tongue_out_12_29_2018.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Central Park Zoo, New York, United States.
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![Valerie Adams](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/valerie_adams__snow_leopard_on_rocks__12_29_18.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Central Park Zoo, New York, United States.
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![Rosemary Goussios](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20210202_080035_000.jpeg.jpg)
Blue jay.
Hollis, New Hampshire, United States.
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![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_9895_Amur_Tiger_in_Snow_TM_BZ_02_03_21_hr.jpeg)
Amur Tiger in Snow, Tiger Mountain, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York.
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_9579_American_Bison_in_Snow_BZ_02_03_21_hr.jpeg)
American Bison in Snow, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York.
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![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_2543_White-naped_Crane_in_Snow_HIM_BZ_12_17_20_hr.jpeg)
White-naped Crane in Snow, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York.
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