2024 Photo Contest Winners

  • Crescent moon peeking into Antelope Canyon
    Crescent moon peeking into Antelope Canyon

    Taylor OBrien [taylor.obrien@colorado.edu]

    The moon peeks through the top of the canyon. Photographed in lower Antelope Canyon on April 7, 2022.

  • Adelie penguin chicks
    Adelie penguin chicks

    Lauren Lipuma [lauren.lipuma@colorado.edu]

    Two Adelie penguin chicks are kept warm by their parent in Cape Royds, Antarctica.

  • Air Sampling Sun Halos
    Air Sampling Sun Halos

    Ian Crocker [ian.crocker@noaa.gov]

    Dr. Julianne Fernandez prepares to collect an air sample at the South Pole during a vivid display of sun halo phenomena in support of the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory’s mission to measure atmosphere

  • Busy Colorado hummingbirds
    Busy Colorado hummingbirds

    Alison Banwell [alison.banwell@colorado.edu]

    Busy hummingbirds at Taylor Park Marina, Colorado. August 2023.

  • Exploring in Arctic Light
    Exploring in Arctic Light

    Twila Moon [twila.moon@colorado.edu]

    Thanks to the Arctic summer light, the middle of the night is a fine time for kayaking near Ilulissat, Greenland.

    Category: general

  • Extremophile Biomass
    Extremophile Biomass

    Nicholas Dragone [Nicholas.Dragone@colorado.edu]

    Thermophilic bacteria growing in a hot pool in Rotorua, New Zealand. Photo taken on September 29, 2023.

  • Finding grasshoppers
    Finding grasshoppers

    Stephanie Maltarich [stephanie.maltarich@colorado.edu]

    RECCS student Salome Carrasco examines a grasshopper she caught in the fields outside of Eldorado Canyon State Park. July 2023.

  • Golden Larch Trees
    Golden Larch Trees

    Christina E Kumler [christina.e.kumler@noaa.gov]

    We admired golden larch trees in October in North Cascades National Park on Easy Pass (which was not so easy).

  • Little Cascades in the Gorge
    Little Cascades in the Gorge

    Christina E Kumler [christina.e.kumler@noaa.gov]

    Here are some little cascades in the Columbia River Gorge.

  • Plains Refuge
    Plains Refuge

    Kyra Clark-Wolf [kyra.clark-wolf@colorado.edu]

    Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, near Valentine, Nebraska, November 9, 2023. Taken during a field visit by CIRES researchers to discuss climate adaptation with refuge staff.

  • Sampling The Salt Lake
    Sampling The Salt Lake

    Chris jernigan [chris.jernigan@noaa.gov]

    08/18/2023 - AEROMMA DC-8 Campaign flying over the Great Salt Lake, Utah.

  • The Majesty of the Valais Alps
    The Majesty of the Valais Alps

    James Mothersbaugh [james.mothersbaugh@colorado.edu]

    On the summit of Platthorn above Zermatt, Switzerland on August 1, 2022.

  • Through Ice
    Through Ice

    Ryan Vachon [ryan.vachon@colorado.edu]

    Canning River, Northern Slope of Alaska. March 2023

2022 Photo Contest Winners

  • Buckskin Slot Canyon
    Buckskin Slot Canyon
  • Close Encounter
    Close Encounter
  • Crescent moon over the Henry Mountains
    Crescent moon over the Henry Mountains
  • Fern Canyon
    Fern Canyon
  • Heading back to camp after a long day in the field
    Heading back to camp after a long day in the field
  • Ice arch at Mauna Kea
    Ice arch at Mauna Kea
  • Lava
    Lava
  • Measuring the Arapaho Glacier
    Measuring the Arapaho Glacier
  • Measuring turbulence
    Measuring turbulence
  • Old Aspen
    Old Aspen
  • Pre-Flight Sunrise
    Pre-Flight Sunrise
  • Uplight
    Uplight
  • Watching the drone
    Watching the drone

2020 Photo Contest Winners

  • Grand Prismatic Spring
    Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Picture Perfect
    Picture Perfect
  • Milky Way and Cloud
    Milky Way and Cloud
  • Starry Night
    Starry Night
  • Disappearing ice
    Disappearing ice
  • White Out
    White Out
  • Fisherman
    Fisherman
  • Exploring the Perito Moreno Glacier
    Exploring the Perito Moreno Glacier
  • Love in the Air
    Love in the Air
  • Springtime supercell
    Springtime supercell

2018 Photo Contest Winners

  • Alaskan Sea Ice - Bianca Baier
    Alaskan Sea Ice - Bianca Baier
  • Biking under the Northern Lights - John Cassano
    Biking under the Northern Lights - John Cassano
  • Arriving at the south pole - Glen Grant
    Arriving at the south pole - Glen Grant
  • Great Blue Heron - Alison Banwell
    Great Blue Heron - Alison Banwell
  • Adelie penguin in a hurry - Alison Banwell
    Adelie penguin in a hurry - Alison Banwell
  • Evening White - Michael Rhodes
    Evening White - Michael Rhodes
  • Milky Way over Maroon Bells - Patrick Cullis
    Milky Way over Maroon Bells - Patrick Cullis
  • Where Did I Put My Keys - Mike Willis
    Where Did I Put My Keys - Mike Willis
  • World in a Flower Cup - Garrett Campbell
    World in a Flower Cup - Garrett Campbell
  • Hikers log - Candida Dewes
    Hikers log - Candida Dewes
  • Chipmunk at Peyto Lake_Allen Pope
    Chipmunk at Peyto Lake_Allen Pope

CIRES 2014 Photo Contest Winners on Flickr