The International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest has just announced its 2019 winners, and their pics are the perfect reminders of just how diverse and beautiful our Mother Earth really is.

This year, the competition had 3,403 entries from 840 participants. The cut-off score this year was 85.2%, but the organizers said there were hundreds of images scoring above 80% which could happily sit alongside the photographs in the book they’re publishing this year.

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After carefully reviewing all of the submitted pictures, the six judges, including last year’s winner, Adam Gibbs, determined that Oleg Ershov from Russia was to be named the International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019 while Magali Chesnel from France took home The International Landscape Photograph of the Year award.

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#1 Page, Arizona, USA By Craig Bill

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“There is $10,000 in cash prizes for the best Photograph of the Year (single shot, 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and best Photographer of the Year (portfolio of four photographs, 1st, 2nd, 3rd), and there are five special subject awards (Wildlife in Landscape, Abstract Aerial, Snow & Ice, Lone Tree, Heavenly Cloud) which receive a one-meter print from the high-end photo lab and framer, Created For Life,” the organizers explained. “All 11 winners receive a physical copy of the annual Awards book, proudly printed by Momento Pro.”

#2 Madeira, Portugal, By Anke Butawitsch

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The entries presented for judging had to be photographic in origin (taken with a camera) but there were no limits on post-production. This means the participants were allowed to use HDR, tone mapping, cloning, composites, stitching, focus-stacking, etc. The only rule was that all post-production must’ve been the work of that particular photographer. They couldn’t have someone else edit or work on their images.

#3 Hangandifoss, Iceland By Kai Hornung

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#4 Second Place: Bonaire, Dutch Carribean By Sander Grefte

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#5 Second Place: Badain Jaran Desert, China By Yang Guang

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#6 Antorno Lake, Dolomiti, Italy By Miller Yao

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#7 Eastern Sierra, California, USA By Carlos Cuervo

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#8 Hoh Rainforest, Washington, USA By Blake Randall

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#9 The Snow And Ice Award: Central Balkan, Bulgaria By Veselin Atanasov

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#10 Third Place: Sharqiya Sands Desert, Oman By Peter Adam Hoszang

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#11 Second Place: Badain Jaran Desert, China By Yang Guang

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#12 The Heavenly Cloud Award: Pacex Rocket Exhaust Plume, Sierra Nevada, California, USA By Brandon Yoshizawa

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#13 Wangu Falls, Northern Taiwan By Kuo Zei Yang

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#14 Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil By Ignacio Palacios

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#15 Floe Lake, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada By Matt Jackisch

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#16 Third Place: Grizzly Lake, Yukon, Canada By Blake Randall

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#17 Slovenia By Jaka Ivancic

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#18 Mount Baker, Washington, United States By Matt Jackisch

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#19 Winner: Bláfellsá, Iceland By Oleg Ershov

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#20 Barents Sea, Teriberka, Russia By Sergey Semenov

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#21 Bronte Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia By Gergo Rugli

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#22 Tumpak Sewu Waterfall, Indonesia By Tony Wang

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#23 Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile By Yuekai Du

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#24 The Wildlife In Landscape Award: West Mongolia By Ricardo Da Cunha

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#25 Winner: Fleswick Bay, England By Oleg Ershov

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#26 Kaohsiung, Taiwan By Peng-Gang Fang

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#27 Bromo Volcano National Park, Indonesia By Tony Wang

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#28 Kimberley, Western Australia By Mat Beetson

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#29 The Lone Tree Award: Madeira, Portugal By Anke Butawitsch