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| Photo credit: Grant Petty |
The beautiful images displayed here were submitted to the 2011 SSEC Photo Contest administered by the Schwerdtfeger Library. They are a collection of photographs taken by scientists, faculty, staff and students from the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Building showcasing the way they view the natural world.
2nd: Dima Smirnov, Dryline Thunderstorm
3rd: Matthew Sitkowski, Lake Mendota Snow
Hon Men: Dima Smirnov, Arboretum Snowfields
Hon Men: Grant Petty, Frozen Lake Mendota
Winning photographers from 2010 were invited to judge the competition this year along with a graduate student from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and representatives from the contest committee. Judges conducted a blind review, assessing the photographs on the following scales: 1) Weather: for accurate and clear representation of a weather phenomenon, 2) Technical: for focus, composition, lighting, color, contrast, depth of field, and 3) Artistry: for beauty, creativity, emotion, drama, telling a story.
The exhibit is located on the third floor of the AOSS Building, west corridor, outside the Schwerdtfeger Library