Nature Conservancy Photography Prize 2023

The Nature Conservancy has announced the winners of this year's photo competition and, as ever, they are a powerful reminder of how beautiful the natural world can be.

OGN has selected a handful of its favourites, but if you would like to see all winning and runners up images, just head to Nature Conservancy Photography Prize 2023.

Here's half a dozen fabulous images of nature at its most stunning...

A brown bear photographed in the USA, shakes water off in this slow-motion shot | Credit: Luisa Pericoli | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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An intense snowstorm obscures the autumnal colours of the trees in this image which is reminiscent of an impressionist painting | Credit: Alessandro Carboni | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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A small group of wild wildebeest watch from a safe distance as a hot air balloon lands in the Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya | Credit: Michael Hegyi | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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Holes dug by fish for spawning can be seen after this pond in Hong Kong has dried up | Credit: Jeanny Tang | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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Lake Magadi provides a breathtaking backdrop as flamingoes fly over the lake in Kenya | Credit: Neelutpaul Barua | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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Fresh from catching a bug, this hoopoe takes flight with its wings lit by the light of a sunrise in the early morning in the United Arab Emirates | Credit: Hermis Haridas | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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A cactus tree photographed in the Province of Salta, Argentina, on a moonlit winter night | Credit: Jose Pereyra Lucena | TNC Photo Contest 2023

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