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Virtual Background Photo Contest Winners!

December 14, 2020

First Place: Disney Wilderness Preserve. Photo by Wayne Hall.

What happens when you combine the Disney Wilderness Preserve with a herd of Caribou on a mountain with a red fox and alpine tundra plus an AOP mission flight? You get the winners of the NEON Virtual Background Photo Contest!

NEON employees submitted and voted on the best picks for virtual background photos, and the results are in!

Congratulations to our top five winners:

1st place – Wayne Hall

First Place: Disney Wilderness Preserve. Photo by Wayne Hall.

First Place: Disney Wilderness Preserve. Photo by Wayne Hall.

2nd place – Josh Buza

Second Place: Atigun Pass in the Brooks Range of Alaska. Photo by Josh Buza.

Second Place: Atigun Pass in the Brooks Range of Alaska. Photo by Josh Buza.

3rd place – Janelle Hakala

Third Place: Niwot, CO. Photo by: Janelle Hakala.

Third Place: Niwot, CO. Photo by Janelle Hakala.

4th place – Michael Wussow

Fourth Place: Toolik Alaska. Photo by: Michael Wussow.

Fourth Place: Toolik Alaska. Photo by Michael Wussow.

5th place – Billy Smallen 

Fifth Place: Fox in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Photo by: Billy Smallen.

Fifth Place: Fox in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Photo by Billy Smallen.

 

These five beautiful photos are available for downloading from the NEON Science Flickr album. There you can also view, and download, our other entries! Browse the album here:

2020 NEON Photo Contest

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