Winning images of our weekly contest
The granite domes of the Sierra Nevada rise abruptly above Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park, California. Our family visited the park in the summers of 2009 and 2010 to hike and explore both the famous valley and the rugged high country pictured here.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
This afternoon I took this photo through patio doors of two young horses enjoying the falling snow while it was still falling. Just like people they take the best photos when they don't know they are being photographed.
Mary Lou Roder of Elgin
A young eagle taking a break at lock and dam 13 on the Mississippi River.
Colette Parzygnat of Lombard
The Oculus at the World Trade Center. It houses a train station and shopping mall and was designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava. It is an impressive structure, near the 9/11 Museum.
Art Hall of Wheaton
Playing hide-and-seek in the chilly weather with my cousins.
Anna-Catherine McGraw of Wheaton
A barn owl flies in the Arizona desert.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
The lake is frozen near the Chicago museum campus at daybreak after below zero temperatures hit the area earlier this month.
Michael W. Noonan of Arlington Heights
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Anton Forsberg makes a save against Minnesota Wild forward Mikael Granlund during the game at the United Center on the January 10.
John Wysocki of Mount Prospect
The end of November brings New Zealand's finest foliage as summer sneaks in.
Kate Baron of Volo
A horse named Scout keeps an eye on the morning's snowfall in Grayslake on March 2, 2016.
Kelley Dorner of Grayslake
Ice floats in the Chicago River near N. LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago on January 8.
Janine Miehlke of Lake Zurich
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