Winning images of our weekly photo contest
This is a picture of one of the many hot water pools in Yellowstone National Park's geyser basins. I took this photo about four years ago. The water temperatures are usually between 180 and 212 degrees. The colors come from bacteria that grow in the hot water. People have fallen into these and died. Pretty but deadly.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
Beautiful pink, white and yellow lady tulips share growing space with both purple and white grape hyacinth in this lush Geneva, IL garden. This photo was taken this May when warm spring weather finally arrived!
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
This little guy came to visit for just a couple days ushering in the first real days of spring and looked really striking perched in our ornamental pear tree.
Tom Nicol of Geneva
This photo was taken at a ballgame between the Carol Stream Huskies and the Bartlett Hawkeyes. I like the composition of the ball, the batter and the catcher and the intensity the game can generate. The best of times!
Dave Hoffrage of Lombard
Enjoying the view of this beautiful bird American Goldfinch. Lunch time!
Aline Thurler Rondon Moller of Naperville
Sunset at an access point of Turtle Beach, Siesta Key. Florida.
Thomas Fox of Roselle
A variety of plants co-mingle in color and contrast last summer at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
Two squirrels peek out from their home in a tree at River Trail Nature Center in Glenview this month.
Lynne Solway of Buffalo Grove
The inside of a Grayslake neighborhood gazebo on March 21. The skylight shining through the cupola windows highlighted the structure's beams and created a beautiful geometric design.
Kelley Dorner of Grayslake
A hummingbird at the Sonora Desert Museum in Arizona. The Desert Museum is a combination of botanical garden and zoo.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
The full moon on April 28th.
Aubrie Rodheim of Schaumburg
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