14 impressive pictures of the winners of the Nature Conservancy 2018 contest

The Nature Conservancy charity has announced the winners of its annual nature photography competition. This year, the judges had to choose the best pictures from 57,489 works that were sent from 135 countries.

Commenting on the results, one of the judges of the contest, Bill Marr, said: "The quality of the photos this year is amazing. It was very difficult to choose a winner. We have wonderful pictures from all over the world, from the beautiful landscapes of the West to squirrels in the backyard in Austria. Photography is a common language for everyone."

We present to you the most impressive works of the finalists of the competition.

Source: My Modern Met

The end is near. A fragment of an iceberg in Icelandic waters. Photo: Andre Mercier (USA), 2nd place.

Serenity. Aldejarfoss Waterfall in Iceland. Photo: Jeremy Stevens (USA), winner in the category "Water".

Playing stallions. Photo: Camille Briotte (France), the main prize of the competition.

The narrow canyons of the Escalante Nature Reserve in Utah. Photo: Tanner Latham (USA), winner in the category "People and Nature".

A girl and a frog. Photo: Terra Fondrist (USA), 3rd place.

Red Fox, Newfoundland. Photo: Megan Lorenz (Canada), Audience Award in the category "Wildlife".

His Majesty is plastic. A plastic bag in its natural habitat — the ocean. Photo: Aristo Risi (Australia), winner in the category "Water".

When nature takes its toll. Abandonment in the sands of the UAE. Photo: Jesse Young (USA), winner in the category "Cities and nature".

Hunting of a great white shark in the waters of the Mexican island of Guadalupe. Photo: Roberto Moccini Formiga (Brazil), first place in the category "Wildlife".

My home, my city. Night view from the Lion Rock Country Park. Photo: Kwok Kui Andus Tse (Hong Kong), winner in the category "Cities and nature".

The Sossusflei plateau in the Namib desert. Photo: Paul Zizka (Canada), winner in the Landscape category.

A lava explosion in Hawaii. Photo: Alice Butler, winner in the Jury's Choice category.

The eruption of Colima volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico. Photo: Hernando Alonso Rivera Cervantes (Mexico), winner in the Landscape category.