Woophy presents the winner of our February competition 'Waste, pollution and environment' Rikus with his picture of the left oil barrels in Palmer Station Antarctica. Rikus congratulations, you won the book 'Antarctica' by Mike Lucas.
The honourable mentions go to Pistachon from Mexico and Antonio from Estonia. Pistachon is a true master of waste and pollution photo's. Antonio managed to capture the dirtiest beach on earth with more plastic bottles on it than in a supermarket. The both of you congratulations.
Rikus
Palmer Station, Antartica
The worst case of pollution we encountered were the left oil barrels in Palmer Station Antarctica pictured by Rikus from Belgium. Terrible to see the only uninhabited continent been treated so careless. This picture was selected by all 5 of the jury members and chosen as winner of the February 2006 photo contest.
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| Pistachon Juarez, Mexico |
Antonio Negombo, Sri Lanka |