The Summer EESA photo contest received many incredible shots of EESA researchers at work. The panel of eight judges reviewed 50 total submissions. The winners are:
1ST Place
Photographer: Sigrid Dengel
The NGEE-Arctic Barrow, Alaska eddy flux site on the North Slope of Alaska undergoes pre-winter maintenance while the sun sits at its highest point in the sky, three days before disappearing behind the horizon for 66 days.
2ND Place (TIE)
Photographer: Robin Lopez
Emerging from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, SD after 10 hours working a mile deep underground to a majestic panoramic view of the Black Hills. Photographer: Robin Lopez
2ND Place (TIE)
Photographer: Craig Ulrich
John Peterson pulling gear at the NGEE field site in Barrow, AK under heavy winds and blowing snow.
3RD Place
Photographer: Robin Lopez
Tunnel vision from a mile deep underground, at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, SD for SIGMA-V project.