Pakistani picture wins Wiki Loves Earth contest 2015

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The Wiki Loves Earth contest, organised by the Wikimedia Foundation, has chosen Zaeem Siddiq's photo from Lower Kachura Lake, a popular tourist destination in Central Karakoram National Park, Skardu, Pakistan as the best international picture for the year 2015.

The global 2015 edition has seen more than 8,500 contestants participating from 26 countries, with over 100,000 photo submissions throughout the month of May.

From Pakistan alone, over 1500 contestants chipped in from across the country to submit more than 11,000 photographs; making it the country with the fourth largest number of submissions and second largest in the number of participants.

The prize for the winner includes a trip to attend the Wikimania 2016 conference in Esino Lario, Italy, with paid travel and accommodation expenses.

The top 15 pictures as decided by the jury are given below:


First place:2015 winner comes from Lower Kachura Lake, a popular tourist destination in Central Karakoram National Park, Skardu, Pakistan. — Image by Zaeem Siddiq


Second place: a view of the Laurisilva (laurel forest) of Madeira, Portugal. — Photo by Jnvalves

Third place: the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), or Steinbock, in an Austrian national park in the Hohe Tauern mountain range. —Photo by Bernd Thaller

Fourth place: a spider (Misumena vatia) with a freshly killed bee in the Bratental nature reserve, near Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. — Photo by Suhaknoke

Fifth place: a European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia. — Photo by Elgollimoh

Sixth place: Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. — Photo by Vian and retouched by Iifar

Seventh place: Wolayer See and surrounding area, Carinthia, Austria. — Photo by Gerald Köstl

Eight place: cormorants at dusk on the pond of Vaccarès, France. — Photo by Ddeveze,

Ninth place: limestone stalagmites inside the Anhumas Abyss, Brasil. — Photo by Caio Vilela

Tenth place: High Tatras as seen from the Polish Spisz, Tatry Natura 2000 Special Area of Conservation, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. — Photo by Łukasz Śmigasiewicz

Eleventh place: Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Salines de Thyna Ramsar site, Tunisia. — Photo by Elgollimoh

Twelfth place: Khlong Lan Waterfall, Khlong Lan National Park, Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand. — Photo by Khunkay

Thirteenth place: the Malakatyn River at Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, part of the Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Sakha, Russia. — Photo by Boris Solovyev

Fourteenth place: Morning in Tolkuse bog, Luitemaa Nature Conservation Area, Pärnu County, Estonia. — Photo by Märt Kose

Fifteenth place: Lines left after skiing on the snowy slopes of Baba Mountain, Pelister National Park, Macedonia. — Photo by Ptahhotep,



Pakistani photo wins first place in Wiki Loves Earth contest 2015 - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[silent hawk]

This is Shangrila resort right.

 

[I.R.A]

@WAJsal

 

[JonAsad]

my home town skardu View attachment 264940

is that you?-

 

[Sipahi]

Great place to visit

 

[I.R.A]

my home town skardu

Kheeri min takpachin.

 

[Gikmet Baltee]

is that you?-

yes

Kheeri min takpachin.

Abdul Waheed
NIce try (Y)

 

[I.R.A]

yes


Abdul Waheed
NIce try (Y)

I myself had no idea what it means

Okay nice meeting you Abdul Waheed. You look very similar to one of my friends from Sakardu, but he would be way older than you by now. And now be a good boy and stop sharing too much personal information, better remove your pic too

 

[JonAsad]

yes

the guy in the hat and glasses looks kool-

 

[Gikmet Baltee]

I myself had no idea what it means

Okay nice meeting you Abdul Waheed. You look very similar to one of my friends from Sakardu, but he would be way older than you by now. And now be a good boy and stop sharing too much personal information, better remove your pic too

it is not that much personal .its just me

the guy in the hat and glasses looks kool-

hehahhaahahaaaa

 

[xyxmt]

my home town skardu View attachment 264940

I was wondering if thats a Skurdu hair style...then I realized its the tree behind

 

[I.R.A]

I was wondering if thats a Skurdu hair style...then I realized its the tree behind
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I had told him to remove that pic but he would not listen. He must have thought people here don't leave discussion with something mentioning loading or in process.

 

[xyxmt]

I had told him to remove that pic but he would not listen. He must have thought people here don't leave discussion with something mentioning loading or in process.

yar tu ne to dil pe ly lya lol

I had told him to remove that pic but he would not listen. He must have thought people here don't leave discussion with something mentioning loading or in process.

 

[I.R.A]

yar tu ne to dil pe ly lya lol



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yar tu ne to dil pe ly lya lol



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Yar jo maza aik saaary huay comment may hy wo pic may nahi hy. Bandy ko tumhari creativity pay shak hony lagta hay.