We asked for submissions to use for this special contest, and received about 40. Charley, Paul and I went through them and decided we could not pick just one, so you get two images to find.
Image 450-1:
Image 450-2:
Submit the usual comments – each image individually or both together. There are 4 points up for grabs here.
The first one is the Valaamsky Monastery on
Valaam Island, Russian Federation but it seems it has been updated because the image is different in GM.
450-1 is the Valaam Monastery located on the island of Valaam in Lake Ladoga in Russia.
450-1:
Valaam Monastery, Lake Ladoga, Karelia/Russia
450-2
Tequendama Falls, Columbia
4.586°N 74.3°W
450-1 – is mine – thanx for the 2 points
450-2 – Salto del Tequendama (Soacha, Cundinamarca)
The Tequendama Falls are probably the most well-known in Colombia
1-Valaam Monastery, Karelia, Russia
61°23’23″N
30°56’45″E
2-Tequendama Falls, Bogotá, Colombia
04°34′28.5″N
74°17′36.2″W
450-2 is the Tequendama Falls on the Bogota River, Colombia, with the former Tequendama Falls Hotel, now Museum of Biodiversity and Culture, overlooking it.
450-1 is Valaam Transfiguration Monastery – stauropegic male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church , located on the island of Valaam archipelago in Karelia .
now for #2
Valaamsky Monastery, Valaam Island
Tequendama Falls, Columbia
2. Salto Del Tequendama – Waterfall
San Antonio Del Tequendama, Cundinamarca
Colombia
450-2 Hotel del Salto at Tequendama Falls near bogata, columbia