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First Place
Jay Janner
Austin American-Statesman
"TEXAS DROUGHT"
Second Place
Green Renaissance
Zuma Press
"UNTITILED"
Third Place
Jenny E. Ross
Freelance
"POLAR BEAR INFANTICIDE AND CANNIBALISM ON SEA ICE"
Award of Excellence
Claudio Santana
Agence France-Presse
"VOLCANO PUYEHUE"
Award of Excellence
Claudio Santana
Agence France-Presse

"VOLCANO PUYEHUE"

A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5, 2011. Puyehue erupted for the first time in half a century on June 4, 2011, prompting evacuations for 3,500 people as it sent a cloud of ash that reached Argentina.