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June 29 is National Camera Day, a day to celebrate how the incredible power of photographs has changed the world. Photographs have allowed us to learn and observe so many things about the natural world that we couldn’t before the invention of the camera.

In honor of National Camera Day, here are the Grand Prize Winners from the last five years of the Picture This: Your Great Outdoors Photo Contest.

The 2016 Photo Contest is now open for submissions! Show us your best photographs taken in Massachusetts (or at Mass Audubon’s Wildwood camp in New Hampshire) that show off everything from wildlife to scenic landscapes to people enjoying the wonders of nature.

2015 Photo Contest Winner © Steve Flint

2014 Photo Contest Winner © Arindam Ghosh

2013 Photo Contest Winner © Paul Mozell

2012 Photo Contest Winner © Ken Lee

Over the next few weeks, Mass Audubon will be welcoming new and returning campers across Massachusetts and in Rindge, NH. Last week, Wildwood overnight camp hosted 140 new and returning Mass Audubon camp counselors from Pleasant Valley in Lenox to Joppa Flats in Newburyport and everywhere in between for the annual Field School.

Field School is a unique opportunity for counselors from camps across Mass Audubon’s sanctuaries to come together to share songs, stories, and experiences, and learn new skills and fun nature activities to share with their campers.

Check out photos and stories from Field School at the Word from Wildwood blog, and let us know in the comments: What are you most excited for at camp this summer?

Counselors learned about the life cycles of butterflies and dragonflies, lessons they can share with their campers this summer, and went on a Bug Hunt. This counselor captured something neat in her bug cup! What could it be?

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Take 5: National Camera Day

Getting Fired up for Summer Camp!