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Sarah Day writes: Many thanks to everyone who entered the Earth Science Week photo competition!

We whittled down over 130 entries to a final winning 12, all of which feature in our 2018 calendar – on sale now at Burlington House or via our website.

The winners were:

Picture: Gina Williams and Giordano Battistel came to Burlington House to receive their awards from Dr Richard Hughes (centre), Executive Secretary.  Photo: Sarah Day.

 The top three photos were (shown in order, below):

• 1^st:  Three Sisters of Glencoe in Autumn: Milena Farajewicz
• 2^nd: Clifftop bowling overlooking Loch Maree: Emma Smith
• 3^rd: Limestone weathering, Gower: Kevin Privet

• Midges and Rain, Glencoe: Mark Ainsley
• Sand Blown, Bridport West Bay: Giordano Battistel
• ‘The Amphitheatre’ near Giant’s Causeway: Nigel Bell
• Mam Tor: Wayne Brittle
• Laminated sandstones on Gullane beach: Milena Farajewicz
• Lulworth Crumple: Mark Godden
• Assynt: Tim Gregory
• Connemara National Park, County Galway: Ankit Verma
• Subterranean, White Scar Caves: Gina Williams

Calendar 2018

All these pictures feature on the Society's 2018 Calendar,which may be purchased at Burlington House (Price £5.00) or online at www.geolsoc.org.uk/Mcal18.

Earth Science Week

ESW took place on October 7-15, encompassing a huge range of events organised across the UK and Ireland. The week’s theme this year (‘Our Restless Earth’), helped to celebrate the 50^th birthday of plate tectonic theory.

All the winning pictures were featured by the Guardian and the Daily Mail online.

• Find out more at www.geolsoc.org.uk/earthscienceweek.