Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2021/Winners/Wildlife and nature/round 2

Selection from the national finalists in round 1. Voted: 8 jurors out of 10

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  California red-sided garter snake in its aquatic habitat in Northern California, USA.
  
  4.00 , SD 4.57
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  Fern sorus of Polypodium aureum. Luminescence at 365 nm excitation spectrum.
  
  3.50 , SD 4.84
  
  
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  Drone view of hexagonal basalt columns in Stuðlagil canyon in Iceland.
  
  3.25 , SD 2.87
  
  
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  A snowflake dangling on a spider web.
  
  2.38 , SD 3.46
  
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  Close-up image of a Salticidae spider.
  
  2.38 , SD 4.14
  
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  Sand balls made by sand bubbler crab on the beach of Koh Yao Noi island.
  
  2.25 , SD 3.28
  
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  Water droplets on insect wings.
  
  2.25 , SD 4.17
  
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  Gecko's foot from underneath.
  
  2.13 , SD 2.59
  
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  Common Coot (Fulica atra) in nest, with brood and egg.
  
  2.13 , SD 3.48
  
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  Mating dragon flies.
  
  1.88 , SD 3.56
  
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  Gecko on a glass.
  
  1.75 , SD 3.62
  
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  Variable oystercatcher (tōrea) with its chicks at Bark Bay, Abel Tasman National Park.
  
  1.63 , SD 3.54
  
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  The head of Ctenolepisma longicaudatum that is covered by scales and feathered setae.
  
  1.50 , SD 2.62
  
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  Ladybugs foraging on Chinese cap mushrooms.
  
  1.50 , SD 2.82
  
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  Black Kite at Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
  
  1.50 , SD 3.51
  

Comments

• Files were rated manually, for top to last. The first position get 10 points, than 9 and so on. It's possible an ex aequo of a position splitting the points and shifting down
• Results are averaged, standard deviation is also taken into account in the final choice.
• Only files at the top 10-12 positions of the ranking are shown, in this case a very praised image by the community was at position 14 so it was enlarged a little bit
• Jurors evaluate the small set again