Lassen Volcanic National Park Annual Photo Contest
June 4, 2012 by: Sharon Roberts
Bring your cameras with you. Lassen Park is accepting submissions for their annual photo contest. Deadline for submission is 5pm on Monday Sept. 5th.
Employees and volunteers of Lassen Volcanic National Park will select the winning image. The selected image will be featured on the 2013 Lassen Park annual pass. The winner will receive photo credit and a $50 gift certificate compliments of the Lassen Association.
Photos should be submitted to lavo_information@nps.gov. Suggested resolution for images is 300 dpi or more for a 5X7 inch photo. Please put Lassen Photo Contest in the subject line when submitting.
Each photo should include: name, address, phone number, photo subject and location, e-mail contact. There is a limit of two photo submissions per household.
Check your eclipse photos and all your other photos from your visit to Lassen Park. Lassen Park has several special events coming up which may lend to some unique photos for this year.
Tuesday June 5th will be another once in a lifetime event as Venus passes between the earth and the sun. The park will be providing solar scopes for safe viewing of this event. The next time this rare alignment occurs will be in 2117.
Lassen Park will be hosting a Dark Sky Festival August 10-13th. During the day, rangers will lead astronomy-themed hikes. As night falls, Lassen will reveal skies full of stars, along with a chance to take in this year’s spectacular Perseid meteor shower which will peak on August. 13th.
Lassen Association has a special field seminar photography class on Aug. 17th & 18th. Class will be taught by Terry Nathan. To register for this class call Melanie Allen at 530-378-1495 or e-mail the lassenassociation@yahoo.com. More information at workshops Lassen Park.