Fondazioni, Premi e Iniziative culturali
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Museo di Mineralogia e Petrografia
Planet Earth --- DST-MUST Geological Photo Contest
Concorso a premi per fotografie con soggetti riguardanti le Scienze della Terra e l'Ambiente
Mongolian awardees
First classed: Amarjargal Otgonkhuu, with photo n. 1 - “Dry meandering river from the top of
volcanic cone with ash. Arkhangai aimag, Tariat area”
Second classed: Tamir Enkhbaatar, with photo n. 1 - “The coins stones (eroded sandstone),
Chandmani massif. Gobi Altai aimag”
Third classed, “ex aequo”: Onon Gantumur, with photo n. 1 - “A huge sandstorm happened
in the geology camp near Tavan Khar Ovoo crater”,
Jargal Otgonkhuu, with photo n. 3 - “Geology practice in Altai
Mountains”
UNESCO acknowledgement plate: Tsenguhei Boldbaatar, with photo n. 1 - “Man of Bronze
Age (petroglyph)”
Special mention of excellence: Odbileg Usna-Ekh, with photo n. 1 - “Geology students
in the field practice, Bulgan aimag, 2008”
Onon Gantumur, with photo n. 3 - “It was a rainy dark
night …..”
Italian awardees
First classed: Francesco D’Adamo, with photo n. 2 - “Ripple marks della Laguna Colorada,
Bolivia”
Second classed: Mitja Gasparo, with photo n. 1 - “Sass dai Bec” (Dolomites area)
Third classed, “ex aequo”: Sara Biolchi, with photo n. 3 - “Abnormal footprints - impronte
anormali”,
Luca Ziberna, with photo n. 2 - “Canale di lava” (Mount Etna)
UNESCO acknowledgement plate: Lorenzo Bauzon, with photo n. 1 - “Piramidi di terra”
(Bolzano province, northern Italy)
Special mention of excellence: Sharon Vigini, with photo n. 1 - “Quarzo rosa”
Rodolfo Riccamboni, with photo n. 1 - “Onde di luce”
Awards were given on March 26th, 2009 at 4 p.m., at the inauguration of the exhibition of the photographs in the Museum of Mineralogy and Petrography of the Department of Earth Sciences DST, University of Trieste.