The winners of the 2021 Du Noyer Irish Geological Association/Geological Survey Ireland Photographic Competition were announced in Geological Survey Ireland on 17 December 2021.
Irish section:
1st - Michael Gavin, Kerry Cliffs, Co Kerry
2nd - Gosia Horajska, Barrow, Co Kerry
3rd - Catherine Bushe, Mizen Head, Co Cork
Overseas section:
Winner - Mark Stewart, Hamnoy, Lofoten, Norway
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1st Place - Michael Gavin - Kerry Cliffs - Co Kerry. Purple mudstone and siltstone of the Valentia Slate Formation. Deposited in the Middle Devonian Period (393 to 383 million years ago).
| 2nd Place - Gosia Horajska - Barrow - Co Kerry. Nautiloid fossil in Waulsortian Limestone Formation. This creature was swimming in warm shallow seas while Ireland was in the tropics during the Lower Carboniferous (359 -330 Ma). |
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3rd Place - Catherine Bushe - Mizen Head, Co Cork. Folded layers of sandstone and mudstone from the Toe Head Formation, deposited in the Upper Devonian period (383-359 million years). | Overseas winner - Mark Stewart - Hamnoy, Lofoten, Norway. Lofoten island, part of the Caledonian Western Gneiss Region of Norway. |
A story map of all the winning images in the Irish section are at Du Noyer winner story map .