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Nature - 2nd prize
A deadly cloud of carbon dioxide bursting from Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people in their sleep, some of whom lived 25km from the lake.
Victims of the catastrophe. A deadly cloud of carbon dioxide bursting from Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people in their sleep, some of whom lived 25km from the lake.
Dozens of dead cows. A deadly cloud of carbon dioxide bursting from Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people in their sleep, some of whom lived 25km from the lake.
Relief supplies are airlifted into the area. A deadly cloud of carbon dioxide bursting from Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people in their sleep, some of whom lived 25km from the lake.
Nature - 3rd prize
Eric Bouvet
Gamma
01 August, 1986
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1987 Photo Contest
Vitaly Arutyunov
Bernard Annebicque
Emile Luider
Alon Reininger
Roland Holschneider
Anthony Suau
Guo Jiang Lin
Jan Morek
Yves Gellie
Hans Meer
Jean-Erick Pasquier
Pascal Maître
Bradley E. Clift
Robert Michael Pearce
James Nachtwey
Brendan Monks
Katalin Arkell
Louis DeLuca
José Azel
James Balog
Anacleto Rapping
Frans Lanting
Bob Krist
Jeff Share
David Turnley
Valentin Kuzmin
Helmut R. Schulze
Valery Zufarov
Arthur Pollock
Mark Greenberg
Igor Kostin
Georg Fischer
Sergei Guneyev
Theo A.P. Houts
John McDonough
Gérard Rancinan
Hans H.A.M. Eysvogel
Yen Tsang-Chi
Robert Garvey
Alain Noguès
Maggie Steber
Janet Knott
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