Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2017 in Australia

Wiki Science Competition (WSC) is an international photo contest for the sciences hosted by Wikimedia aiming to promote and engage people with science. Submission period: 15 November - 15 December 2017 by: Maido Merisalu by: Heiti Paves by: Tõnu Pani by: Tõnu Pani by: Tõnu Pani  Email  Facebook  Twitter

About

Looking for great images. Photo by Mati Kose. Estonian Science Photo Competition 2013. CC BY-SA 3.0.

This competition was first organized in Estonia. In 2015 it expanded to all of Europe as European Science Photo Competition and resulted in almost 10,000 freely licensed images attracting over 2,200 contesters. This year is the first time it will be organized globally.

This competition was brought to Wikipedia because Wikipedia is an active platform dedicated to collecting and sharing educational content freely to everyone. Being open access, and 7th most accessed website in the world are just some of the features of Wikipedia that make it an excellent platform for science and science photos in particular. Science photo competition is a motivational framework for catalyzing the formation of sustainable relationship between the scientists and Wikimedia community.

Wiki Science Competition consists of two levels: there is a local competition in each participating country and the local organizing team will forward chosen pictures to the international competition.

2017 Winners

Find more information about the winners here.

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Rules

Submissions must be made between 15 November - 15 December 2017 with an e-mail registered Wikimedia account.	There is no limit to the number of images one can upload. If you upload more than one image, only one highest prize is eligible. The rest shall be awarded to the next highest scoring entrant.	The image must be published under a free use license or as public domain. The possible licenses are CC-BY-SA 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0, and similar.
Images entered into the competition must be taken or authored by submitter of the image. In case of multiple authors, all the co-authors’ names must be provided. In case of institutional uploads, submission can be made by a representative of the organization.	The image needs to have a good scientific description. Description in English is required for every submitted image, although descriptions in other languages are also welcomed.	Upload the highest resolution possible. The image size should be at least 2 megapixels, unless the technology used does not allow it. The image must not contain water mark, logo, additional text, graphics, or insets.

How to participate

Create your account here! Add your images here!

Image categories

People in science

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  Lecturer Vadim Evgenyevich Privalov presents material of electrostatics for first-year students, by Dan5265
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  Laboratory cultivation and sampling of microalgae, by Gergana Marinova
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  Estonian ornithologist taking notes on Kakrarahu islet, by Johanna Adojaan
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  Dönüş Tuncel in the lab, by Yigit Altay
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  Archaeological works in Eastern Poland, by Archeologia.chodlik

Microscopy images

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  SEM image of bacteria immobilised on a mineral surface, by Stefan Weiss
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  Millipedes, by Pr.zs.i
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  Praseodymium tungstate particle encapsulated in PVB nanofibers, by Stanislav Nevyhosteny
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  Confocal laser scanning fluorescence micrograph of thale cress anther, by Heiti Paves
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  Surface of butterfly feeler, by Pavel Kejzlar

Non-photographic media

• Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living transparent nematode, by Heiti Paves
• Demonstrating the properties of YBCO superconductor, by Maxim Bilovitskiy
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  Basins of attraction (Ricker model, William Edwin (Bill) Ricker), by Matvei Kulakov
• Lorentz сhaos as black hole German A. Chernykh & Irina A, by Chernykh

Image sets

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  Moon passes directly behind the Earth, by Christina Irakleous
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  Compilation of photos taken by Estonian first satellite ESTCube-1, by Erik Kulu
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  Morphology of Zygaena, by Francisco Martinez Clavel

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  A human zygote (1st day of development), by NinaSes
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  A human zygote (2nd day of development), by NinaSes
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  A human zygote (3rd day of development), by NinaSes

General category

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  Pobiti Kamani, by Sborisova
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  Archaeological finds from early medieval burials, by Archeologia.chodlik
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  Caterpillar of Aglais io, by Ivicabrlic
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  Star forming region Messier 17, by European Southern Observatory
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  Fluorescence and birefringence of 445 nm laser in calcite crystal, by Jan Pavelka