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Year

2022

Location

Rapid City, SD

Photos Submitted

316

Best in Show

Water World - Ryan Maurer

Honorable Mentions

19

Merit Awards

13

Judges

Paul Gillis (VA), Jim Fox (TN), and Nikki Fox (WV)

Browse Salons

Rules & Submissions
See All Salons

Year

2022

Location

Rapid City, SD

Photos Submitted

316

Best in Show

Water World - Ryan Maurer

Honorable Mentions

19

Merit Awards

13

Judges

Paul Gillis (VA), Jim Fox (TN), and Nikki Fox (WV)
Water World - Ryan Maurer
Best In Show

Water World - Ryan Maurer

First Runner Up
Man in Black - Cosmin Berghean
Second Runner Up
Life in Waterdrop - Cosmin Berghean
Stars - Cosmin Berghean
Third Runner Up
West Virginia, Wild and Wonderful - Ryan Maurer
Fourth Runner Up
Merit Award Winners
Singapore Sling Jon - Victor Ursu
Into The Hall - Jacob Lieber
Cave Softly - Ryan Maurer
In the Stream - Derik Holtmann
Double Drop - Jacob Lieber
Nylon Solitude - Sam Moore
Fragility - Georg Taffet
Laurel Caverns in Flood - Ryan Maurer
The Gargoyles - Ryan Maurer
Honorable Mention
A Fairy Tale in a Cave - Josef Wagner
Cindy on Station - Ryan Maurer
Karst Treasury: Emine Boir Chasar cave - Josef-Wagner
Phreatic Gallery 2 - Georg Taffet
Helens Cave - Daniel Pawlak
Cave Trippin - Sam Moore
Clouds Castle Hall - Georg Taffet
Entrance No 2 - Ryan Maurer
Helictite Portal - Dave Bunnell
Real Pennsylvania Borehole - Ryan Maurer
Mo Passage - Derik Holtmann
The Magic of Living and Inanimate Nature - Josef Wagner
Caver Splash - Jacob Lieber
Soda Straw and a Side of Wings - Dave Bunnell
Cave Ninja - Derek Von Nieda
Life Insulating Death - Sam Moore
Sketcher in Red - Derik Holtmann
Mud Cracks - Georg Taffet
The Atrium - Jacob Lieber

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