Scenic summer vacations, fun family poses, and high resolution cameras were all a part of Learning Liftoff’s Summer Memories Photo Contest this year. We received more than 100 entries, from fun footprints in the sand to kids looking skyward at the eclipse and everything in between! Our readers made the most of summer and captured many Instagram-worthy images!
See below for the two winning entries and keep scrolling for some impressive, funny, cute, and touching honorable mentions that we loved!
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First Prize Winner of the GoPro HERO5 Black® Camera Bundle
Abby spent the summer raising monarch butterflies—an educational and inspiring experience!
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Second Prize Winner of a
$50 Gift Card
Angela took this photo on Alabama’s Orange Beach, where her family spent some of their “happiest times.”
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Honorable Mentions
[divider]Best Educational Photo[/divider]
An educational visit to South Florida Science Center and Aquarium!
[divider]Best Beach Photo[/divider]
Joshua is staying ahead of this Cape May wave!
[divider]Best Pet Photo[/divider]
Waiting for his best friend to return from school.
[divider]Best Sense of Summer[/divider]
A smoothie by the pool on a summer vacation. So refreshing!
[divider]Best Nature Photo[/divider]
Vanessa says she took this photo on a camping trip by a lake. Such vibrant colors!
[divider]Best Expressions[/divider]
This ice cream must be really tasty!
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So joyful!
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Excited to visit family.
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[divider]Best Location Image[/divider]
“It felt like we were on another planet,” Rebecca says of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert.
[divider]Coolest Animal Photo[/divider]
Feeding a giraffe at the Blank Park Zoo.
[divider]Best Eclipse Viewing Images[/divider]
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Experiencing the 2017 eclipse safely!
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Witnessing the eclipse in Idaho.
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[divider]Most Heartwarming[/divider]
Although six-year-old Joshua enjoyed a number of summer activities, including riding his bike, visiting the zoo, and splashing down the hill on his Slip’N Slide, it was this special day in June that he says was his “most favorite memory of all.” This photo captures the moment that Joshua’s mom and dad officially adopted him and he changed his last name to theirs. “I’ve never had a family before,” he tells us, “but now I have a mommy and daddy [who] love me very much.”