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  "id": 6464043,
  "title": "Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/diminutive-seahorses-top-the-2026-ocean-photographer-of-the-year",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T19:21:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colossal",
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    "url": "https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/ocean-photographer-of-the-year-2026-winners/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Southern California, residents witnessed the effects of climate change as deep swells from a hurricane combined with king tides, causing erosion along the coast. While beaches are typically replenished with sand, recent events saw some of the region's beaches disappear within a few days.\n\nThe Ocean Photographer of the Year contest, organized by Oceanographic magazine and Blancpain, aims to showcase the beauty and lesser-known aspects of the world's oceans. This year, the winners were announced, with Julien Anton taking top honors for his black-and-white portrait of a seahorse and two tiny juveniles.\n\nBritish photographer Jenny Stock won the Female Fifty Fathoms Award, recognizing a woman's exceptional work in ocean photography. In other categories, Gergo Rugli won the Adventure category for capturing dolphins riding waves alongside surfers, while Steven Lopez won for a close-up of a giant black sea bass with parasitic copepods attached to its eye.\n\nJenny Stock also won for her Female Fifty Fathoms Award-winning image of sea lion pups in Western Australia's Jurien Bay Marine Park, while Rui Filipe Cardoso Duarte won the Human Connection category for a photo of volunteers, surfers, and conservationists working together to help stranded whales in Cape Verde.",
  "summary": "The annual competition highlights some of the most beloved, impressive, and little-seen aspects of our oceans. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest appeared first on Colossal .",
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        "title": "Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/winners-of-ocean-photographer-of-the-year-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-09T18:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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