WELLS — The first-ever Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest will document how the astronomical high tide of Thursday, Oct. 9 affects roads, docks, marshes, beaches and other coastal settings, to bring awareness to sea-level rise.
Citizens are encouraged to join the contest by submitting images taken around the daytime high tide on Thursday, Oct. 9 (just after noon in Portland and Wells) and submitted online by Oct. 15.
Contest winners, announced by Oct. 31, will receive gifts contributed by Patagonia and Photo Market in Portland. The grand prize is a Fujifilm FinePix XP170 waterproof digital camera. Details on taking part are at gulfofmaine.kingtides.net.
The Gulf of Maine contest is part of the international King Tides Project, which helps people envision a world in which sea levels are markedly higher than they have historically been, according to a statement from The Wells Reserve.
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