To start, we would like to thank every single one of you who took the time to share your pictures with us. We received a tremendous amount of submissions, far more than we had initially expected, and we enjoyed looking through every last one of them. So thank you.

After reviewing all the submissions came the painful task of whittling down the list to the 10 finalists. As previously stated, the decision process was carried out very democratically, with everyone in the Aether main office huddled around a large monitor casting their votes. There was a fair deal of debate and differing opinions and unfortunately many very excellent photographs did not make the final cut.

Click more to see the 10 finalists and head over to the Aether Facebook Page to Like your favorites. The picture with the most Likes by midnight on August 1st wins the grand prize: a fully loaded Aether Travel bag.

by Tri Budiono

by Bobby Fisher

by Sabine Beck-Maihoff

by Chase Miller

by Marc Fiorito

by Nathan Baker

by Mark Flaming

by Jordan Wainer