1st place: @TracyW: "Mystical, Magical Grjotagja"

A brilliant blue thermal spring shimmers in this small lava cave near Lake Myvatn. Tracy Wundrock of Madison, Wis., took this photo on a June trip to Iceland to celebrate her sixth year of survival with metastic breast cancer.

2nd place: @Jpm618: "Don't Look Down"

Trolltunga -- or Troll's Tongue -- in Odda, Norway is a popular hike with a view that Nicole Hondros of Schererville, Ind., said was worth every slippery step along the 23 km roundtrip hike.

 

3rd place: @MelanieV: "Graeme's Balloon"

Melanie Verbout of Normal, Ill., submitted this photo in memory of baby Graeme, seen here on the left at a family reunion. Graeme died two years after Verbout took this photo.

 

And congratulations to our 3 random $100 winners: Taya Amidon, Sabrina Alstat, Kathy Green

Thank you for participating; don't miss the wonderful Destinations special section -- featuring many photos from the contest, the winning entries, and features on great travel tips and locations, inside the Wednesday, 8/24 newspaper.