The winner of the 2017 Tahoe National Forest photo contest is “Celestial Wilderness” by Joseph Dondelinger of Foresthill.

Second place is “Dreamy Nights,” also by Dondelinger, and third place is “Mountain Biking Into the Light on the Lavezzola Creek Trail” by Jeff Barker.

The winning image was of Castle Peak in the moonlight. According to Dondelinger, he used an app on his phone to get the timing of the Milky Way just right. The second place image shows Duncan Peak Lookout at twilight. Third place shows a mountain biker on the Lavezzola Creek Trail.

To see the winning images go online.