North Garrison Heights — Jim Obester, an anesthesiologist with the Columbia Anesthesia Group, earned a first-place finish in National Geographic’s 2017 Nature Photographer of the Year contest on its website. Obester finished first in the underwater category for his shot of a fluorescent anemone taken at Sound Rock, north of Hoodsport on Hood Canal.
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