MillionPlacesOnEarth - The million dollar shot

For many travelers, simply being able to see and be in beautiful parts of the world is an infinitely fulfilling endeavor- however, now traveling amateur shutterbugs have an even bigger challenge. Millionplacesonearth.com is a fantastic idea-site (not just a website, an idea-site) paying homage to the incredible Earth on which we live and travel. This site is home to the mother of all photo contests and is even shooting for a World Record at the same time. The idea is to have 1 million photos of 1 million unique places in the world. The photos must be identifiable and not really retouched. To submit a photo it costs $2, so that in the end the site will raise $2 million – $1 million prize for the best photo and $1 million for charity. Every month there is a "best photo" winner, eliminating photos from the contest and at the end of the contest a panel of independent judges will choose the Grand Final winner. The grandeur of this project hits its peak with the goal to create the world's largest book- filled with 1 million places on Earth. Currently, the record stands at 5 by 7 feet and is 112 pages - this is their mark to beat. So far, seven months into the contest, there have been 301 photo entries leaving room for everyone to take part! Check out the Wall of photos, get inspired and start snapping what could be the million dollar shot.

"Beentheredonethatgotthephoto Ltd is holding the BIGGEST and most EXCITING global online amateur travel photo competition that the World has ever seen! We dare to be big and we dare to be different!

There is no project out there that is attempting to break a World record, see one lucky winner receive a prize of $1million whilst at the same time donating $1million to charity. Yes, we dare to be different and we want you to join us!

We love travel and we love photography and we get excited seeing photos of places we've been to or places that we would love to go to. It makes us want to pack our bags, get our walking boots on and go! Oh, and don't forget the camera. You know that feeling, don't you? No prizes for guessing where our company name came from then.

We also have a further aim with this website: to help you make money from your photos which ordinarily you would not make. Photo sharing and travel blogging sites are brilliant but they are not putting any pennies in your pockets, are they? We want to give something back to you. No, not by selling them on some boring stock library! Did you not read the bit above about being different?! We have some great ideas for the future, which you will be part of if your photos get used. You may also be a bit richer too."

The company motto is "Never stop travelling, never stop learning." This site and its goal will resonate with any one who truly calls himself or herself a traveler. The photos that are submitted are presented in a way that respects and admires the Earth and the heart that is involved jumps right off the screen and into the minds of everyone who visits the site. The world record part seems random but let's run with it.