Perhaps more than any other type of photography, astronomical photography is just insanely impressive - the degree of patience and control required to get good photos of the night sky, let alone distant stars and planets, is hard to overstate. 

That's one of the reasons why there are awards dedicated entirely to astronomy photographs.

The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Each year the competition receives thousands of different entries from all over the world. Now this year's winners have been revealed and as you can imagine they're truly amazing. The winners will be exhibited in the National Maritime Museum for all to enjoy. 

We've collected some of them for you to enjoy, along with some of the fantastic shortlisted images too. 

Andromeda Galaxy, The Neighbour

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Yang Hanwen, Zhou Zezhen

The Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award went to this photo by Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen. 

The Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year award went to this photo of the Andromeda Galaxy by Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen. 

"The Andromeda Galaxy, or Messier 31 (M31), is one of the closest and largest neighbours of the Milky Way. M31 is also the most distant object the human eye can see. When you look at it with the naked eye it's like a fog, but through the telescope it shows its magnificence. Yang Hanwen provided the original picture of M31."

The Eye of God

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Weitang Liang

Weitang Liang's image of the Helix Nebula was seleted as the winner for this year's awards under the Stars & Negbulae category. 

Weitang Liang's image of the Helix Nebula was seleted as the winner for this year's awards under the Stars & Negbulae category

"This ultra-deep exposure of the ‘Eye of God’, also known as the Helix Nebula or NGC 7293, reveals the glorious colours of the core and rarely seen surrounding details. The core appears in purple and cyan, creating an ethereal and dreamy feeling. The stunning orange, red and yellow outer region shows the power of the cosmos – all the matter is moving, colliding and tumbling."

A Year in the Sun

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Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Here's an award-winning photo of our sun which took some effort to create as it was crafted over an entire year. 

Here's an award-winning photo of our sun which took some effort to create as it was crafted over an entire year. 

"Mukherjee imaged the Sun for 365 days between 25 December 2020 and 31 December 2021 (missing just 6 days during this period).  After a year, he blended the images to create a single shot The sunspots create two bands on the solar disc, around 15–35 degrees north and south of the equator and gradually start drifting towards it (a phenomenon known as Spörer’s law)."

Shadow Profile of Plato's East Rim

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Martin Lewis

We've seen quite a few impressive images of the Moon over the last few years but this award winner is particularly stunning. 

We've seen quite a few impressive images of the Moon over the last few years but this award winner is particularly stunning. 

"Once a month the Sun rises over the giant lunar crater Plato and casts huge shadows from its east rim across its lava-filled floor. Occasionally this event coincides with a night of good seeing. The night of 20 April 2021 was one such rare night – with steady skies and the Moon high overhead, the dark, projected rim-profile was visible in exquisite detail."

In the Embrace of a Green Lady

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Filip Hrebenda

As images of Northern lights go, this one is surely a good one. It's easy to see why it was chosen as the winner of the Aurorae category in the 2022 awards. 

As images of Northern lights go, this one is surely a good one. It's easy to see why it was chosen as the winner of the Aurorae category in the 2022 awards. 

This photo was taken in Iceland and is brilliantly backdropped by the Eystrahorn mountain with the lights reflecting brilliantly on the frozen waters in front. 

Majestic Sombrero Galaxy

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Utkarsh Mishra, Michael Petrasko, Muir Evenden

Here's the impressive winner from the space category which shows the equally impressive Sombrero galaxy captured in an interesting way. 

Here's the impressive winner from the space category which shows the equally impressive Sombrero galaxy captured in an interesting way. 

"This image shows the faint star streams that were created when a smaller galaxy collided with, and its remnants then began to orbit, the Milky Way. Three versions of the photograph were made: a muted version for the background, a regular version for the disc and a super-stretched starless version for the stellar streams and halo. They were then combined into a single image."

The International Space Station Transiting Tranquility Base

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Andrew McCarthy

This impressive view won the People & Space category and shows the moment the International Space Station passed in front of the Moon.

This impressive view won the People & Space category. It's remarkable because of its perfect timing:

"This image features the International Space Station (ISS) positioned directly over the Apollo 11 Moon-landing site on the Sea of Tranquility. The moment only lasted a handful of milliseconds and required precise positioning to capture the pass at the perfect time. "

Stabbing Into the Stars

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Zihui Hu

This is the winner from this year's Skyscapes category and shows a brilliant view over the mountains of Tibet.

This is the winner of this year's Skyscapes category and shows a brilliant view over the mountains of Tibet.

"Namcha Barwa is the most beautiful snow-capped mountain in China. The name of the mountain in Tibetan means ‘spear thrusting into the sky’. This untouched land is also home to the purest of starry skies, the trails of which weave a wide net even on Full Moon days. Namcha Barwa, like a spear, pierces this net."

Other amazing images from the awards

As you can see, the winners were fantastic, but we've also collected some of the best-shortlisted images and winners from previous years for you to enjoy. 

Busy Star

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Sergio Díaz Ruiz, using open source data from NOAA GOES-16, Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)

Shortlisted for the Annie Maunder Prize for Digital Innovation, this image by Sergio Díaz Ruiz shows our sun in a way you've probably never seen. 

Shortlisted for the Annie Maunder Prize for Digital Innovation, this image by Sergio Díaz Ruiz shows our sun in a way you've probably never seen. 

"This image depicts the busy surface and coronal activity of the Sun at 22:08 Universal Time on 15 February 2022.  A powerful Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), shown in deep red in the upper left corner, erupted on the far side. Intriguing formations of plumes (in blue), coronal holes (in dark teal) and filaments (brown) are also represented. To capture all this activity in one image, it was necessary to combine observations in multiple wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet."

Hydra's Pinwheel

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Peter Ward

Naturally, these astronomy photos include a lot of amazing shots of space. With modern technology, we're able to observe these marvels in greater detail. 

Naturally, these astronomy photos include a lot of amazing shots of space. With modern technology, we're able to observe these marvels in greater detail. 

"Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille first observed what later became known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy on 23 February 1752 from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. This image, taken exactly 270 years later, combines a deep set of H-alpha exposures along with colour data to highlight the ruby-like star-forming regions of this beautiful barred spiral galaxy. "

Messier 78

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David Loose

This image was shortlisted for Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer and it's easy to see why.

This image was shortlisted for Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer and it's easy to see why.

"Messier 78 is a reflection nebula near Orion. The image also includes the nebulae NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. "

Circles and Curves

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Sean Goebel

This sort of image shows the sheer amount of effort that goes into award-winning photos. This one took no less than 33 long exposures to craft.

This sort of image shows the sheer amount of effort that goes into award-winning photos. This one took no less than 33 long exposures to craft. Impressive stuff. 

"Viewed from under a quadruple arch, the stars circle around Polaris, in this stack of 33 four-minute exposures. California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range fills the horizon and Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the continental United States, is on the far left. "

The Starry Sky Over the World's Highest National Highway

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Yang Sutie

With images like this, the majesty of the Milky Way is undeniable. An incredible view that certainly deserves to appear in the shortlist. 

With images like this, the majesty of the Milky Way is undeniable. An incredible view that certainly deserves to appear in the shortlist. 

"The illuminated National Highway 219, the highest national highway in the world, snakes through the foreground, almost mirroring the majestic image of the Milky Way above. The two are separated by Kula Kangri, a mountain located in Shannan Prefecture, Tibet."

Above the Lunar South Pole

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Tom Glenn

This image was created with photos taken in San Diego, California and is a composite which shows an impressive view of the moon in incredible detail. 

This image was created with photos taken in San Diego, California and is a composite which shows an impressive view of the moon in incredible detail. 

"A composite of images of the lunar south pole created on two different dates (giving different views of the region). It one of the most detailed amateur-produced maps of this part of the moon, which is very difficult to observe from Earth."

Riverside of Funakawa in Spring

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Takanobu Kurosaki

Some of the best astronomy photos are simply ones that also show a fantastic view of our home planet. 

Some of the best astronomy photos are simply ones that also show a fantastic view of our home planet. Striking colours of these cherry trees backdropped by the vastness of space. 

"When the Funakawa River was renovated in 1957, approximately 280 Yoshino cherry trees were planted on both banks of the embankment. They draw the eyeline towards the distant horizon, into an inky blue sky with only the hazy moonlight breaking through the darkness."

Polar Lights Dance

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Dmitrii Rybalka

The winner from 2021's Aurorae category, this photo shows the wonder of the polar lights captured while on approach to the Kara Strait, Russia. 

The winner from 2021's Aurorae category, this photo shows the wonder of the polar lights captured while on approach to the Kara Strait, Russia. 

Photographer Dmitrii Rybalka spoke about what happened - "I was keeping watch at night as Third Officer on the bridge of the ship, when I noticed in the sky a tiny white band approaching like a snake. I knew already, this is it, this is that I was waiting for. I took my camera, went to the bridge wing, took my position and started waiting, like a hunter waiting for its prey. A few minutes later, the sky was full of bright green lights dancing in darkness and shining over everything on their way. I had felt that it was my mission to share this beauty with world."

The Sun sharing its Crown

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Vincent Bouchama

This photo is one of the runner-up images from the "Our Sun" category of the awards in 2021.

This photo is one of the runner-up images from the "Our Sun" category of the awards in 2021.

This incredibly well-timed photo not only shows a brilliant view of a total solar eclipse, but if you look carefully you'll also spy a comet in the top right of the frame. 

The Green Lady

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Nicholas Roemmelt

This stunning image has it all - aurora borealis dancing in the sky, in a sublime mix of greens and blues, all suspended above an ice-cold lake.

This stunning image has it all - aurora borealis dancing in the sky, in a sublime mix of greens and blues, all suspended above an ice-cold lake and the hints of human habitation in the form of that lit-up little town. It's a bit of a wonder, really. 

The Many Jets and Shells of Centaurus A

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Connor Matherne

A jaw-dropping image of the infinite variety of space, with those promintent jets in the centre providing a science-fiction-esque focal point.

A jaw-dropping image of the infinite variety of space, with those promintent jets in the centre providing a science-fiction-esque focal point. This looks like something out of Star Wars, no?

The Moon And the Shard

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Mathew Browne

The moon hovers ominously behind London's Shard, all of it lit up perfectly to highlight the building's consturction in contrast to the marvellou detail captured on the moon's surface. 

Iceland

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Kristina Makeeva

Aptly titled, this photo does an amazing job of balancing the deep, luscious colour of the aurora in the sky against the amazing show it's projecting into the impossibly clear chunks of ice on the ground. 

Ineffable

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Alyn Wallace

This photo takes you behind the curtain, showing a lone photographer taking a picture of an eclipse, and showcasing how remote one must travel to find the best light. 

Sunspots AR 2741 and AR 2740

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Ruslan Ilnitsky

The sun's surface is a bit of a mystery to most of us layfolk, but all know that sunspots exist - here's an impressive image capturing just two of them, neither hintint at the enormous energy that their appearance actually entails. 

Desert Magic

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Stefan Liebermann

A desesrt scene that's beautifully lit by the smorgasbord of light and stars in the sky above, an entire constellation and galaxy suspended beautifully. 

Dance Over the Swamp

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Kamil Nureev

We don't often think of the Northern Lights as occurring over swamps, but here it is nonetheless, and that placid reflection is the key to this photo's stellar success. 

Galactic Portal

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Marcin Zajac

Once again, here the contrast between land and sky is the key, with the amazing purples and pinks of the night lighting up the frame beautifully, viewed from within a cluster of rocks framing the action. 

Painting the Sky

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Thomas Kast

That astonishing selection of colours, lighting up the sky in ways that most of us will never live to see in person, makes for an amazing tableau. We think this picture is named perfectly. 

Jupiter Rising

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Stacey Downton

It's no mean feat to capture the surface of a planet like Jupiter in this way, from such a distance, but this image gives you a great sense of the roiling chaos that its surface would actually be.

Moonshot

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Ethan Roberts

This great shot is a miracle of timing, with a wisp of cloud passing before the moon and causing this otherworldly effect.

This great shot is a miracle of timing, with a wisp of cloud passing before the moon and causing this otherworldly effect - it's like something out a giallo horror film, and we love it. 

Graded

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Nguyễn Hoàng Linh

This amazing timelapse over some paddies is a beautiful reminder of how time's passing is inevitable, and we particularly love how the exposure concentrates the lights of human dwellings in the frame's centre. 

Milky Way and meteor at Porthgwarra

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Jen Rogers

The boat in the image is a perfect focal point, bridging the two near-symmetrical sides of the composition and drawing the viewer out. We can't be the only ones who'd love to hop in for a journey, right?

Trixy

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Kirk Paton

The photographer's dog Trixy is the star of the show here, artfully silhouetted in front of a bright and huge moon.

The photographer's dog Trixy is the star of the show here, artfully silhouetted in front of a bright and huge moon, the focal length making it seem almost impossibly large. It's a delightful, fun composition. 

Lone Tree under a Scandinavian Aurora

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Tom Archer

Tom Archer's breath-taking image of a lone snow-covered tree sitting beneath the Scandinavian Aurora was chosen as a runner up in the Aurorae category for 2020.

Tom Archer's breath-taking image of a lone snow-covered tree sitting beneath the Scandinavian Aurora was chosen as a runner up in the Aurorae category for 2020. But it's still a staggering shot in our opinion and Mandy Bailey, Astronomy Secretary for the Royal Astronomical Society agrees:

"This is one of my favourite images from this year’s competition. It is peaceful and serene yet also powerful." 

Detached Prominences

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Thea Hutchinson

Another runner up photo, this time from the Young Competition, shows an incredibly detailed photo for eh sun taken with a mix of a telescope and clever filters to result in an amazing view complete with solar disc and prominence. 

Susan Derges, fine art photographer, commented:

"The Sun feels enormous and powerful, with its edge arching across the image and the swirling contents of the solar disc look as if they are actually moving. The combining of the two images in Photoshop – solar disc and prominence – is well executed and works effectively, so I'm not surprised the photographer is pleased with the result. It’s a wonderful image."

3-D Moon

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Roshaan Nadeem

Roshaan Nadeem's amazing image of the moon appears to be a combination of photos of a Waxing Gibbous Moon and Full Moon.

Roshaan Nadeem's amazing image of the moon appears to be a combination of photos of a Waxing Gibbous Moon and Full Moon, with wonderful results that give the Moon a three-dimensional effect.  

Startrails in Namib Desert

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Qiqige (Nina) Zhao

This photo of startrails was taken in the Namib desert and chosen as another Young Competition runner-up. We love the results of this photographer's efforts with the Canon EOS 6D. Impressive stuff. 

Southern Cross over Siding Spring

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GuangHao Yu

This photo by GuangHao Yu shows a seemingly impossible view of the unconscionable number of stars in the skies above us. 

If you want to feel insignificant, just take a look at this photo by GuangHao Yu which shows a seemingly impossible view of the unconscionable number of stars in the skies above us. 

Milky Way Falls from the Sky

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Li JiaWei

The perfect framing of this photo makes it look like the Milky Way is emanating from between these mountains.

The perfect framing of this photo makes it look like the Milky Way is emanating from between these mountains.

We also love how the clear view of the water's surface reflecting the surroundings and drawing the eye away from the stars above.  

Cosmic Inferno

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Peter Ward

The winner of the Stars and Nebulae category was given to this image by Peter Ward showing the wonders of space in the raging cosmic inferno. 

Melanie Vandenbrouck, Curator of Art (post-1800) at Royal Museums Greenwich commented:

"Creation, elements, fire, brimstone and wonder. This astonishing image conjures up these pictures that also represent the first moments of the Universe, before stars were formed. It’s a moving reminder that when we look up to the night sky, we tend to do so with earthly concerns on our minds, whether unconsciously or consciously as seen here. The tragedy of the 2019 bushfires in Australia shook people around the world; in the age of climate change, this extraordinarily beautiful picture urges us not to let our children’s future go up in flames."

The Faint Surroundings of the Helix Nebula

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Josep Drudis

This image apparently took Josep Drudis over 50 hours to capture. It shows the Helix Nebula, one of the closest bright planetary nebulae to Earth. This is a location of space where a star is thought to have shed its outer layers during its evolution. 

Bound

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Christopher Small

This photo by Christopher Small was chosen as a runner up in the Skyscapes category and seems to show the universe rushing by with the wonder of continued expansion happening around us as we sit still. 

Questions

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Paul Wilson

A brilliant photo with a magical question mark seemingly emenating from space.

Paul Wilson's photo not only has us admiring the beauty of space, but also made us smile as it appropriately throws a question mark into the sky where we'd wonder what's out there. 

Karijini National Park

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Stefan Liebermann

Stefan Liebermann took this image for the Skyscapes category while at Karijini National Park and the results are incredible. 

Another striking view of the Milky Way once again appearing to show the wonder of space emerging from the waters of our own world. 

Stefan Liebermann took this image for the Skyscapes category while at Karijini National Park and the results are incredible. 

Eruption

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Elena Pakhalyuk

Try not to get too distracted by the lava eruption bursting forth from the landscape as you breathe in this view of the night's sky. What an impressive snap!

Galactic Portal

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Marcin Zajac

This stunning view seems to show a brilliant view of the starry night from within a cave. An eerie and beautiful mist hangs over the water's surface adding to the overall majesty of the photo. 

Azure Vapor Tracers

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Yang Sutie

Don't worry, this isn't an alien invasion or some sort of massive space jellyfish, instead it's a photo of a man-made event happening thanks to NASA. 

Don't worry, this isn't an alien invasion or some sort of massive space jellyfish, instead it's a photo of a man-made event happening thanks to NASA. 

These vapour trailers were created by the AZURE experiment where rockets fired harmless gasses into the upper atmosphere of our planet in order to observe the dispersal from below. This experiment was designed to help "...increase humanity's understanding of how the solar wind transfers energy to the Earth and powers aurora."

Star Rain

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Yulia Zhulikova

This photo by Yulia Zhulikova looks like it could work just as well on Instagram as it does in a photography competition.

This photo by Yulia Zhulikova looks like it could work just as well on Instagram as it does in a photography competition. A lone lady stands wielding an umbrella under a shower of stars by the water's edge. 

Self-portrait under the Milky Way

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Evan McKay

A man walking on water, a superbly framed view of the starry sky and an awesome reflection too. What more could you want?

Tycho Crater Region with Colours

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Alain Paillou

The winner of the Our Moon category of the 2020 awards shows a vivid and colourful view of the moon.

The winner of the Our Moon category of the 2020 awards shows a vivid and colourful view of the moon. The colours highlighting the different minerals and materials that make up the surface. 

Emily Drabek-Maunder, astrophysicist, astronomer and science communicator at Royal Observatory Greenwich commented:

"This vibrant image teases out the faint colours on the surface of the Moon. Not only is this composition visually striking, but it highlights the different materials the Moon is made up of, all from the safety of the Earth."

Once in a Blue Moon

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Rob Mogford

Rob Mogford used his talent to show off what you can do with a good telescope and some snazzy photography skills. 

Rob Mogford used his talent to show off what you can do with a good telescope and some snazzy photography skills. 

A brilliant view of our moon that makes it look like a blue marble hanging in the blackness of space. 

Ultraviolet

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Alan Friedman

An unusual view of Our Sun, with a peaceful, ultraviolet theme. 

This image was highly commended in its category and lead László Francsics, Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 Overall Winner to comment:

"The symmetry of this image is fascinating and the unusual but exciting ultraviolet colour palette adds a unique twist to it. This is a nice example showing that the extraordinarily calm Sun surface, that might be a monotonous scene, can also be captured artistically and to an outstanding standard."

House under Rainbow Aurora

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Wang Zheng

Love the idea of a rural retreat with views that'll blow your socks off? Then this is the photo for you. 

Wang Zheng managed to capture this incredible photo of a colourful Aurora and was selected as a runner-up in that category of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 awards.

Hamnøy Lights

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Andreas Ettl

A breathtaking view that's good enough to make you want to move house to somewhere a lot colder.

A breathtaking view that's good enough to make you want to move house to somewhere a lot colder. This image was a runner-up in the Aurorae 2020 category of the awards and it's easy to see why.