Sir Patrick Moore Prize winner: Encounter Across Light Years by Yurui Gong and Xizhen Ruan
This photograph captures a lucky moment when a brilliant fireball from the Perseid meteor shower appears to graze the Andromeda galaxy.
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Valle de los Cactus by Pablo Ruiz
A panoramic shot of the Milky Way in a remote area of the Atacama cactus valley, known for its large concentration of cactus plants. The panorama was taken just as the galactic centre began to rise, with the spectacular Gum Nebula visible on the right.
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Boot Arch Perseids by Mike Abramyan
The Perseid meteor shower occurs every August. Each meteor is painstakingly aligned to its true location in the night sky. The final depiction shows all the meteors captured, combined into one frame – as if the Earth hadn’t been rotating and all the meteors had fallen at once.
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