A selection of photos from the 2012 Earth & Sky Photo Contest. All the images in this page are captures from the official video of the Contest.
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| The first prize in the Against the Lights category goes to Norbert Span for his photo “Stars above Innsbruck”. The panoramic image shows the northern stars above the lights of Innsbruck, a city embraced by the Alps in Austria. Credit: Norbert Span / TWAN |
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| “Startrails over Dolomites” by Christoph Otawa is the second place winner in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. Credit: Christoph Otawa / TWAN |
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| The second place winner in the Against the Lights category is Luis Argerich for his photo “Lights or Stars”. The panoramic photo from Argentina displays the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds from a countryside location where the sky is fairly dark but the horizon is dominated by increasing lights of nearby towns and far away cities. Credit: Luis Argerich / TWAN |
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| Third place in the Against the Lights category: Luc Perrot for his panoramic photo of comet Lovejoy and city lights in the Reunion Island in southern Indian Ocean. Credit: Luc Perrot / TWAN |
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| “Alps at Night” by Norbert Span shows how the flooding lights of a ski resort in Tyrol, Austria, vanishes the starry sky of Alps. Credit: Norbert Span / TWAN |
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| “A Moonlit Winter Night”. Credit: Thomas Neudert / TWAN |
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| Credit: Brad Goldpaint / TWAN |
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| “Countryside Milky Way”. Credit: Eric Hines / TWAN |
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| Credit: Helmut Schnieder / TWAN |
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| Credit: Jia Hao / TWAN |
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| Credit: Luc Perrot (Reunion Island) / TWAN |
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| Credit: Manel Soria / TWAN |
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| Credit: Mike Shawn / TWAN |
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| Credit: Roberto Porto (Finland) / TWAN |
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| Credit: Stephane Vetter / TWAN |
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| Credit: Stephane Vetter (Iceland) / TWAN |
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| Credit: Stephen Chan (China) / TWAN |
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| Credit: Werner Priller / TWAN |
Source:
- The 2012 Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners, TWAN, May 9, 2012
