See the amazing winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year
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The Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual exhibition showcasing the world’s greatest space photography. The Royal Observatory Greenwich in England organises this very famous exhibition and selects the best photos every year. Astronomy is the study of space objects.
This year is the 13th year of the contest and photographers sent over 4,500 entries from 75 countries all over the world. The exhibition organisers picked the best 100 of them and have put them on display for the public.
They also selected a winner every year and this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year is Shuchang Dong from China.
Shuchang captured an amazing photo of a solar eclipse. Titled “The Golden Ring”, he took the photo during the annular solar eclipse on 21 June 2020 from the Ali region of Tibet. See the photo above.
What is an annular solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun. With all three in a straight line, the Moon fully or partially (partly) covers the Sun. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon blocks the centre of the Sun, leaving a visible ring of light in the sky.
Other winners
Other winners this year include a photo of Aurora dance taken from the bridge of a ship by Dmitrii Rybalka (Russia), as well as Venus rising over the rocky horizon of the Moon by Nicolas Lefaudeux (France).
You can see all the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year here.
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