National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015
The travel arm of the National Geographic Society received more than 17,000 entries, with one image making it to the top spot: a spectacular photo of divers suspended in the water as they swim near a humpback whale. It was shot by Anuar Patjane Floriuk, from Mexico, near Roca Partida, an island off the west coast of Mexico.
Titled "Whale Whisperer", Floriuk told National Geographic: "The photo wasn't planned … I was taking photos near the head of the whale, and all of a sudden she began to swim toward the rest of the diving team. The divers gave the whale and her calf space, and I just clicked at the moment when the flow and composition seemed right."
Grand Prize – "Whale Whisperer" by Anuar Patjane Floriuk
Anuar Patjane Floriuk / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Second Place – "Gravel Workmen" by Ahmed Al Toqi
"Three gravel workmen are looking through the window glass at their work place." – Ahmed Al Toqi
Ahmed Al Toqi / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Third Place – "Camel Ardah" by Ahmed Al Toqi
"Camel Ardah, as it is called in Oman, is one of the traditional styles of camel racing between two camels controlled by expert men. The faster camel is the loser, so they must be running at the same speed level in the same track." – Ahmed Al Toqi
Ahmed Al Toqi / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "Kushti, Indian Wrestling" by Alain Schroeder
"Kushti is the traditional form of Indian wrestling. Wearing only a well-adjusted loincloth (langot), wrestlers (Pelwhans) enter a pit made of clay, often mixed with salt, lemon, and ghee (clarified butter). At the end of a workout, wrestlers rest against the walls of the arena covering their heads and bodies with earth to soak up any perspiration and avoid catching cold. This relaxation ceremony is completed with massages to soothe tired muscles and demonstrate mutual respect." – Alain Schroeder
Alain Schroeder / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "Romania, Land of Fairy Tales" by Eduard Gutescu
White frost over Pestera village in Romania.
Eduard Gutescu / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "White Rhinos" by Stefane Berube
"The night before this photo, we tried all day to get a good picture of the endangered white rhino ... In the morning I woke up to all three rhinos grazing in front of me." – Stefane Berube
Stefane Berube / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "Highlanders" by Bartłomiej Jurecki
"Traditional haymaking in Poland. Many people continue to use the scythe and pitchfork to sort the hay." – Bartłomiej Jurecki
Bartłomiej Jurecki / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "Catching a Duck" by Sarah Wouters
"Two boys are trying to catch a duck at the stream of the waterfall." – Sarah Wouters
Sarah Wouters / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "Sauna in the Sky" by Stefano Zardini
"A sauna at 2,800 metres high, in the heart of Dolomites, Monte Lagazuoi, Cortina, eastern Italian Alps." – Stefano Zardini
Stefano Zardini / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Merit – "A Night at Deadvlei" by Beth McCarley
"The night before returning to Windhoek, we spent several hours at Deadveli [in Namibia]. The moon was bright enough to illuminate the sand dunes in the distance, but the skies were still dark enough to clearly see the milky way and magellanic clouds. Deadveli means 'dead marsh'. The camelthorn trees are believed to be about 900 years old, but have not decomposed because the environment is so dry." – Beth McCarley
Beth McCarley / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest / Via natgeo.com
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Now in its seventh year, the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomy photo contest received a record number of entries: over 2,700 from 60 countries, across a range of categories.
The overall winner was French photographer Luc Jamet with his picture of the drama of the total solar eclipse of 20 March 2015, 100 metres above the wintry valley of Sassendalen in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard.
Overall Winner – "Eclipse Totality over Sassendalen", by Luc Jamet, France
"The total solar eclipse of 20 March 2015 seen from Svalbard – one of only two habitable locations that were able to witness totality – just 16 seconds after it began. The image shows totality about 100 metres above the large valley of Sassendalen situated on the only permanently inhabited island of the Norwegian archipelago. Venus can also be seen in the photograph, as a bright spot in the upper left of the image." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Luc Jamet / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Runner Up – "Sunderland Noctilucent Cloud Display" by Matt Robinson, UK
"Taken on 7 July 2014 from Seaburn Beach, Sunderland, in the north of England. The photographer had seen nightly displays of noctilucent clouds for up to seven days prior to taking this shot ... Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere and form above 200,000 feet. Thought to be formed of ice crystals, the clouds occasionally become visible at twilight when the sun is below the horizon and illuminates them. They are usually bluish or silver in colour, but sometimes appear orangey-red or red when they are on the horizon, as seen in this photograph." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Matt Robinson / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Highly Commended – "River of Light" by Martin Campbell, UK
"Positioned 3,000 metres above sea level for a night of stargazing, the photographer captured the Milky Way, boasting star clouds and nebulae, expanding over towering peaks in the Hautes-Pyrénées." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Martin Campbell / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Aurorae category
Winner – "Silk Skies" by Jamen Percy, Australia
"Taken in Abisko National Park in Lapland. The photographer had all but given up on seeing the aurora after spending many hours atop a mountain waiting to catch a glimpse of them. As he stumbled down the hill he saw the green reflection of the aurora in the snow and captured this breathtaking shot of the piercing blue light show coursing through the night sky." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Jamen Percy / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Runner-Up – "April Aurora" by Kolbein Svensson, Norway
"A little after midnight, when the nights in central Norway begin to get really bright, the photographer captured a phenomenal vision of greens and purples dancing across the sky above him, contrasting with the tangerine glow of the sunset towards the bottom of the image." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Kolbein Svensson / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Highly Commended – "Sumo Waggle Adventure" by Arild Heitmann, Norway
"The vivid green aurora swirls across the night sky, countering the stillness of the Lomaas River and the snowy trees aligned on its banks. The photographer went the extra mile to achieve the beautiful shot, immersing himself in the river for over two hours in waters of a temperature of -15 degrees [celsius]. Upon exiting the river his wet waders froze almost immediately causing him to 'waggle' over to his car like a sumo wrestler and inspiring the name for this photograph." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Arild Heitmann / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Galaxies category
Winner – "M33 Core" by Michael Van Doorn, Netherlands
"Lying approximately 3 million light years away, M33 – often named the Triangulum Galaxy after the constellation it can be found in – is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies behind the Andromeda Galaxy and our very own galaxy, the Milky Way. It is one of the most distant permanent objects in the night sky that can be seen with the naked eye in optimum conditions." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Michael Van Doorn / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Our Sun category
Winner – "Huge Prominence Lift-Off" by Paolo Porcellana, Italy
"A massive, searing hot loop of plasma radiates from the edge of our local star – the sun – in a phenomenon known as a solar prominence. Emanating from the outer of the sun shell from which light is emitted, also known as its photosphere; the photographer has captured this prominence extending to the corona, which is the aura of the plasma surrounding it, as it detaches from the gaseous body. During the process of detachment the prominence reached a length of over 700,000 kilometres – a length roughly equal to the radius of the sun itself." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Paolo Porcellana / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Runner-Up – "Totality Ends" by David Wrangborg, Sweden
"An arresting image of the total solar eclipse of 20 March 2015, taken just after totality occurs and depicting the moments after the sun begun to emerge from behind the moon following approximately two minutes of coverage. Photographed from the Norwegian territory of Svalbard, which was one of only two habitable locations to experience totality." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
David Wrangborg / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
People and Space category
Winner – "Sunset Peak Star Trail", by Chap Him Wong, Hong Kong
"Campers shelter from the wind next to old stone cottages looking up to Sunset Peak, the third-highest mountain in Hong Kong, standing at 869 metres tall. Above the mountain and at an even further distance from the campers, the stars appear to flash across the night sky leaving trails in their wake but are in fact portraying the movement of the Earth on its axis." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Chap Him Wong / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Highly Commended – "Interaction" by Tommy Eliassen, Norway
"An engrossed stargazer stands in the spotlight of a brilliant display of the Aurora Borealis in Norway, seemingly about to be beamed up into space." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Tommy Eliassen / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Planets, Comets and Asteroids category
Winner – "The Arrow Missed the Heart" by Lefteris Velissaratos, Greece
"A coincidental alignment shows the Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques travelling just below the famed Heart Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Lefteris Velissaratos / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Stars and Nebulae category
Winner – "The Magnificent Omega Centauri" by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo, Argentina
"The globular cluster Omega Centauri is a dense orb of approximately 10 million stars, many of which are redder, cooler, and even older than our sun. The cluster can be found 15,800 light years away from Earth and has a diameter of 150 light years." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Ignacio Diaz Bobillo / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Joint Runner-Up – "Orion Mega Mosaic" by Tom O'Donoghue and Olly Penrice, Ireland
"A phenomenal view of the huge expanse of the Orion complex, made up of 34 panes comprising over 400 hours of exposure. The red emission nebula Barnard's Loop stretches – approximately 300 lightyears in length – across the vastness captured here, arcing around the famed Orion and Horsehead nebulae." – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
Tom O'donoghue And Olly Penrice / Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015
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