Frozen in time, these scenes of pin-pricks in the night sky - as seen from Earth - look almost too surreal to be true.
But the ten images below, remarkable for their beauty, were in fact captured by photographers - and have been named the most vibrant and stunning photos taken across the world in the last year.
The competition, Best Night-Sky Pictures 2011, was organised by The World At Night and highlights just how incredible our planet is once the sun goes down.
But the ten images below, remarkable for their beauty, were in fact captured by photographers - and have been named the most vibrant and stunning photos taken across the world in the last year.
The competition, Best Night-Sky Pictures 2011, was organised by The World At Night and highlights just how incredible our planet is once the sun goes down.
Among the winners was an image by Thomas Kurat that won the contest's Against The Lights category.
The fourth place in the 'Beauty of the Night Sky' category went to a photo captured by China's Xiaohua, which appears to show the Milky Way spread out across the Great Wall of China.
What makes this photo particularly eye-catching is the true contrast in what we see: our galaxy which still remains one of nature's great mysteries, and one of mankind's most notable achievements - the Great Wall.
Luc Perrot's panoramic shot below of the mountain view from Reunion Island's national park shows us more than you might at first think.
Picturesque: Beauty of Sourthern Sky by Luc Perrot won third place in Beauty of the Night Sky category. The band of the Milky Way arcs above volcano Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island |
The image, that won first place in the 'Against the Lights' category captures the light pollution from the small villages in the valley trying to burst out through the fog.
'Isafan Milky Way' by Mehdi Momenzadeh grabbed second place in the 'Against the Lights' category.
A tree appears to sway in the wind as the arc of the Milky Way rises above Central Iran, as it is faded away in the north east by the lights of the famous city of Isafan.
For further information, visit The World At Night website, www.twanight.org.
The Great Wall at Night: This oriental beauty by China's Xiaohua shows how Space is visible from the Great Wall of China |
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