Overall Winner And First Place, Beauty Of The Night Sky(01 of10)
Open Image ModalThe overall contest winner and first prize in the Beauty Of The Night Sky category goes to Stephane Vetter, of France, for his March 2013 panoramic photo “Sky Above Godafoss,” featuring aurora and the Milky Way over the \"Waterfall of the Gods\" in Iceland. (credit:Courtesy of Stephane Vetter/TWAN)
First Place, Against The Lights(02 of10)
Open Image ModalThe first prize in Against The Lights category goes to Andreas Max Böckle, of Austria, for his photo “Under the Hood,” taken from a mountain top overlooking the city of Salzburg on a moonlit night. (credit:Courtesy of Andreas Max Böckle/TWAN)
Second Place, Beauty Of The Night Sky(03 of10)
Open Image Modal\"Crossed Destinies,\" by Luc Perrot, of France\'s Réunion Island (in the Indian Ocean), is the second-place winner in the Beauty Of The Night Sky category. (credit:Courtesy of Luc Perrot/TWAN)
Second Place, Against The Lights(04 of10)
Open Image ModalThe second place winner in the Against The Lights category is Zach Grether, of the United States, for his photo “A Canyon Lake Morning,” which shows the impact of lights on natural sky and the night environment in Arizona. (credit:Courtesy of Zach Grether/TWAN)
Third Place, Beauty Of The Night Sky (05 of10)
Open Image ModalThe honor goes to \"Meteor Magic,\" by Shannon Bileski, for her outstanding capture of a streaking fireball and colorful aurora over a snow-covered lake in Canada in March 2013. (credit:Courtesy of Shannon Bileski/TWAN)
Third Place, Against The Lights(06 of10)
Open Image ModalThe \"Milky Way over the Alps,\" summer solstice fire festival in Tyrol, Austria, by Norbert Span. (credit:Courtesy of Norbert Span/TWAN)
Fourth Place, Beauty Of The Night Sky(07 of10)
Open Image Modal\"Solar Storm,\" by Fredrik Broms, shows how the northern lights dance in the sky of Norway after a solar storm reached the Earth. (credit:Courtesy of Fredrik Broms/TWAN)
Fourth Place, Against The Lights(08 of10)
Open Image Modal\"Bridging the Earth & Sky\" shows the glow lights from Globe, Ariz., hitting clouds above the Roosevelt Lake Bridge. By Zach Grether. (credit:Courtesy of Zach Grether/TWAN)
Fifth Place, Beauty Of The Night Sky(09 of10)
Open Image Modal\"Totality,\" by Geoff Sims, who receives a Kitt Peak Observatory gift package from National Optical Astronomy Observatory. (credit:Courtesy of Geoff Sims/TWAN)
Fifth Place, Against The Lights(10 of10)
Open Image Modal\"Golden Gate Star Trails,\" by Rick Whitacre, who receives a Kitt Peak Observatory gift package from National Optical Astronomy Observatory. A well-done photo sequence has captured star trails above the lights of San Fransisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. (credit:Courtesy of Rick Whitacre/TWAN)