All of these photographs won various categories of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 competition. Even if they are from 2013 that doesn’t make them any less mind blowing. Here are 23 incredible photos of earth and space that will blow you away.
1. The Milky Way and a Lighthouse Light up the Nights Sky
Photo by Mark Gee
2. The Aurora Borealis over GrøTfjord in Norway
Photo by Fredrik Broms
3. A Quadruple Halo around the Moon Caused by Ice Crystals in the Atmosphere
Photo by Dani Caxete
4. Comet Panstarrs Photographed from Norway
Photo by Fredrik Broms
5. Perseid Meteor Shower Photographed from Wyoming
Photo by David Kingham
6. Solar Corona
Photo by Man-To Hui
7. Sunspots on the Suns Surface That Are about the Size of Earth
Photo via Alan Friedman
8. Moon Passing In front of the Sun in an Annular Eclipse
Photo by Jia Hao
9. Saturn at Opposition
Photo via Damian Peach
10. Comet Lemmon, a Globular Cluster and the Small Magellanic Cloud All in One Photo
Photo by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
11. The Rising Moon Creating Silhouettes
Photo by Mark Gee
12. The Milky Way Photographed from the South Sister Volcano in Oregon
Photo by Ben Canales
13. A Star Forming Nebula 450 Light Years Away
Photo by Adam Block
14. A Cluster of Stars at the Centre of the Orion Nebula
Photo by László Francsics
15. Rho Ophiuchi Dark Nebula and Antares Nebulae
Photo by Tom O’Donoghue
16. Starburst Galaxy NGC 253
Photo by Michael Sidonio
17. A Photograph of Galaxies M81 and M8, Both of Which Are 12 Million Light Years Away
Photo by Ivan Eder
18. Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
Photo by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
19. The Final Few Seconds of the Transit of Venus in 2012
Photo by Sam Cornwell
20. The Milky Way
Photo by Jacob Marchio
21. The Orion Nebula
Photo by Samuel Copley
22. Windows District in Arches National Park, Utah
Photo by Eric Dewar
23. Crescent Moon
Photo by Jacob Marchio
Photos courtesy of The Royal Observatory Greenwich
h/t buzzfeed.com
