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Royal Observatory
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24 Aug 2015
This year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is bigger then ever before with a host of new prizes. We’ll spend the next few weeks introducing you to each category before the winners are announced on 17 September.
Aurorae Auroral activity is the focus of this category, a subject that we see portrayed so beautifully each year in the competition. The 2015 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition was no exception, with entrants submitting 302 images portraying a vast array of stunning compositions. Aurorae are a popular subject among astrophotographers and this is reflected in the number of images submitted, comprising 11% of the total entries to the competition. Perhaps they were inspired by the overall winner of the 2014 competition, which depicted the Northern Lights reflected in a glacier lagoon in Iceland.