Welcome to Ebere Samuel's Blog: International Earth and Sky photo competition 2014

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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="Luc Perrot from Réunion Island of France (southern Indian Ocean) won first place in Beauty of the Night Sky category for his image “Over the Top,” captured on Feb. 28, 2014. A volcano in the Reunion Island peeks out of a sea of clouds and rests under stars. Organized by the international program The World at Night, the contest is a collaboration with outreach and education groups of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and Global Astronomy Month, the Astronomers Without Borders annual world-wide program in April. " data-credit="Luc Perrot/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0021405368130.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.513" data-title=" " data-uuid="f7d43148-0b91-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200021405368130.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="A photo by Ben Coffman of Portland, Ore., took second place in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. The photo, “False Dusk and Falls at Oregon Coast,” was taken in February 2014 from Hug Point at the Pacific Ocean coastline in northern Oregon. “Surprisingly, this was my first time capturing zodiacal light,” he said. “I had wanted to capture this waterfall at night for years but had been unable to because of cloud cover and the difficulty of accessibility. This falls is only reachable during low tide. The waterfall itself falls right on the beach, less than 100 feet from the Pacific Ocean, making it a rare breed.” " data-credit="Ben Coffman/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0031405368131.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.504" data-title=" " data-uuid="f7d2caec-0b91-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200031405368131.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="Nicholas Roemmelt of Austria won third prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category for “Kirkjufell Nights,” his capture of aurora over Kirkjufell waterfalls in Iceland in March 2014. The contest was founded by TWAN and Dark Skies Awareness project in 2008 as a regional program. It was expanded to an international effort in 2009 during the International Year of Astronomy." data-credit="Nicholas Roemmelt/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0051405368190.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.499" data-title=" " data-uuid="1c5e04c6-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200051405368190.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="Ibrahim Elawadi of Egypt won fourth place in the Beauty of the Night Sky category for “Little Explorer,” captured in November 2013 from a desert near Fayoum, south of Cairo. Photos in the competition are shown in a style depicting both the Earth and the sky by combining elements of the night sky set in the backdrop of the Earth horizon, often with a notable scenery or landmark. Known as “landscape astrophotography,” this is similar to general “Nightscape Photography” but with more attention to the sky, astronomical perspectives, and celestial phenomena. " data-credit="Ibrahim Elawadi/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0071405368310.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.456" data-title=" " data-uuid="6393187c-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200071405368310.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="Phil Hart of Australia won fifth place in the Beauty of the Night Sky category for “Bioluminescence &amp; Star Trails” taken on Jan. 16, 2013, from Gippsland Lakes in Victoria. Southern stars trail in this long exposure image. The green airglow and yellow Milky Way appear above rare but brilliant bioluminescence — light produced by a chemical reaction within a living organism — here by marine planktons." data-credit="Phil Hart/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0091405368370.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.504" data-title=" " data-uuid="856e5baa-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200091405368370.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo wp-volt-gal-item-loaded" data-buy="false" data-caption="Giorgia Hofer of Italy won first prize in the Against the Lights category for her photo “Light in the Sky” taken on Jan. 1, 2014, from Cibiana Pass in the Dolomites (Alps), northern Italy." data-credit="Giorgia Hofer/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0011405368070.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="842" data-ratio="0.842" data-title=" " data-uuid="d3fb62a0-0b91-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star%20photos%200011405368070.jpg?env=A); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="“Reflected Aurora” by Alex Conu of Romania won second prize in the Against the Light category. Taken on March 15, 2014, from Lofoten Islands in northern Norway the image is made “after a few stormy days, Aurora was back in Reine, a scenic fishing village in Norway. Despite many photographers who like shooting the Northern Lights during moonless nights, “I really love the nights when the moon is present. The landscape is beautifully lit and the final images are a lot more appealing,” Conu said." data-credit="Alex Conu/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0041405368190.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1100" data-ratio="2.011" data-title=" " data-uuid="1be99c58-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/projects/supergrid/img/loading-black-100x100.gif); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Majid Ghohroodi of Iran won third prize in the Against the Lights category for “Unlimited Sky,” a February 2014 image from Maranjab Salt Lake near the city of Kashan. “The winter starry sky (with constellation Orion in the middle) is merged into light domes of three major cities in this panorama,” Ghohroodi said. “The reflected star light from the water is polarized. That’s why the reflected image is more clear than sky.” " data-credit="Majid Ghohroodi/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0061405368250.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1177" data-ratio="2.144" data-title=" " data-uuid="3d705a24-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/projects/supergrid/img/loading-black-100x100.gif); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Mark Gee of New Zealand won fourth prize in the Against the Lights category for “Fog Below And The Stars Above.” A heavy fog rolled into Wellington, New Zealand, on the night of May 15, 2013. This image was captured from Wrights Hill overlooking the city as the Milky Way rises high above in the night sky." data-credit="Mark Gee/twanight.org" data-image="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/14/Others/Images/2014-07-14/star photos 0081405368310.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1000" data-ratio="1.506" data-title=" " data-uuid="6402f192-0b92-11e4-bd2c-919fc31dc2e6" style="background-image: url(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/projects/supergrid/img/loading-black-100x100.gif); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1000px;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The winning images for the 2013-2014 competition, selected from 55 countries, highlight the beauty of the night skies and its battle with light pollution.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="wp-volt-gal-caption-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Luc Perrot from Réunion Island of France (southern Indian Ocean) won first place in Beauty of the Night Sky category for his image “Over the Top,” captured on Feb. 28, 2014. A volcano in the Reunion Island peeks out of a sea of clouds and rests under stars. Organized by the international program The World at Night, the contest is a collaboration with outreach and education groups of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and Global Astronomy Month, the Astronomers Without Borders annual world-wide program in April.</span> <span class="wp-volt-gal-caption-credit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Luc Perrot/twanight.or<br />g</span></span></div>
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International Earth and Sky 2014 photo contest winners

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International Earth and Sky 2014 photo contest winners

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