Pictures: Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017
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This amazingly detailed shot of Saturn by 14 year-old Olivia Williamson won her first prize in this competition. Olivia snapped the planet during a visit to the desert, in Abu Dhabi, with her dad. Light pollution in cities would make this shot impossible, but the darkness of the desert offered perfect conditions!
14 year-old runner-up Kimberly Ochoa from the USA used a technique called long exposure to create this eerie image of a snake like moon. She pointed her camera at the moon, then as the picture was being taken, Kimberley moved the camera around, making this snakey picture!
This beautiful picture of the Milky Way stretching out over the Dolomite mountains comes from 15 year-old Italian, Fabian Dalpiaz. Fabian actually took 9 images and put them together using special software to get this shot. He also had to wait in the freezing cold at 5am! Dedication!
This view of Orion’s Gaseous Nebula was captured by 13 year-old Sebastien Grech from the UK. The judges loved it. Sebastien used a special telescope with a camera attached to get this amazing image which takes us deep into outer space. Pretty cool Sebastien!
This image of a crisp and clear winter night was taken by 8 year-old Andrea Imazio from Italy. Andrea photographed the stars shining over the Rosa Massif Mountain in the Alps. Although it didn't win, the judges were still very impressed!
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