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A Brilliant Image of the Solar Eclipse Wins the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year — Colossal

September 14, 2024 - Art

October 14, 2023, marked the annual solar eclipse in the U.S. For photographer Ryan Imperio, the event also ushered in a rare opportunity to capture the progression of Baily’s beads.

Appearing like glimmering rings, Baily’s beads occur when the sun shines through the valleys and craters on the moon’s surface, allowing light to leak through the mass darkening event. Imperio documented the perfect half-rings from a spot in Odessa, Texas, piecing together about 30 images into a brilliant, repetitious composite that won him the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

pink and purple bursts appear above a wide-angle shot of mountains
Tom Rae (New Zealand),
”Tasman Gems”

“What an innovative way to map the moon’s topography at the point of third contact during an annular solar eclipse,” said Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn, who judged the competition. “This is an impressive dissection of the fleeting few seconds during the visibility of the Baily’s beads”

Hosted annually by Royal Museums Greenwich, this year’s contest garnered more than 3,500 entries from photographers in 58 countries. From the bright green Aurora Borealis dancing above an Icelandic mountain to the International Space Station transiting the sun, the winning images are a humbling and awe-inspiring glimpse at the vast galaxies and remarkable phenomena in our universe and beyond.

If you’re in London, see this year’s top photos at the National Maritime Museum. Otherwise, find our favorites below.

bright green lights shoot above a mountain with a small stream running to the foreground
Filip Hrebenda (Slovakia), “The Green Kingdom”
a swirling pink and blue galaxy in a black starry sky
Sophie Paulin, Jens Unger, and Jakob Sahner (Germany), “M63, The Tidal Streams Around the Sunflower Galaxy”
a bright pink light illuminates a blue sky above a nighttime cityscape
Michael Steven Harris (UK), “Aurora Borealis over Brighton Seafront”
streaks of lights crisscross the night sky over an illuminated montana elevator building
Matt Jackson (USA), “Big Brother is Watching You”
a horizontal line bisects and abstract image with white lines appearing to be drawn downward and upward
Peter Ward (Australia), “Coronal Chronograph”
the iss flies in front of the sun that bursts and ripples
Tom Williams (UK), “High-Tech Silhouette”
radiant blue tides wash up on a beach with a star studded sky ahead
Petr Horalek (Czechia), “Like Blue Lava”
a translucent blue ball in a red and blue starry sky
Xin Feng and Miao Gong (China), “SH2-308: Dolphin Head Nebula”

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