The 2016 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest: Winners

1. The first prize in Against the Lights category (and the overall contest winner) goes to Alex Conu

2. The first prize in Beauty of the Night Sky category goes to Stephanie Ye

3. The second place winner in the Light category is Carlo Zanandrea

4. "The Photographer" by Nicholas Roemmelt from Austria is the second place winner in the Beauty category

5. "Ancient Ground, Modern Sky" is the third winner in the Light category, captured in August 2015 by Amirreza Kamkar from Iran.

6. "Sacrament of Unification with Nature" is the third winner in the Beauty category by Boris Dmitriev

7. The winner in the Beauty category is "Viking Lights" by Adam Woodworth

8. The Light category winner of photo composites is "Milky Way Like a Dolphin" by Alvin Wu

9. In the photo
sequence submissions, that
also include star trails, the
winner in the Beauty
category is "Total Solar
Eclipse from Svalbard"
by Thanakrit Santikunaporn

10. The Light category winner of
photo sequences is
"Mountain Liupan Startrails"
by Sun Guocai

12. Honorable Mentions

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