English actress Rosamund Pike arrives atthe EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
The Royal Observatory just announced its Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2013 winners. Australian photographer Mark Gee was chosen among a thousand amateur and professional photographers around the globe to win the top title. His work is part of an exhibition of the winning photographers, which opened on Sept. 19 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. The Royal Observatory shared with us the winners and notable mentions of the competition. Their descriptions of the prizewinners can be found below the images.
Bikers passes along the High Street on March 18, 2012 in Royal Wootton Bassett, England. The ride, in its third and final year and involving thousands of bikers started at Hullavington airfield and aims to honour the people of Royal Wootton Bassett and to raise money for the Afghan Heroes charity. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A fan wipes her lip after she was hit on the mouth by a foul ball hit by Kansas City Royals' Brandon Moss during the third inning of the Royals' baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, September 22, 2017, in Chicago. (Photo by David Banks/AP Photo)
Smoke rises from a replica of a T-Rex after it burst into flames at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience in Canon City, Colorado, U.S. in this picture obtained from social media March 22, 2018. (Photo by Reuters/Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience)
Simone Genziuk is one of the star’s of Sydney's Royal Easter Show – not surprising when you see her lift a 75kg washing machine with her hair. The 43-year-old known as Simi is one of the star’s of this year’s Royal Easter Show and it’s all thanks to her hair. Ms Genziuk is no newcomer to the art of circus performing having been an aerial acrobat for 13 years. (Photo by Nathan Edwards/Newspix/SIPA Press)
Princess Anne, Princess Royal waves off Zara Philips as she eaves Canongate Kirk on the afternoon of her wedding to Mike Tindall on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Chris Jackson PT/Getty Images)
Kaz Crossley and Laura Anderson seen attending ITV Palooza! at Royal Festival Hall on October 16, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)