Christie's employee Natalie McFarlane holds an armature model of King Kong used in the 1933 film at Christie's on November 19, 2009 in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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.

Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski in the last decade of September 2025 raised the temperature as she posed for steamy lingerie snaps to promote her campaign with Lounge underwear. The American businesswomen and producer has faced criticism over the years for her self-defined sexiness and womanhood but leaves little to the imagination as she showcases her seasonal picks from top lingerie firm. (Photo by Lounge/Morgan Maher)

Halsey performs at Night Two of BUDX Miami by Budweiser on February 02, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for BudX)

A mudlark uses a torch to look for items on the bank of the River Thames in London, Britain June 06, 2016. Mudlarking is believed to trace its origins to the 18th and 19th century, when scavengers searched the Thames' shores for items to sell. These days, history and archaeology fans are the ones hoping to find old relics such as coins, ceramics, artifacts or everyday items from across centuries. their finds with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Any item over 300 years old must be recorded. (Photo by Neil Hall/Reuters)

English singer-songwriter Tahliah Debrett Barnett, known professionally as FKA Twigs attends the NME Awards 2022 at O2 Academy Brixton on March 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

Members of the Mayossa Folk Dance Group pour water on young women in Kiskunmajsa, some 140 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 2, 2018. According to a several hundred years old tradition of Hungarian villages young men pour water on young women who in exchange present their sprinklers with beautifully colored eggs on Easter Monday. (Photo by Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP Photo)

American model Cindy Crawford, 55, recreated her famous Pepsi advert from 1992 for the University of Wisconsin’s Cancer Care Unit. Limited edition prints of the model, shot by the photographer David Yarrow, have a $40,000 price tag and have raised $1 million. (Photo by David Yarrow Photography)