A captive elephant is made to swim for visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Students participate in a commemorative march near the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)

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.

Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus on Tuesday, September 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. The iPhone 6 will have a screen measuring 4.7 inches, while the iPhone 6 Plus will be 5.5 inches. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)

A man presents a self-made robot that local media reported is able to carry a person, in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, April 5, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Robots made by local enthusiasts and employees of an automobile repair workshop are seen during installation works on the outskirts of the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, November 26, 2020. According to creators, who plan to open a robotics engineering park, 13-metre and 6-metre-high sculptures featuring transformer robots were made of waste metal including car components and weigh about 4 and 2 tonnes respectively. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

Hosts Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski perform during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, U.S., April 9, 2022. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

An injured cat receives treatment at a veterinary clinic by volunteer vets after a forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district of Turkeyâs Antalya on July 31, 2021. At least seven people have died in the wildfires raging in Turkey’s Mediterranean towns, the Turkish health ministry confirmed on 01 August 2021. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)