{"id":440,"date":"2025-05-19T13:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=440"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T20:10:48","slug":"the-brilliant-milky-way-connects-photographers-around-the-globe-and-beyond-in-an-annual-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"The Brilliant Milky Way Connects Photographers Around the Globe and Beyond in an Annual Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Brilliant Milky Way Connects Photographers Around the Globe and Beyond in an Annual Contest\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each night, the Milky Way decorates darkened skies around the globe with a streak of glimmering stars and pink-orange dust. Stunning in its own right, our galaxy is ever more dazzling in the images topping the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/capturetheatlas.com\/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milky Way Photographer of the Year<\/a> contest.<\/p>\n<p>The annual competition, hosted by Capture the Atlas, received more than 6,000 submissions in its eighth year. Winning shots are each from a different location, including amid the <em>moai<\/em> sculptures of Easter Island, atop Taiwan\u2019s Hehuan Mountain, and Yemen\u2019s remote Socotra Island. For the first time, there\u2019s even a view of the Milky Way from aboard the International Space Station, which astronaut Don Pettit captured while Earth glitters below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-11.jpg\" alt=\"the milky way over easter island\" class=\"wp-image-455577\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rositsa Dimitrova, \u201cThe Night Guardians,\u201d Easter Island, Chile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While diverse in geography, approach, and technique, all of the photos are guided by the brilliant band of light in the distance. See all 25 winners on <a href=\"https:\/\/capturetheatlas.com\/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capture the Atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-3.jpg\" alt=\"the milky way shot through baobab trees\" class=\"wp-image-455548\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benjamin Barakat, \u201cBottle Tree Paradise,\u201d Socotra, Yemen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-7.jpg\" alt=\"a path leads to a pointed stone under the milky way\" class=\"wp-image-455552\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcin Rosadzi\u0144ski, \u201cStairway to Heaven,\u201d Madeira Island, Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-1.jpg\" alt=\"a view of the milky way from space with earth below\" class=\"wp-image-455546\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don Pettit, \u201cOne in a Billion,\u201d International Space Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-8.jpg\" alt=\"the milky way above a rocky sea cove\" class=\"wp-image-455553\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kavan Chay, \u201cEvolution of Stars,\u201d Otago, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-6.jpg\" alt=\"a person stands in a striped stone landscape with a light underneath the milky way\" class=\"wp-image-455551\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luis Cajete, \u201cThe Wave,\u201d Coyote Buttes, Utah, U.S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-5.jpg\" alt=\"the milky way above a field of pink and purple floewrs\" class=\"wp-image-455550\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Max Inwood, \u201cA Sea of Lupines,\u201d Lake Tekapo, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-4.jpg\" alt=\"lush pink flowers in a valley underneath the milky way\" class=\"wp-image-455549\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ethan Su, \u201cBlosoom,\u201d Hehuan Mountain Dark Sky Park, Taiwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/milky-way-9.jpg\" alt=\"the milky way seen through a rock arch\" class=\"wp-image-455554\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Lopez, \u201cA Stellar View From The Cave,\u201d Saint Raphael, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/05\/milky-way-photographer-2025\/\">The Brilliant Milky Way Connects Photographers Around the Globe and Beyond in an Annual Contest<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each night, the Milky Way decorates darkened skies around the globe with a streak of glimmering stars and pink-orange dust. 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