Overall winner was photographer James Woodend who took an image of aurora in Iceland's Vatnajokull Park The judges were also impressed by a rarely seen hybrid solar eclipse, taken by Eugen Kamenew from Germany Another stunning image shows the Horsehead Nebula standing out against a red glow 1500 light-years from Earth Images will be shown in free exhibition in the Royal Observatory's Astronomy Centre in London underFebruary <\/p>\n
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From clouds dancing across the Milky Way to a stunning solar eclipse over Kenya, the annual competition showcasing the mysterious depths of our universe has revealed some incredible images. <\/p>\n
West Midlands-based photographer James Woodend beat over a thousand amateur and professional photographers from around the world to win the title of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014. <\/p>\n
As well as securing the 1,500 ($2,440) top prize, his image takes pride of place in the exhibition of winning photographs opening today at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. <\/p>\n
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