From mesmerizing \"mythical monsters\" to jaw-dropping distant constellations, the shortlisted candidates for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 showcase the magnificent beauty in the skies around us.Here are this year's stunning nominees. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In this image, a powerful geomagnetic storm creates a stunning display of multicolored hues across the night sky in Iceland. <\/p>\n
\"There was a prediction of a KP7 storm [a strong geomagnetic storm that can cause auroras and affect electrical power systems] and I was excited as to what I might see,\" photographer Jos Miguel Picn Chimelis said in a statement. <\/p>\n
He took the panoramic photo near Eystrahorn mountain, capturing a scene full of vibrant colors, which he described as \"one of the most amazing that I have experienced in my nighttime photography outings.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In this vibrant display of energy, photographer Wenlian Li captured an exploding sunspot spewing out glowing plasma from the sun's surface. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In this shot from La Palma, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the immense Isaac Newton Telescope sits below ominous cosmic clouds from the Cygnus constellation. <\/p>\n
\"The Cygnus region with its bright and vibrant star-forming regions is one of my favorite parts of the night sky. You can see it in the top right of the image,\" photographer Jakob Sahner said in the statement. <\/p>\n
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Cygnus, which translates to \"the swan\" in Latin, is a northern constellation that sits above the Milky Way. <\/p>\n
Related: The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this summer. Here are the key nights to watch for. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Carina Letelier Baeza captured the aurora borealis forming the shape of a dragon. Its tail descends into the horizon, and bright green hues take the shape of wings that tower over the rock pyramids of the Arctic Henge in Iceland. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Paul Haworth created this entrancing image of radial stars above the ruins of an old jetty and cracked mudflats at Snettisham beach in Norfolk, U.K. <\/p>\n
\"I named this image 'Serpentine' as I love the curved channel in the mudflat, mirroring the trailing stars, and the wonderful scaly texture of the mud cracks,\" Haworth said in the statement. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The interstellar clouds of CG 4 (Cometary Globule 4) form a monstrous shape as if ready to devour the cosmos, in this picture taken by a team of astrophotographers known as ShaRA (Shared Remote Astrophotography). <\/p>\n
The peculiar formation of gas clouds and dust is classed as a \"cometary globule\" because of its comet-like shape, and it's often referred to as \"God's Hand\" because of its similarity to an arm stretching across the universe. <\/p>\n
Along with these names, a member of the astrophotography team noticed its resemblance to two famous fictional monsters. <\/p>\n
\"Is this the cosmic sandworm of Arrakis, from 'Dune,' or the terrifying Graboid from the film 'Tremors'?\" ShaRa group member Alessandro Ravagnin said in the statement. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In this image, Sndor Biliczki captured the beauty of the Pleiades constellation. <\/p>\n
Also known as Messier 45 or the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades consists of thousands of stars but is known for its seven brightest stars and is located 445 light-years from Earth, according to NASA. <\/p>\n
Due to light pollution in Budapest, Biliczki traveled to Spain to photograph the constellation. <\/p>\n
\"The Pleiades are a popular target among astrophotographers, but there are still many tiny details to be discovered,\" Biliczki said in the statement. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This panorama captures the Geminid meteor shower in front of the entire winter Milky Way in the night sky over La Palma. <\/p>\n
Jakob Sahner said he could see three meteors per minute within his field of view during the peak of the shower. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Yann Sainty captured the Cygnus supernova in this haunting image, named \"The Scream of a Dying Star.\" <\/p>\n
The name is a reference to 'The Scream,' the famous painting by Edvard Munch, symbolising the scream that continues to echo through space after the stars death, according to the image caption. <\/p>\n
Sainty took advantage of the lack of light pollution and a long exposure time to capture rare details of the Cygnus Loop, such as the outer layers of the supernova remnant. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Leonardo Di Maggio created this eerie, abstract landscape image using a photo taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) a spacecraft on a mission to find evidence of water on Mars. <\/p>\n
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