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12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

7. Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle, France.

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

How rare it is to see a storm of such frightening but fascinating vigor! You can see why this image was prized so highly by the judges of this contest.

8. Macaca fuscata juvenile yawning, Nagano, Japan

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

This Japanese macaque was brilliantly captured showing its tiredness, a really quite human moment.

9. Sunrise with Paraná pines, Serra da Bocaina National Park, Brazil.

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

This picture is proof that sunrise is the most beautiful part of the day, full of promise and splendor.

10. Rådhuset metro station, Stockholm

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

Some say that underground railway stations are hideously ugly places that everybody tries to spend as little time as possible. This, on the contrary, looks like the lair of a distinguished Bond villain.

11. Las Lajas Sanctuary church, Nariño, Colombia

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest




Have you ever seen a church perched in such a perilous location as this? I haven’t, and I’m very impressed by how safe, secure and blended into the rocks this basilica is embedded.

12. Air to air image of a Spitfire, taken over RAF Coningsby

12 Winners Of The Wikipedia Photograph Of The Year Contest

The Spitfire is the pride of the RAF and a true symbol of British patriotism and aviation excellence. This rare shot gives you a feeling of what it must be like to have this devastating beauty on your tail.

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