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The Commons
Picture of the Year
is a competition that was first run in 2006. It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded
Featured picture
status. This year's candidate images are listed at
Commons:Featured pictures/chronological/2024
.
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First place
: In mid-August 2010
ESO
Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s
Paranal Observatory
. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the
Very Large Telescope
(VLT). (
POTD
) ? Credit:
(ESO - CC-BY-SA-3.0)
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Second place
:
Stari Most
, the "Old Bridge", which connects the two banks of river
Neretva
, has been a symbol of
Mostar
for centuries. This
view from north
shows Helebija tower to the left and Tara tower to the right. It was made from the minaret of
Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
. (
POTD
) ? Credit:
Own work
by
Ramirez
. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
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Third place
:
Sarychev Peak
Volcano erupts June 12, 2009, on
Matua Island
(North
Kuril Islands
) (
POTD
) ? Credit:
(CC-BY-SA?2.0)
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First place
:
Sikh
pilgrim at the
Harmandir Sahib
(Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (
POTD
) ? Credit: Wikimedian
Paulrudd
. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
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Second place
:
Elakala Waterfalls
in the
Blackwater Falls State park
,
West Virginia
, United States. (
POTD
) ? Credit:
Forest Wander
from Cross Lanes, USA. (CC-BY-SA-2.0)
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Third place
: The
Russian military honor guard
welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow
, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (
POTD
) ? Credit:
MC1 Chad J. McNeeley
. (PD US Navy)
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First place
: The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake,
Eielson Air Force Base
, Alaska Joshua Strang (Public domain)
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Second place
: Homeless person in
Paris
Eric Pouhier
(CC BY-SA 2.5)
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Third place
: Hoverflies mating in midair.
Fir0002
(GFDL)