The results of the 6th Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest have been announced recently. About 600 photographs had been submitted for the contest and here are the pictures that received the most points in the community voting.
23rd Place – Hurricane Isabel Captured from ISS
18th Place – Two Boys at the Beach Playing
16th Place – A Snowy Ski Lift on Top of Areskutan in Sweden
16th Place – Balloon Inflating in Cappadocia
13th Place – Space Shuttle Discovery Under a Full Moon
13th Place – Into the Jaws of Death
12th Place – Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Rests on Beach in Mexico
12th Place – Castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, Germany
11th Place – Entrance to the Saint Petersburg Mosque
10th Place – The Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge
9th Place – Unrolling a Circle’s Circumference
7th Place – Red Deer in Freyr Forest Near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium
6th Place – Freight Train Ploughs Through Snow Drifts
5th Place – Train Crossing the Cize – Bolozon Viaduct Over the Ain River
5th Place – Baobab Tree Near Morondava, Madagascar
4th Place – Portrait of the Common Wasp
4th Place – Marsh Wren in Quebec, Canada
3rd Place – Cueva de los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain
2nd Place – Self Portrait of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola Module of the ISS
1st Place – Lake Bondhus in Norway
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