A competition to find the best new pictures of The World At Night, sponsored by Astronomers Without Borders, finished earlier this month.

Photographers showed either the beauty of the night sky or the immensity of light pollution from cities. In the beauty category, the winner was Stephane Vetter, who captured the northern lights and the Milky Way above Iceland.

這是一項為尋找到最美麗的“夜里的世界”的照片的攝影比賽。該賽事由無國界天文學家組織支持。日前，2011年的比賽結果已經揭曉。

攝影師們既展示了夜空的美，也揭露現今城市嚴重的光污染現象。在“審美”組的評選結果里，史黛芬妮·維特的作品獲得了冠軍。她捕捉到了冰島上空的北極光在銀河里閃耀的瞬間。