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Echiwile Arch

When one Googles information about visiting Chad, the results aren’t very encouraging from a safety perspective. Nevertheless, the intrepid astrophotographer in me decided to take the chance and visit this landlocked country, specifically the Ennedi Massif in the north. Sparsely populated and devoid of light pollution, the three-day drive from the capital, N’Djamena, was well worth the risks involved. The region is filled with rock formations, shapes, and arches, offering an abundance of options for foreground elements to frame the dramatic night skies

Vikas Chander

Milky Way Photographer of the Year Competition

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LBN 86: The Eagle Ray Nebula

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Sperrgebiet by Vikas Chander

Vikas Chander took this photograph at an old diamond mine in the Namibian desert. “Sperrgebiet” is German for “restricted area”. In Chander’s entry, he explains the German diamond-mining settlements in Namibia during the early 1900s. “When the Germans eventually left ghost towns remained, which are still preserved in their natural state although in an advanced state of neglect and rot,” Chander says. His photo features a decayed processing plant from that era. 

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“Chidiya Tapu” by Vikas Chander.

The nature reserve at Chidiya Tapu, with its rich and diverse flora and fauna, is an ideal destination for wide-field astrophotography, as it is far away from the city lights. Here the Milky Way seems to mirror the water on its course.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest