Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition


	Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition
EddieIsSteady
8-31-2009 8:09 PM
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8-31-2009 9:35 PM
lollipop10
Awesome pics, thanks for the clip Eddie
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#00ffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9b084dcb-54f5-46e3-a161-ab28608f5285/04C64527-57BB-45FC-B40D-CDEECD89D310/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457">These are some of the shortlisted images in this year's <A href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/">Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition</A> organised by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 9 September, and an exhibition of all the images opens on 10 September at the observatory.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382732186/Photography-competition-E-006.jpg" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382732186/Photography-competition-E-006.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">static.guim.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2009/aug/28/astronomy-photographer-year-2009?picture=352252457">Part of Eta Carina, a vast nebula or cloud of dust and gas from which a new generation of stars is condensing</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382365530/Photography-competition-G-006.jpg" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382365530/Photography-competition-G-006.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">static.guim.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382365530/Photography-competition-G-006.jpg"><IMG src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382365530/Photography-competition-G-006.jpg" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/27/1251382365530/Photography-competition-G-006.jpg" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/28/1251465583996/Photography-competition-S-006.jpg" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/28/1251465583996/Photography-competition-S-006.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">static.guim.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/28/1251465583996/Photography-competition-S-006.jpg"><IMG src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/28/1251465583996/Photography-competition-S-006.jpg" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/28/1251465583996/Photography-competition-S-006.jpg" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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