The brilliant Milky Way connects photographers around the world and beyond in the annual competition – Huge
Every night, the Milky Way is decorated with dark skies around the globe, with a twinkling star and pink dust. Our Galaxy itself is amazing, and our Galaxy is getting more and more dazzling in the 2025 Galaxy Photographer of the Year Competition.
The annual competition hosted by Capture The Atlas has won over 6,000 pieces in its eighth year. The winning shots come from other positions, including Moai Sculptures of Easter Island, Hehuan Mountain in Taiwan and remote Socotra in Yemen. Even for the first time, even the view of the Milky Way seen from the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit captured the astronaut while the Earth below glowed.
Despite the diversity of geography, methodology and technology, all photos are brought by light from afar. See all 25 winners of the Capture Atlas.
