The Commons Picture of the Year is a competition that was first run in 2006.It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded Featured picture status.This year's candidate images are listed at Commons:Featured pictures/chronological/2024.
Second place: Banna children in Ethiopia with traditional body painting, playing on wooden stilts. Kreditering: WAVRIK(CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Third place: Young stars form in 'The Pillars of Creation' as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera Kreditering: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; image processing by Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) (public domain)
Third place: Firefighter fighting a battle against a veld-fire at Ashton Bay, Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Kreditering: StevenTerblanche(CC BY SA 4.0)
First place: Evolution of a Tornado: Composite of eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed in Kansas. – Kreditering: JasonWeingart (CC BY-SA 4.0)
First place: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto on July 14, 2015. – Kreditering: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute (public domain)
Førstepladsen: Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The turtles placidly permit the butterflies to sip from their eyes as they bask on a log. This "tear-feeding" is a phenomenon known as lachryphagy. Attribution: amalavida.tv (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Tredjepladsen: High above Tocopilla, Chile, one of SQMs Boxcabs coasts downhill to the Reverso switchback. Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Andenpladsen: On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Flickr)
Tredjepladsen High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp). Stefan Krause, Germany (User:Ritchyblack)
Førstepladsen: Udsigt over Bondhussøen i Norge. I baggrunden ses Bondhusbræen, der er en udløber af Folgefonnabræen. (POTD) Heinrich Pniok (Alchemist-hp / pse-mendelejew.de)
Førstepladsen: In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD) – Credit:
Andenpladsen: Stari Most, the "Old Bridge", which connects the two banks of river Neretva, has been a symbol of Mostar for centuries. This view from north shows Helebija tower to the left and Tara tower to the right. It was made from the minaret of Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque. (POTD) – Credit: Own work by Ramirez. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Førstepladsen: Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) – Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Tredjepladsen The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (POTD) – Credit:MC1 Chad J. McNeeley. (PD US Navy)
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Førstepladsen: Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The turtles placidly permit the butterflies to sip from their eyes as they bask on a log. This "tear-feeding" is a phenomenon known as lachryphagy. Attribution: amalavida.tv (flickr)
Andenpladsen: An Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water. Attribution: Christopher Michel
Tredjepladsen: High above Tocopilla, Chile, one of SQMs Boxcabs coasts downhill to the Reverso switchback. Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler
Førstepladsen: The tungsten filament burning with a flame in the light bulb. Stefan Krause, Germany (License: FAL 1.3)
Andenpladsen: National park "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Balkhovitin (License: CC BY-SA 3.0)
Tredjepladsen: A swallow (Hirundo rustica) drinking while flying over a swimming pool sanchezn (License: CC BY-SA 3.0)
Førstepladsen: European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make. Pierre Dalous (User:Kookaburra 81)
Andenpladsen: On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Flickr)
Tredjepladsen High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp). Stefan Krause, Germany (User:Ritchyblack)
Førstepladsen: Udsigt over Bondhussøen i Norge. I baggrunden ses Bondhusbræen, der er en udløber af Folgefonnabræen. (POTD) Heinrich Pniok (Alchemist-hp / pse-mendelejew.de)
Andenpladsen: Self portrait of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola module of the International Space Station observing the Earth below during Expedition 24. (POTD) Tracy Caldwell Dyson (NASA)
Tredjepladsen Cueva de los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain. Reflection on water. (POTD) Luc Viatour (Lviatour)
Førstepladsen: In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD) – Credit:Yuri Beletsky (ESO).(ESO - CC-BY-SA-3.0)
Andenpladsen: Stari Most, the "Old Bridge", which connects the two banks of river Neretva, has been a symbol of Mostar for centuries. This view from north shows Helebija tower to the left and Tara tower to the right. It was made from the minaret of Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque. (POTD) – Credit: Own work by Ramirez. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Tredjepladsen Sarychev Peak Volcano erupts June 12, 2009, on Matua Island (North Kuril Islands) (POTD) – Credit: (CC-BY-SA‑2.0)
Førstepladsen: Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) – Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)
Andenpladsen: Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, West Virginia, United States. (POTD) – Credit: Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, USA. (CC-BY-SA-2.0)
Tredjepladsen The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (POTD) – Credit: MC1 Chad J. McNeeley. (PD US Navy)_in_Amritsar,_India.jpg)
Førstepladsen: Heste (Equus caballus) på bjerget Bianditz i Spanien. Mikel Ortega/Richard Bartz (CC-BY-SA-2.0)
Andenpladsen: Ildslugerne "Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band" i Chassepierre, Belgien. Luc Viatour (CC-BY-SA-2.5, 2.0, 1.0)
Tredjepladsen Damplokomotiver fra jernbaneselskabet "Chicago & Northwestern Railway" i en lokomotivremise i Chicago 1942. Jack Delano (PD-USGov)
Tredjepladsen Et egern (Sciurus vulgaris) i vinterpels i Hofgarten i Düsseldorf. Ray eye (CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE)
Førstepladsen: The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Joshua Strang (Public domain)
Andenpladsen: Homeless person in Paris Eric Pouhier (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Tredjepladsen En blå skovskade (Cyanocitta cristata) i Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada. Mdf (GFDL)
Tredjepladsen Hoverflies mating in midair. Fir0002 (GFDL)
