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Origins of Life on Earth
Embargoed until 00.01 BST on 20.9.12. The Royal Observatory's 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition - Higher Commended in the Young Astronomy Photographer category. (An exhibition of all the winning images opens at the Royal Observatory on 20 September.) Image: Earth and space are evenly weighted in this wonderfully framed image of a Californian landscape beneath the Milky Way. The young photographer has chosen a view of an ancient Bristlecone Pine which is over 4000 years’ old, and whose sloping trunk and gnarled branches provide perfect counterpoint to the edge-on view of the starry disc and knotted structure of our galaxy.
Origins of Life on Earth
Embargoed until 00.01 BST on 20.9.12. The Royal Observatory's 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition - Higher Commended in the Young Astronomy Photographer category. (An exhibition of all the winning images opens at the Royal Observatory on 20 September.) Image: Earth and space are evenly weighted in this wonderfully framed image of a Californian landscape beneath the Milky Way. The young photographer has chosen a view of an ancient Bristlecone Pine which is over 4000 years’ old, and whose sloping trunk and gnarled branches provide perfect counterpoint to the edge-on view of the starry disc and knotted structure of our galaxy.