'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

Each year, the Royal Society holds a photo contest to mark

Each year, the Royal Society organizes a photo contest to mark "the power of photography in capturing science in many forms", attracting millions of beautiful photos from all over the world.

Picture 1 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

The photo of winning this year's Astronomy category is "Three diamonds in the sky" by Petr Horálek.The photo was taken during the solar eclipse.The halo appears like the diamonds of the universe.

Picture 2 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

Second prize in the Astronomy photo category is a photo of Bernard Miller shooting the Orion nebula.The image of the Orion nebula is treated with a superimposed 6-color printing process.Photographer Bernard Miller spent a total of 39 hours in a six-week period at Dark Sky New Mexico (USA) to get this picture.

Picture 3 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

The winner of the Behavioral Photo category is Kristian Bell with a picture of two royal terns dancing together on the beach in Florida.The photo was taken with a Canon 300mm lens and 2x focus focal length.

Picture 4 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

Second Prize in Behavior category: "Child on the mother's back" by Anton Sorokin.Child care is common behavior in birds and mammals, but some amphibians such as poison frog Ranitomeya imitator also appear this behavior.This photo captures the moment when a male frog carries a tadpole on its back to jump into a lake.

Picture 5 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

This is a picture of Katharine Cashman, winner of the Earth Science category.Photo taken at Cappadocia, a famous tourist destination in Turkey.The mountains here were created by a volcanic eruption, and by the wind and sculpted water.

Picture 6 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

Second is the "Statue" of Alejandro Roman Gonzalez.The highlight of the photo is the shadow of Teide Mountain in Tenerife covered by dramatic sunset colors.

Picture 7 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

Item of ecology and environmental science called Alwin Hardenbol.The bird photo of Bombycilla garrulus eating red berries in a snowy background was taken right by the Alwin Hardenbol just outside the photographer's office in Finland.

Picture 8 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

"Mars" by Roberto García Roa ranks second in the category of ecology and environmental science.Oryx antelope standing in the arid land of Namibia makes photographers think of admiring the spectacle on Mars.

Picture 9 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

The winner of the Micro Image category is Leandro Lemgruber.This photo was taken at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) Research Institute when the research team was studying parasitic parasites.

Picture 10 of 'Three diamonds in the sky' won the scientific prize 2018

The photo was named "broken window" by Hamed Rajabi taking a close-up shot of a wing of Acisoma panorpoides dragonfly.

Update 15 December 2018
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