Spherical Aberration by Richard Germain was the runners-up

Science Photographic competition

Simon Brown won the General Science category orthophoto of the wreck of SS Thistlegorm
Simon Brown won the General Science category orthophoto of the wreck of SS Thistlegorm
Science Photographer of the Year ( Climate Change Category North pole Underwater by Sue Flood.
Science Photographer of the Year ( Climate Change Category North pole Underwater by Sue Flood.
Spherical Aberration by Richard Germain was the runners-up
Spherical Aberration by Richard Germain was the runners-up
Image-shows-sunlight-casting-a-spectrum-on-the-wall-having-passed-through-a-prism-won-the-Young-Science-Photographer-of-the-Year-General-Science-categoryRainbow-Shadow-Selfie-by-Katy-Appleton
Image-shows-sunlight-casting-a-spectrum-on-the-wall-having-passed-through-a-prism-won-the-Young-Science-Photographer-of-the-Year-General-Science-categoryRainbow-Shadow-Selfie-by-Katy-Appleton

The Royal Photographic Society has announced the winners of its Science Photographer of the Year competition, which celebrates the stories behind scientific exploration and application with over 1, 000 entries by both amateur and professional photographers, from microscopic observations to images showing climate change in action.

The photos will be displayed at a virtual exhibition as part of the Manchester Science Festival.

Simon Brown won the General Science category with an image of the wreck of SS Thistlegorm, a ship sunk in the Red Sea in 1941. The image was made from 15, 005 frames that were tagged with GPS data and merged together, at a well-known recreational diving site and are becoming part of the local coral reef,

Katy Appleton’s image shows sunlight casting a spectrum on the wall, having passed through a prism won the Young Science Photographer of the Year ( General Science category: Rainbow Shadow Selfie by Katy Appleton.

Science Photographer of the Year  ( Climate Change Category  North pole Underwater by Sue Flood. “climate change is real and polar ice is melting at an alarming rate, posing a serious threat to wildlife and humans worldwide”. Sue Flood said.

 

Spherical Aberration by Richard Germain was the runners-up, showing a spherical lens placed inside a patterned tube, distorting the light passing through it.