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See the stunning winners of the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest

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The 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest was created in 2018 by photographer Dan Zafra .

This year 's winners include shots from places as diverse as Namibia , the Himalayas , New Zealand and Yemen .

Astronaut Don Pettit captured this image of Earth against the Milky Way from the International Space Station .

Photographer Mike Abramyan wanted to photograph the Perseid meteor shower from the Canadian Rockies.

Photographer Alejandra Heis took this photograph while traveling across Argentina 's iconic salt flats.

"I believe I haven't truly experienced a place until I see it at night ," Heis wrote.

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