Photo NASA 2024: the shots awarded by the space agency
A journey beyond the boundaries of our planet, through the aim of those who, every day, documents the conquest of space.
To celebrate the visual excellence of its photographers, the Nasa – the US space agency – announced the winners of the competition « Photographer of the Year 2024« , Rewarding the shots that best tell, in a human and technical key, the fascinating universe of space missions.
Photo of NASA 2024: behind the scenes of the cosmos
Between intense portraits of astronauts, training sessions and celestial suggestions, the work of Josh Valcarcel: His six photographs have been selected for narrative and visual quality.
From the close -ups of the astronauts Nichole « Vapor« Ayers And Zena Cardman At the scenes behind the scenes of the Artemis missions, each shot is a window on the world – mostly invisible – of the preparation for the space flight.
A job that earned him the title of « photographer of the year », having won in all categories of the competition, except for the one dedicated to « places ».
Huntsville, the « city of the rocket », under a blue superluna
In the image you see above it is portrayed HUNTSVILLEAmerican city in Dell ‘Alabama (renamed « Rocket City« ) Above which – on August 19 – a rare natural show was staged: a superluna – among the largest and most bright of the year – which designed a silver arch above the silos and platforms of the Marshall Space Flight Center from the Nasa.
But that wasn’t any full moon. It was in fact a blue moon, a rare event that, in astronomy, indicates the third full moon within a season that exceptionally counts four.
The name can deceive – the color of our satellite does not change – but the visual and symbolic effect remains surprising, capable of transforming the landscape and turning on the imagination.
To capture that moment suspended between earth and space, the shot of the photographer of the Nasa Michael Democker.
Browse the gallery to see the other reward photos.
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