The winners of the European Southern Observatory's Hidden Treasure contest have been announced online.
"The competition called for the public to troll through terabytes of raw image data collected by ESO's professional observatories and process it into something artistic and scientifically valuable.
Ten people submitted the 20 highest ranked shots, which were chosen based on "the quality of the data processing, the originality of the image, and the overall aesthetic feel," according to an ESO statement."
(source:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/pictures/110120-best-space-astronomy-photo-contest-science-moon/ )
To view the winning entries please click on the following link:
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/hiddentreasures/index.html
A Facebook page of the all the images which were submitted to the contest has been created. To visit it click on the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=300905&id=10867667494
The image above was submitted by an anonymous person to the contest.
