

Commons Picture of the Year 2010 # 1 – 241 votes in Final; In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD) Credit: .









# 6 – 140 votes in Final; A lonely house. An image made using Blender 3D. (POTD) Credit: Own work by Michael Otto .









# 8 – 116 votes in Final; Tabletop photography by "Studiocommunity e.V." (incorporated association). No photomontage was used. All objects were fastened on the board, which was pushed from the side, whereby the wine spilled out of the glass. The carafe is filled with wine coloured gelatine. (POTD) Credit: Own work by Stefan Krause, from Germany .









# 9 – 91 votes in Final; Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas), photographed near Playa Jaco in Costa Rica. (POTD) Credit: Own work by Carey James Balboa .





