It’s that time of year again when the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London releases the latest selection of winners from the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards. We reached out to our good friend Matthew Robinson who just landed runner up in the skyscapes category with this incredible photograph off the shores of his home town Sunderland and asked him to tell PhoGoTraphy the story behind the image.

Hi Matt, incredible image. Can you tell us a bit more about what’s going on in the frame for us non-astro experts?
The photograph is of an atmospheric phenomenon called Continue reading →