Shot of the month

Our showcase of finalists from the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards 17

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

PHOTOGRAPHER SIMON URWIN ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF CAPTURING RAJA AMPAT’S CORAL REEFS FOR OUR OCTOBER ISSUE

Winding through the Southern Alps in New Zealand, the TranzAlpine is lauded as one of the world’s greatest rail journeys, but few know that its well-worn tracks also trace the path of an ancestral Māori trade route

I looked out of the window before bed while on holiday in Orkney in mid-August and was delighted to see my first-ever noctilucent cloud display! The reflections in the still waters of the Bay of Firth

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Landscapes category