/ 2026 / Nature / Astrophotography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Alessandra Castagnolo, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  13th June 2026
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/alessandra.c.photos

In Italy there are surreal places, like this clay peaks valley, surrounding an old ancient town sitting on a tuff cliff. At night, with the stars shining bright, I was standing on the verge of one of these cliffs, and this landscape felt even more otherworldy than ever. This is a 270 degrees panorama, composed of 39 panels (plus 27 more for stacking of the sky) with the milky way arch, clay cliffs and an old town as landscape.

Awards Silver award and 2x highly commended in Astrophotography prize 2026, honorable mention Academy photo awards - nature 2026, honorable mention IPA2026, highly commended and 2x commended 12 awards, 3 honorable mentions Tifa 2025, third price in "V concorso fotografico silenzi d'appennino" of Parco regionale monti Simbruini (Italy), first price in "concorso fotografico Capranica Prenestina 2025" (Italy).