What do you see when you look up?

A nice blue sky?

A cloud in the shape of a rabbit?

Some artists distinguish things that only a trained eye can capture through a camera.

This is the case of Giulio Montini, winner of the 2021 Meteorological Photographer of the Year award from the Royal Meteorological Society.

Her photo, named

Morning Fog,

was taken from a small church on top of a hill in the town of Airuno, northern Italy.

“In the autumn months, on certain days, it is possible to witness this spectacle with the first light of sunrise.

After 20 minutes, it's all over, ”said the winner, who stood out through nearly 9,000 photos sent by artists from 114 different countries.

Public Prize and third most beautiful photo of the year according to the jury

Of all these images, 21 were shortlisted and then submitted to a public vote.

After 12,392 responses, Frenchman Serge Zaka won the Audience Award thanks to

Thunderstorm in the Bay of Cannes

.

"Posted from Théoule-Sur-Mer, I observed the birth of an isolated thunderstorm, lit by the full moon, under a starry sky, in the bay of Cannes", indicates the photographer on his website, qualifying this shot as “one of [his] best catches of the past fifteen years.

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“After 16 years of hunting, 16 years of passion, I have the honor, on the verge of tears, to announce that my photo has been voted the most beautiful weather photo in the world (public) [and] 3rd most beautiful in after the judges, ”added Serge Zaka on his Twitter account.

A final prize was awarded in the category "young weather photographer of the year" to Phoenix Blue, aged 17, thanks to his photo of a "Kansas storm" taken with his iPhone.

The young man explains that his image captures “beautiful clouds that arrive just before a storm.

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