Commons:Picture of the Year/2012
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Second place: On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT.
Third place: High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp).
#5: Yak near Yamdrok lake, Tibet. It is a long-haired bovinae found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
#6: Šmarjetna gora, view towards Škofja Loka, Slovenia.
#7: Heritage castle park in Pszczyna, Poland.
#8: Door to Hell, a burning natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan.
#9: Merging in the mist - Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal.
#10: Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia.
#11: The silhouette of space shuttle Endeavour seen against Earth's colorful horizon during shuttle mission STS-130
#12: Arlington Row, Bibury, built in 1380 as a monastic wool store. The buildings were converted into weaver cottages in the 17th century.
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