Commons Picture Of The Year

742 Wikimedians voted and these are the winners. Click here to see read bla bla bla more.


# 1 – 62 votes in Final;
Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India

# 2 – 56 votes in Final;
Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, West Virginia, USA

# 3 – 52 votes in Final;
The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009.

# 4 – 37 votes in Final;
A European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) flying back to its hive carrying pollen in a pollen basket.

# 5 – 35 votes in Final;
Wild horses in Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, near Cleebronn, Germany.

# 6 – 34 votes in Final;
The Milky Way arches across this 360-degree panorama of the night sky above the Paranal platform, home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

# 6 – 34 votes in Final;
Bois du Cazier, a ruin of a colliery in Marcinelle, Charleroi, Belgium

# 7 – 32 votes in Final;
A shell casing flies out with a trail of smoke as U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Freise fires an M-4 rifle

# 8 – 29 votes in Final;
Tavurvur, an active stratovolcano near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea

# 9 – 25 votes in Final;
A Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in flight.

# 9 – 25 votes in Final;
Housefly, Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia

# 10 – 23 votes in Final;
Eilean Donan Castle, in the Scottish Highlands.

# 10 – 23 votes in Final;
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) posing in the Oslo Reptile Park.