The Community Of Wikimedia Commons Has Chosen The 15 Most Beautiful Images Of 2006-2022

Today, we are pleased to share with you the best images chosen by the community of Wikimedia Commons. Let us briefly introduce this platform for those who don't know. Wikimedia Commons is part of the non-profit and free-to-reuse content Wikimedia family. Similar to the information available in this well-known, multilingual online encyclopedia, its sister website offers various media for everyone to browse and use free of charge.

The Wikimedia Commons also attracts many photographers to participate in various challenges created by the platform. Except for the monthly competitions, with a specific theme, contestants can also submit their work and fight for the annual award, Commons: Picture of the Year. We gathered all the winning images this community chose between 2006 and 2022. Scroll down to see all these amazing images we have selected and listed for you.

15 PHOTOS

#1 Nasa's New Horizons Spacecraft Captured This High-Resolution Enhanced Color View Of Pluto On July 14, 2015 By Nasa

First place, Picture of the Year 2015

#2 Young Stars Form In 'The Pillars Of Creation' As Seen By The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera By Nasa

Third place, Picture of the Year 2022

#3 Evolution Of A Tornado: Composite Of Eight Images Shot In Sequence As A Tornado Formed In Kansas By Jasonweingart

First place, Picture of the Year 2018

#4 Wild Elephants Walking Up A Road In The Area Of Khao Yai National Park By Khunkay

Second place, Picture of the Year 2016

#5 Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Carbo), Little Egret (Egretta Garzetta), And Gladwell Duck (Mareca Strepera) In Taudaha Lake, Near Katmandu, Nepal By Prasan Shrestha

First place, Picture of the Year 2022

#6 Jubilee And Munin. Ravens Of The Tower Of London By Colin

First place, Picture of the Year 2016

#7 Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas Iulia) Drinking The Tears Of Turtles In Ecuador By Ministerio Turismo Ecuador

First place, Picture of the Year 2014

#8 The Aurora Borealis, Or Northern Lights, Shines Above Bear Lake, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska By Joshua Strang

First place, Picture of the Year 2006

#9 A Leaf Beetle (Aulacophora Indica) Looking Out From A Leaf Hole Of Alnus Nepalensis Tree In Chitwan National Park, Nepal By Mildeep

Second place, Picture of the Year 2021

#10 A Doctor During The Covid-19 Pandemic In San Salvatore Hospital In Pesaro, Italy By Alberto Giuliani

Second place, Picture of the Year 2020

#11 Self Portrait Of Tracy Caldwell Dyson In The Cupola Module Of The International Space Station Observing The Earth Below During Expedition 24 By Tracy Caldwell Dyson (Nasa)

Second place, Picture of the Year 2011

#12 Sarychev Peak Volcano Erupts June 12, 2009, On Matua Island (North Kuril Islands) By Nasa

Third place, Picture of the Year 2010

#13 Two Bulls Running While The Jockey Holds On To Them In Pacu Jawi By Rodney Ee

First place, Picture of the Year 2019

#14 A Long Filament Of Solar Material That Had Been Hovering In The Sun's Atmosphere, The Corona, Erupted Out Into Space By Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

Second place, Picture of the Year 2012

#15 Horses On Bianditz Mountain. Behind Them, Aiako Harria Mountain Can Be Seen By Mikel Ortega

First place, Picture of the Year 2008