Interesting - in order, the top twelve are:

* from a public domain source (NASA)
* from Wiki Loves Monuments
* from Flickr under a CC license
* from Wiki Loves Monuments
* a normal Commons upload
* from a public domain source (NASA)
* from Flickr under a CC license
* from Flickr under a CC license
* from Wiki Loves Earth
* made with the support of WMSE
* a normal Commons upload
* from the UK government via the Open Government License

Nice demonstration of how diverse our sources are - two 'normal' uploads, three from contests, one supported by a chapter, three from Flickr under CC, two in the public domain from NASA, and one from a government open-license release.

Andrew.

On 10 June 2016 at 17:29, Steinsplitter Wiki <steinsplitter@wikipedia.de> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
> The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are
> pleased to announce the results:
> In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files.
>
> In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images.
> In the second round, people voted for the 56 finalists (the R1 top 30
> overall and top 2 in each category).
>
>
>
> We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these
> beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content:
>
> 658 people voted for the winner, File:Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT.jpg
> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-01_Stern_03_Pluto_Color_TXT.jpg)
> In second place, 617 people voted for File:Nasir-al molk -1.jpg
> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasir-al_molk_-1.jpg)
> In third place, 582 people voted for File:Heavens Above Her.jpg
> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavens_Above_Her.jpg)
>
>
>
> See
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015/Results
> to view the top images »
>
>
> We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to
> continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Steinsplitter on behalf of the Picture of the Year committee
>
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