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• Sun Jun 1 2025

A Sea of Lupines by Max Inwood The annual lupine bloom in New Zealand is spectacular, with fields of colourful flowers stretching across the Mackenzie Basin. This region in the heart of the South Island is renowned for its dark skies, making the scene even more surreal at night. Above the flowers, you can see the band of the outer Milky Way, alongside the constellations Orion, Gemini, and the Pleiades. Joining them are the bright planets Jupiter and Mars, with a strong display of green airglow visible along the horizon

Photograph: Max Inwood/Milky Way photographer of the year