From stunning sunsets to terrifying lightning – curated list of the best weather images of the year revealed | UK News

From foggy skies over a highway in Slovenia to a snapshot of Hurricane Eunice in the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Weather Photographer of the Year has been announced.

The competition, run by the Royal Meteorological Society, features a selection of stunning photographs from around the world – in a year when several countries experienced extreme weather events from record high temperatures. to the flood.

A total of 22 paintings were shortlisted, including five from the UK.

Other images were taken in China, Spain, Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, India, Ethiopia, Canada, Antarctica, Slovakia and Myanmar.

Here is the full list of the images listed:

For most of the year, Myanmar experienced a military coup, but Aung Chan Thar captured this image on an overcast rainy day in Kyaikto.

This photo was taken by Tamas Kusza in Slovakia.

In early February 2022, southern Ontario suffered its worst snowfall in decades.

Zhenhuan Zhou captured this horse farm photo.

Christopher Ison has discovered that Hurricane Eunice will make landfall in Newhaven, East Sussex, at almost exact high tide.

An overnight stop in Tarbet, Loch Lomond in Scotland, and an early morning hike with dogs Oscar and Ollie up Cruach Tairbert revealed this beautiful foggy scene to Vince Campbell.

Carlos Castillejo Balsera arrived at dark, early morning to watch a major storm forming in Barcelona.

Jamie Russell took this photo via Bembridge Lifeguard Station on the Isle of Wight.

During the monsoon season in the West Bengal wetlands, Shibasish Saha captured people collecting water lilies to sell at the local market.

Zhenhuan Zhou took this photo showing part of Niagara Falls covered in ice.

On the cliffs of Tavertet in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Emili Vilamala Benito waited until a Brocken Ghost appeared.

On a quiet evening in Tankerton, Kent, Brendan Conway captured people walking along the famous shingle road.

In Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost town, Felipe Martin Menzella captured the frosty image appearing just before dawn on an icy window.

Luo Xing took a photo of light strikes in Chongqing, China in the early hours of the night.

At the end of June 2022, Laura Hedien was in Kansas and took this photo of the superbug with fields of golden wheat in the foreground.

On a beautiful mountain in Taiwan, Rossi Fang captured a picture of the sun melting the icy mountain world the night before.

Two or three times per year, Crni Kal, a small town in Slovenia, experiences a temperature inversion, creating fog under highway bridges. Sara Jzazbar captured this image after a few hours of waiting.

Many would be forgiven for forgetting the period of heavy rain and victory in England earlier in the year, but Andrew McCaraen captured this image in February in Shap, Cumbria.

Extreme heat periods in India can cause rivers and lakes to dry up completely, leaving people and animals struggling to find water.

Barun Rajgaria envisioned this moment in Purulia.

Krzysztof Tollas captured a picturesque and icy sunrise over the Gwda River in Poland.

Another photo of the light, this time in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Enric Navarrete Bachs captured this image on a full moon night at Sant Pol de Mar.

While Nordic skiing from the Rothera research station in Antarctica, Thomas Chitson captured this beautiful sun halo.

Violent rain in Addis Ababa flooded the streets, but Betel Tibeubu says “it’s in bad luck that comes the photo opportunity”.

Public Voting open until September 21, after an independent panel of judges selects 22 finalists.