By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER
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A stunning image of a snow-capped volcano has scooped the top prize in a panoramic photography competition.
Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia received the Open Aerial accolade for his impressive picture of the Parinacota Volcano in Chile, which rises more than 6,300m.
The image, named The Sleeping Giant, is an aerial panorama made from 33 individual exposures.
This year's 17th International Pano Awards drew 4,084 entries from 93 countries, including 680 in its new Aerial categories.
Other winners included Mikel Iraeta, from Spain, who took the Open Nature and Landscape category with Double arch on Milford Sound – a striking image of the Milky Way in New Zealand.
And Xuecheng Liu, from the United States, won the Open Built Environment with a futuristic 25-frame aerial panorama of Times Square.
Xuejun Long, from China, won Amateur Aerial with Journey of Life, photographed at Lake Magadi in Kenya, while Tomás Sánchez Ruiz was named Amateur Photographer of the Year.
The Epson International Pano Awards is the world's largest competition dedicated to panoramic photography.
Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia received the accolade for his impressive picture of the Parinacota Volcano in Chile, which rises more than 6,300m
Mr Garcia also captured Cathedral of Starlight in Argentina - a 'vast landscape of white pumice formations sculpted by the wind'
Mikel Iraeta, from Spain, won the Open Nature award for his Double arch on Milford Sound in New Zealand
Southeast Asia Open Photographer of the Year Wutimet Bunyasirisith was praised for The Emerald Arch Over Lofoten, captured in Norway
Xuecheng Liu, from the USA, won the Open Built Environment category for Center of the Cosmos - which captured an 'unfamiliar' perspective of Times Square in New York
Amateur Nature winner Tomas Sanchez Ruiz, from Spain, captured a unique panorama of Westminster Abbey during a several-day trip to London
Mr Ruiz also photographed Double Arch over Stokksnes in Iceland amid 'freshly fallen, untouched snow'
The Highest Scoring Gigapixel Image was taken by Vitaly Golovatyuk in China, titled X marks the spot in Shanghai