Marvel at 20 of the most spectacular panoramic images of 2017

You may have realized that we here at Mega Curioso are photography fans - so much so that we are always sharing with our readers the stories behind iconic images and clicks that are competing or have been awarded in contests taking place around the world. For today we will show here some of the portraits that were selected during the popular competition Epson International Cloth Awards, focused on panoramic photos.

But before you see the pictures, let us talk a little bit about the contest! According to Rich Haridy of New Atlas, the first edition of the competition took place in 2009 and since then it has only gained prestige. This year, the Epson International Cloth Awards received over 5, 000 photographs from 71 different countries - and the big winner was Jesús M. García, with the click of the beautiful sunset in China you can see below:

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Jesús M. García)

However, as there was no shortage of beautiful images among the participants - which were divided into a category aimed only at professional photographers and one for amateurs - we decided to put together some of the most impressive for you to check out. Look:

1 - Toledo, Spain

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Jesús M. García)

2 - Damian Shan, China

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Jesús M. García)

3 - View of Shanghai, China

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Javier de la Torre)

4 - Somewhere in Scotland

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Darren Moore)

5 - Lake Windamere, Australia

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Ray Jennings)

6 - Northern Lights, Iceland

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Wojciech Kruczynski)

7 - Coordinated Flight

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Ignacio Palacios)

8 - Winding

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / David Swindler)

9 - Ice Cave

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Juan Pablo de Miguel Moreno)

10 - Nature's Fury

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Blake Randall)

11 - Storm

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Christiano Xavier)

12 - Mist

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Emil von Maltitz)

13 - White immensity

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Daniil Korzhonov)

14 - Show

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Francisco Negroni)

15 - Herd

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Peter Svoboda)

16 - Look up!

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Jesús M. García)

17 - Surreal

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Yoshihiko Wada)

18 - Crowded

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Anton Gautama)

19 - Out of a fairy tale

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Moritz Esser)

20 - Wow…

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(Epson International Cloth Awards / Blake Randall)

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If you are a photography fan, be sure to check out the gallery with the best images of the Epson International Cloth Awards through this link. We guarantee you will not regret it!