The Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbus, Missouri, recently announced the winners of its international Pictures of the Year competition. The photograph shown above, which was taken by John Stanmeyer on the shores of Djibouti and which first appeared in National Geographic, won first place in the Feature category (click here for a larger version). I captured a similar phenomenon (with less stellar results) while watching fireworks on the National Mall last July 4, and Nate Silver did the same when he attended the Cellphone Super Bowl earlier this month. You can see the complete list of winners at this link.