Lake Van becomes the winner of NASA photo contest

“You helped us choose 32 competitors, and now you have chosen a champion. More than 930,000 votes were cast in five rounds, and the winner of Tournament Earth 2021 is a photograph of Lake Van, Turkey,” NASA said.

The image was suggested by readers in February 2021 and it was slotted as the 8 seed in the Tranquility bracket.

Shot by astronaut Kate Rubins in September 2016, the photo shows part of one of the largest alkaline lakes in the world. (ILKHA)