NASA's annual photography competition for its employees has concluded, and 12 images received accolades consisting of first, second, and third place awards in four categories: Portrait, Documentation, People, and Places. Shown above is the first place winner in the Portrait category. This is astronaut Thomas Marshburn, photographed by NASA photographer Josh Valcarel.
Norah Moran won first place in the Documentation category with this image of Kelsey Young and Tess Caswell practicing geological research on the "moon," meaning a simulated lunar field at at Johnson Space Center’s Rock Yard. See all the winning images with descriptions in a slideshow at Gizmodo.