Sinus Iridum

The photograph captures Sinus Iridum - also known as the Bay of Rainbows - a massive crater 260km across.

"Shadow peaks of Sinus Iridum" by Gábor Balázs, from Hungary, took the top spot in the Our Moon category.

State broadcaster broadcast live footage of Chang'e-3 taking photos of Yutu, including a close-up of the national flag on the Yutu, in a flat plain known as Sinus Iridum, Latin for Bay of Rainbows, an unvisited area in the moon's north.

The landing site of Sinus Iridum is a flat volcanic plain, part of a larger feature known as Mare Imbrium that forms the right eye of the "Man in the Moon".

The robotic vehicle rolled down a ramp lowered by the lander and on to the volcanic plain known as Sinus Iridum.