A bunch of the annual year in photos galleries are starting to appear. I have composed a short list of ones that you might want to check out if you get a chance. I will try to update it throughout the month of December. Check back often.

• Time Magazine, time.com, The Year in Pictures 2009
• Life Magazine, (its still around?) life.com, 2009 Photos of the Year part 1 of ?
• Reuters, reuters.com, Pictures of the year: Environment
• Pictures of the Year International, poyi.org, 66th competition winners list
• The Big Picture, the Boston Globe’s photo blog, boston.com/bigpicture, 2009 in Photos part 1 of 3, part 2 of 3 and part 3 of 3
• Captured, The Denver Post photo blog, The Year in Photos 2009 part 1 of 4, part 2 of 4, part 3 of 4 and part 4 of 4 are now up
• MSNBC, The Decade in Pictures
• Washington Post, Best of the Post 2009