This is the monthly thread for January 2023 . The topic this month is “Skies ”.
Please note:
The general rules for the competition are here .
One entry per person per month . To make the photos easier to review (and to make the voting poll easier to compile) please only post once to this thread, with your entry. Your post can include a caption with whatever info you want to give.
Please keep all discussion in the rolling discussion thread .
Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll in this thread .
Dates:
Submission deadline: 9pm GMT on Monday 23rd January 2023
Voting deadline: 9pm GMT on Friday 27th January 2023
Deadline for the winner(s) to choose the next theme and PM it to me: 9pm GMT on Tuesday 31st January 2023
Good luck!
A late fall evening sky in Northwest Montana.
Eating dinner on the porch this fall.
Sunset at Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point of mainland Europe. Click the photo to see it full size.
I’ve also been to Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America, but not at sunrise, which is supposed to be the best skies there.
“Cloud Streets” (aka horizontal convective rolls ) over San Jose:
2017 total solar eclipse. Rexburg, Idaho. At bottom left is the planet Mercury
Sunrise, Monument Valley, Arizona
Sunset, Little Tupper Lake, NY
Scougs
January 6, 2023, 4:03pm
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Sunrise, main beach, Lindos, Isle of Rhodes. October 2018.
(Please click to expand to portrait orientation photo)
Angry clouds over Michigan.
Hey, this F22 Raptor photobombed my picture of a cloudless California sky!
Ok, I’m obviously going with a different interpretation of the theme. This was actually taken at the California Capital Air Show last fall.
…another one from the archives.
“Christa.”
Featuring Christa, courtesy Voda Management. Assisted by Don, Poppy and Stanley. Will post a behind-the-scenes in the commentary thread for anyone interested.
Harris Beach, Brookings Oregon
solost
January 7, 2023, 4:43am
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Turek
January 7, 2023, 2:08pm
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Star trails over abandoned church
