# Monthly photo competition #2 - Jan 2023 - "Skies" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679 "2023-01-04T20:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/1 "2023-01-04T20:56:26Z")
This is the monthly thread for **January 2023**. The topic this month is “ **Skies** ”. Please note: 1. The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). 2. **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. 3. Please keep all discussion in the [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). 4. 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! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/2 "2023-01-04T23:40:44Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fyjOjut.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/fyjOjut) A late fall evening sky in Northwest Montana. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/3 "2023-01-04T23:47:54Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/Z7EEi6p.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Z7EEi6p.jpg) Eating dinner on the porch this fall. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/4 "2023-01-04T23:55:47Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/WDf4K92.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/WDf4K92.jpg) Moon/Mars Occultation ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/5 "2023-01-05T00:12:14Z")
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. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XTYts1q_S3MNEy75iVSjx3qXS8m9u2CdeX1Cj9uQoj31fMZCGZg66JkO3Locab7unVF5qitZP7vZA6ZS-4Q_mbzfZ_xa_OqnWJqD32bta1wELzYwrtVrpqHsmtxdbRYt8ryBwsfcuqg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Romansperson") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/kzgjYfpdXYeiDu2D8) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/6 "2023-01-05T01:02:21Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3481/3278107108_a041ab2879_b.jpg "Sunset 1") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/3278107108/) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/7 "2023-01-05T01:06:37Z")
“Cloud Streets” (_aka_ [horizontal convective rolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_convective_rolls)) over San Jose: [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f9IuSFiFyvI/W_9OQcXaHnI/AAAAAAABDWk/Io4N1G5mfZgEA9mUFE9alJvGuJMcVRgSgCLcBGAs/s1600/cloud%2Blineup.jpg) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f9IuSFiFyvI/W_9OQcXaHnI/AAAAAAABDWk/Io4N1G5mfZgEA9mUFE9alJvGuJMcVRgSgCLcBGAs/s1600/cloud%2Blineup.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/8 "2023-01-05T01:19:14Z")
2017 total solar eclipse. Rexburg, Idaho. At bottom left is the planet Mercury [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/IOPyN86.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/IOPyN86) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/9 "2023-01-05T03:20:55Z")
Sunrise, Monument Valley, Arizona [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/xOjx6xe.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/xOjx6xe) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/10 "2023-01-05T09:14:55Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/lca6I8n.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lca6I8n.jpg) Those clouds were even stranger IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/11 "2023-01-05T10:36:36Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/suryjFk.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/suryjFk) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/12 "2023-01-05T13:44:26Z")
Sunset, Little Tupper Lake, NY [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qIViNjCrdT2u9Rdk2kj6YoUNZxVSMIolXb75vu9vAzfegwW9Qeghrql1lyZ0ZC4db_BYDejo_5xYa1lXKZJbHFSjXApqQCXrHjeSeVXDABy5w3j6hmlhPoUlUZ3blXHqLU4HittWW9c=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/8WZJQTv9LYHW8S2p8) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/13 "2023-01-06T15:17:54Z")
L.A. Sunset [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52388376236_d0bc2dcbfb_b.jpg "PXL\_20220924\_015212597.MP~4") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/52388376236/) ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/14 "2023-01-06T16:03:16Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eL6NYlCChx5CpeDNfth2zoOiMnHvA8KnNnsfJ3qxh1Q7FliUGAVQotlkG36lkNkdqfonBklQiWbjBaKcqNzIV3C5kyu7om3fr4HVp_Zt1jf9YwVzOSiflMOWcdGGxuD-ni1HbyioTRQ=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Diane Scougall") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/U4TTLB6H35DDfQdM7) Sunrise, main beach, Lindos, Isle of Rhodes. October 2018. (Please click to expand to portrait orientation photo) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/15 "2023-01-06T17:37:39Z")
Angry clouds over Michigan. [![](https://i.imgur.com/g2IY5h9.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/g2IY5h9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/16 "2023-01-06T21:08:23Z")
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. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52611252851_087773dbaa_b.jpg "F22 Raptor") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/52611252851/) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/17 "2023-01-06T21:36:00Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Fk8ONCJ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Fk8ONCJ) …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. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/18 "2023-01-06T23:01:29Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bHRyZJCNfEroL-nFXSVwNghWwwXHXrFxE-6aIEjGm-oc3x6lTcY29mhEHBcq-tyivYtQUjCSStSyPevavVUuaxU6Wx59cEdmZ9rPLoV1yIiTDQz0wBJizCFS_7ufLewmFq76IVfExnA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Neil O") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WT3QTF29APFrmwrH7) Harris Beach, Brookings Oregon ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/19 "2023-01-07T04:43:36Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/5laYoWg.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/5laYoWg.jpg) Sunset over Lake Superior ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679/20 "2023-01-07T14:08:56Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/hWZ5y4x.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/hWZ5y4x) Star trails over abandoned church [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679.md?page=2)