# Monthly Photo Competition #26 – January, 2025 – “Blue” (poll added)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** photo
**Created:** [January 1, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458 "2025-01-01T20:33:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/1 "2025-01-01T20:33:17Z")
This is the monthly thread for **January, 2025**. The topic this month is “ **Blue** ”, chosen by @beowulff .
**Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the** [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed.
The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642).
**One entry per person per month** **.** To make the photos easier to review please only post just **once** to this thread, with your entry.
Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll **in this thread** **.**
**Submission deadline: Sunday, January 26, 11:45 pm US EDT.**
Good luck!
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/2 "2025-01-01T22:38:45Z")
2019 Staten Island Chinese Lantern Festival
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54240886413/)
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### Author:  [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/3 "2025-01-02T01:20:20Z")
Horse grazing at dusk:
[ ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreidzp64zaqmubtu77p6n6jgg6cifmudcip2kecxfmogdguxi3qxooe@jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/4 "2025-01-02T01:32:50Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/Vi4fOaA_d.jpeg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high)
Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. An overcast Fall day, with just enough sun breaking through to highlight the blueness of the glacier.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/5 "2025-01-02T02:45:01Z")
[ ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS4/Upload_Download/IMG_5656a.jpg)
The Blues — a patchwork jeans ensemble. Click through to see details (& a second time if you see a magnifying glass when you first land)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/6 "2025-01-02T14:41:08Z")
Hank
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/54242123804/)
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/7 "2025-01-03T18:19:19Z")
[ ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPrm95lS94ZOjXPu-BVEn8aVB4CP26QBpWKAOaSkE8Cz1y7Aq1d_-TaWrrCb-bHwxj97VJBQ1sK4iJM0I5oAQaqT0XW5Tk6OV6BSXbVdFDSh4lcgWtIoU9xkjgJht8gq6EAp2T03xHAZaK5t2QZvn9pow=w2168-h1626-s-no?authuser=0)
Approaching SFO on a clear blue day.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/8 "2025-01-03T21:22:21Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/BL6IWny)
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/9 "2025-01-04T16:29:03Z")
Google photo - you may have to click to see the whole thing.
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/YHRn2sAAQ5Ncu3439)
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/10 "2025-01-04T17:40:13Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/ckjSwvp.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/11 "2025-01-05T04:04:13Z")
Breath deep, the gathering gloom:
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/54247192546/)
(Monument Valley, AZ.)
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/12 "2025-01-05T20:51:01Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/ALSs7Ap.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/13 "2025-01-08T04:58:25Z")
Great Blue Heron
[ ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lul0dor.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/14 "2025-01-08T05:19:56Z")
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zyada/3751909717/)
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### Author:  [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/15 "2025-01-08T15:16:54Z")
Tioga Pass 1957
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/nVNKGYM.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/16 "2025-01-08T18:20:04Z")
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/54254891164/)
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/17 "2025-01-18T21:21:33Z")
January sunset. 15,26, 02 January 2025. Click for the full image.
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/LoCSjJbZFXHRfWSJ8)
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/18 "2025-01-18T22:10:59Z")
[ ](https://i.ibb.co/jzjp8pg/IMG-9017.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/19 "2025-01-20T18:19:08Z")
The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, the off-road Lamborghini sports car
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/3KEHZA4.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458/20 "2025-01-21T00:01:30Z")
[ ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54278622160_da528c5330_o.jpg)
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