Monthly Photo Competition #28 – March, 2025 – “Gritty” -- Poll Added

This is the monthly thread for March, 2025. The topic this month is “Gritty”, chosen by @minor7flat5.

Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion thread. Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed.

The general rules for the competition are here.

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: Wednesday, March 26, 11:45 pm US EDT.

Good luck!

Winter beach.

Witsand South Africa…ambitious snail
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From an 80th anniversary presentation by a Marine Corps friend, a 1944 pre-invasion map of WWII’s Iwo Jima that survived the invasion carried by his father

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Friendly reminder:

Carnivorous plant at moment of capture

Glasgow
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Herring oil factory

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Havana

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Sheep herder, Portugal.

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Rome.

Waiting for the midnight train, Blackfriars Station, 6 March 2025

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Salton Sea

Meow!

Smelting iron:

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The night in the city was dark and gritty.
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