Monthly Photo Competition #38– January, 2026 – “Fire or Ice"

Monthly Photo Competition #38– January, 2026 – “Fire or Ice”

This is the monthly thread for January, 2026. The topic this month is “Fire or Ice” chosen by @romansperson.

IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you not use Imgur to host your photos, as some members may not be able to see your submission. A hosting site that seems to work better is ImgBB. See instructions below.

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: Monday, January 26, 11:45 pm US EDT.

Good luck!

Instructions for using ImgBB on a PC:

Open ImgBB site in new tab
Click on START UPLOADING
Select desired image from my files, click OPEN
Back to ImgBB site, click UPLOAD
Copy the URL
Open new tab and past URL in address bar
Right-click on image and click on COPY IMAGE LINK
Back to the Dope, paste image image link

Link to posting images from an iPhone courtesy of Bullitt:
ImgBB on an iPhone, steps to display images for the SDMB - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board

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Fire box on a stationary steam engine at Sturgeon’s Mill, Sebastopol, CA.

Google Photos

Icelandic icebergs

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Campfire at a Boy Scout campout in November.

Nice to have plenty of firewood when it snows, so Fire and Ice for me:

Submitted once before but since it didn’t win I submit it again. Click through for full resolution (depending on your browser you may need to click a second time to zoom):slight_smile:

Ice storm, 2014.

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