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Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to submit a photo on June 2023's theme of 'Skylines'. Whilst there were many skyline photos, there were also a few 'lines in the sky' photos. Thank you to all who entered, excellent entries as ever.

clouds streaming out of the sun which is setting over sea.

Clouds over the River Taw

An evening shot capturing the lit up wind streaked clouds high over the River Taw towards Exmoor.

Alan
Torridge u3a

a green grass hill with brown cows walking along the horizon. blue sky

Golden Horizon

This was taken on a u3a walk in the Shropshire hills around Clun. The cattle appeared briefly on the horizon, in stark contrast to the clear blue sky and sun-bleached grass giving a simple picture of rural summer.

Stuart
Ludlow u3a

blue sky at the top, with yellow sun setting behind a foregroud of silhouetted mountains

Snowdonia - Nantlle Ridge from Cnicht, at Sunset

A photograph from my campsite on Cnicht mountain in Snowdonia. An arduous trek up Cnicht, lugging my camping and camera equipment proved to be worth the effort!

David
Mawdesley u3a

In a square of buildings looking up at the blue sky

Chastleton House

An interesting perspective on the roofline of Chastleton House in the Cotswolds. The pure white clouds in the amazingly blue sky really sets the scene for a beautiful building. Taken on an iPhone.

Carolyn
Balsall Common u3a

blue sea in front and white circular buildings across the water in background.

Giant's Playing Pieces

The skyline behind Fawley Oil Refinery is covered with masses of large storage tanks - resembling piles of large white counters from a giant's board game.

Carolyn
Monksbrook u3a

buildings across a river with blue hazy sky in the background

London Skyline

I took this long exposure of the London skyline early one morning, just after sunrise.

Bob
Thorpe Bay u3a

Looking up at a ridge with grass covering it, the shapes of sculptures of men are on the skyline. blue sky in background with white fluffy clouds.

A Fitting Tribute

This was taken at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth. This is part of an outdoor installation showing 258 life sized silhouettes to commemorate the lives lost in the Falklands conflict. It was called Standing with Giants and set up to commemorate the 40th Anniversary. Living in the area and knowing and working with people who did not see their loved ones return made this installation all the more moving. So many gone but certainly not forgotten.

Susan
Hayling Island u3a

yellow ball of sun setting over a yellow sky and foreground is black silhouette of buildings and mountains

Sunset over Bagan

We were on an amazing river trip in Myanmar, we stopped in Bagan to visit the numerous temples and stupas. In the evening we went to a viewpoint to see the sunset. The colours are made prominent by the cloudless sky and the wood smoke in the air. nearly all home cooking is done on wood fires, hence the smoky atmosphere

Paul
Sutton Coldfield u3a

mountainous landscape with a rainbow across the mountains. Blue sky with white clouds behind

Coachella Valley Rainbow

A brief desert rainbow caught from near a visitor centre in Palm Springs, California. Beyond the rainbow is the area where the San Andreas fault runs.

David
Chesterfield u3a

London at 6am, river in front and buildings in the background. It's getting light and the buildings are lit up with yellow lights.

Dawn in the Queen's Queue

After being in the Queen's Queue from 1.30am, and standing virtually stationary for 2 hours opposite St Paul's Cathedral outside the Tate Modern, I was delighted to see the dawn at 6am. Fifteen hours in the Queen's Queue was well worth the effort of leaving Newquay at 7.30pm on Thursday evening and not being able to sleep again until I got home at 9.30am on Saturday morning.

Valerie
Newquay u3a

6 planes leaving orange cloud trails in a blue sky

Patterns in the Sky

I joined our local u3a photography group visit to the Midlands Airshow at Ragley Hall earlier this month, and was captivated by the aerial patterns made by the RAF parachute display team, the RAF Falcons, who are based locally at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Richard
Balsall Common u3a

looking up at the sky, wire frame with tiny birds on it

Roosting Above

This photo was taken at about 6 pm in Farnborough where the birds were roosting on an old Portable Airship Hangar, a beautiful structure in its own right. I thought the Skylines theme fitted well. The hangar [measuring 250 ft long (76m) and 70 ft high (21m)] was originally built in 1912 and then restored and re-erected in 2006.

Chris
Bracknell Forest u3a

very tall buildings close together in a city, it's getting dark and the windows of the buildings are lit up yellow. Water in the background.

Hong Kong Skyline

The iconic view of the Hong Kong Skyline from Victoria Peak in the early evening light. I like the sense of height with the Skyscrapers in the foreground with the Harbour in the background.

Alex
Pocklington and District u3a

an orange sky sunset with dark blue sea

Sunset Over The Swale

Beautiful evening skyline on the North Kent coast.

Jenny
Abbey Wood and Thamesmead u3a

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