Photo of The Week Competition 24th January 2025

This week's winner is Suz with their shot of a dramatic sunset in France.

Suz's image has earned her a 3-month StormHour membership, which also includes a members spotlight page and adding to our BSky winner's Starter Pack (as are 2nd and 3rd placed J.H. and Stu)

The Winner!

Entering the twilight zone...plenty of sky and cloud drama just after sunset in Occitanie, France. By ‪Suz

2nd Place. Shelf cloud rolling over Sarasota FL by ‪J. H. White‬

3rd Place. All kinds of chaotic shenanigans under the base of a supercell cloud over the Nebraska Sandhills by ‪Stu Short Photography‬

Predawn Noctilucent Clouds over Miami Beach caused by a SpaceX launch by ‪Lyndy Lambert

Siesta Key Beach by ‪Mimi_TlRife

Unusual clouds, lit by a fiery dawn, over the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland by ‪Ronnie Thain

A shelf cloud in August 2024
View from Koralpe into lower Lavant-Valley Carinthia/Austria by ‪Sonja Hartl‬

A spectacular altocumulus cloud front and a circumzenithal arc like an upside down rainbow in central London by ‪Peter Lewis

Before the storm hit! Ontario, Canada by ‪Davesphotos

One of the most unique cloud formations I’ve witnessed. Over the Carson Valley, Nevada. By ‪Laura G

Angelic wing-like clouds at Paine Grande Refugio in Patagonia, Chile by ‪Mamady‬

Amazing Asperitas clouds by ‪Ian Barnes‬

Dramatic Cumulus Clouds Over Twin Lakes, Wallowa Whitman National Forest by ‪Forest Firefly‬

Sunset with mighty clouds reflecting in the quiet anchorage. Taken in the Seychelles by ‪Rina

Camouflaged against the clouds a giant winged dragon swoops low over the moors as the sun goes down on Redmires by ‪Wardsend Cemetery Heritage Park‬

Mammatus clouds at dusk in Shoreham, Sussex, England by ‪Caroline Dianne‬

Iridescent clouds, Northern California by ‪mstusiak.bsky.social‬

Storm clouds at Stover, MO by ‪Rustic Clicks Photography

Clouds meeting a mountain wall (Dachstein, Austria). already dissolving in the morning sun these clouds seem to fly upwards, enforced by upwind by ‪role - Roland Lengauer‬

Things about to go down in central Oregon! By ‪Ray Urner Photography

Storm cloud on Lake Erie, Long Point Provincial Park, Long Point ON Canada by ‪Old Lady Linda‬

As a pilot, I am in awe of the dramatic dance that moisture & temperature can create right before my eyes. A beautiful yet dangerous combination.

One can never have enough respect for the forces of nature very much “alive” in such formations. By ‪My Happy Place‬

Clouds… courtesy of a fall backcountry canoe trip into Nopiming in Manitoba, CA by ‪Megan

Clouds Over Fish Lake, Oregon - near Mt McLoughlin and the Pacific Crest Trail. By ‪Anna Sereno

Wispy late afternoon clouds in Toba Bay, Japan by ‪G-Lau

Iridescent Cloud! Fresno by ‪SSS‬

Wispy Clouds at sunset over the bay at transfer beach on Vancouver island by ‪Ariann‬

Noctilucent clouds over Northumberland by ‪Stu Short Photography

Looking towards Brisbane by ‪Michael Parry

Towering storm cloud developing over the South Canterbury coast. Bonus rainbow! South Island, New Zealand by ‪Allisonwonderland

Some cool clouds in North-eastern Nevada. By ‪Fawn‬

Sky art, Stavanger, Norway by ‪Kaonashi Eli‬

The view towards Argentina's awesome Mount Fitz Roy by ‪Suz

Crazy clouds at Ceibwr by ‪Banc-yr-Eithin Hideaways