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168 Weather – June 2010, Vol. 65, No. 6 University of Reading weather photography competition Reading University Meteorology Department’s eighth annual weather photography competition took place in the autumn term 2009. The competition was open to all members of the university, and over 80 entries were received. The entries were divided into two categories: Weather and optical phenomena and Sunsets and dawns, and con- sisted of photos taken both in the UK and in various different loca- tions around the world. The winning photos were voted for by members of the Meteorology Department. The winner of the Weather and optical phenomena category was Samantha Palin, an MSc student in Food Technology, with her atmo- spheric photo of storm clouds at sunset, taken in Omaha, Nebraska. The winner of the Sunsets and dawns category was Alex Whittingham, an MSc student in the Soil Science Department, with his spectacular sunset photo taken at Vitu Levu in Fiji. Laura Baker Correspondence to: Laura Baker, Competition organiser, Meteorology Department, University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 243, Reading RG6 6BB, UK. [email protected] © Royal Meteorological Society, 2010 DOI: 10.1002/wea.570 Rainbow over the American Falls, taken from the ‘Maid of the Mist’ boat at Niagara Falls in July 2009, by Charlie Williams, runner-up: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category. Valley fog over Loch Linnhe, near Fort William, in December 2008, by Calum MacColl, runner-up: ‘Sunsets and dawns’ category. Sunset, taken at Vitu Levu, Fiji, in July 2008, by Alex Whittingham, winner: ‘Sunsets and dawns’ category. Crepuscular rays from developing convection in the Pyrenees, taken in June 2008, by Mike Blackburn, runner-up: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category. Storm clouds at sunset, taken at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska in June 2008, by Samatha Palin, winner: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category.
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University of Reading weather photography competitionReading University Meteorology Department’s eighth annual weather photography competition took place in the autumn term 2009. The competition was open to all members of the university, and over 80 entries were received. The entries were divided into two categories: Weather and optical phenomena and Sunsets and dawns, and con-sisted of photos taken both in the UK and in various different loca-tions around the world. The winning photos were voted for by members of the Meteorology Department.
The winner of the Weather and optical phenomena category was Samantha Palin, an MSc student in Food Technology, with her atmo-spheric photo of storm clouds at sunset, taken in Omaha, Nebraska. The winner of the Sunsets and dawns category was Alex Whittingham, an MSc student in the Soil Science Department, with his spectacular sunset photo taken at Vitu Levu in Fiji.
Laura BakerCorrespondence to: Laura Baker,
Competition organiser, Meteorology Department,
University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 243,
Reading RG6 6BB, UK.
© Royal Meteorological Society, 2010
DOI: 10.1002/wea.570
Rainbow over the American Falls, taken from the ‘Maid of the Mist’ boat at Niagara Falls in July 2009, by Charlie Williams, runner-up: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category.
Valley fog over Loch Linnhe, near Fort William, in December 2008, by Calum MacColl, runner-up: ‘Sunsets and dawns’ category.
Sunset, taken at Vitu Levu, Fiji, in July 2008, by Alex Whittingham, winner: ‘Sunsets and dawns’ category.
Crepuscular rays from developing convection in the Pyrenees, taken in June 2008, by Mike Blackburn, runner-up: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category.
Storm clouds at sunset, taken at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska in June 2008, by Samatha Palin, winner: ‘Weather and optical phenomena’ category.
