Skywatch® Friday

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 17

2009-11-05T14:30:00.014-05:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Skywatch is on Facebook!

Our today's Guest host is Diana

We are fortunate to see the developing and ever changing weather patterns as they occur in the western sky here in the Pacific northwest... dynamic beauty as we look toward the coastal range on this morning. The expectation is for rain, but it could quickly change to sun and partial cloudy conditions. For now we enjoy this watercolor sky..

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New Round of Skywatch® coming up!

2009-11-05T07:00:00.000-05:00

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Over 350 Website owners from all over the world
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Thank you!

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 16

2009-10-29T14:30:00.002-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Skywatch is on Facebook!

Our today's Guest host is Laurie on the Prairie

The Giving Tree
The Prairie of Northeastern South Dakota, west of Watertown.

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 15

2009-10-22T14:30:00.005-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Skywatch is on Facebook!

Our today's Guest host is Amitava Maulik

Couldn't resist taking this picture of autumn sunset in Kolkata. This time the monsoon is lasting much longer than normal.
The late monsoon clouds are resulting in dramatic sunsets almost every day.
The photo was taken with a Canon Powershot G3.

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 14

2009-10-15T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

We're happy to have a new member in our team!
Say Hello to Sylvia!

Our today's Guest host is Colleen Walton
October of 2008 in Aruba on Eagle Beach. This was one one of the most beautiful blue skies I've ever seen.

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 13

2009-10-08T14:30:00.004-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

A word on our own behalf.
We got a lot of flak in the last 2 years, for not allowing some bloggers to participate,
that chose to blog for money - without disclosing it properly and that decided to
disguise product endorsements as "personal" blog entries and "experience".
Now the FTC put new regulations into law to combat just that. If money changes
hands for blogpost, endorsements etc. - it HAS to be properly disclosed and that
concerns personal blogs equally. It is nice to see our position vindicated by the
Federal Trade Commission, using the same arguments we did.

Our today's Guest host is Kcalpesh Ajugia
It was such a beautiful evening at GOA's Calangute Beach when just before the sunset, the sky turned into a gradient of red orange yellow & blue. Its amazing sometimes, how nature can surprise you by it's beauty. No one had thought they'd see such a wonderful scenery that day. All of us were sure very lucky. All the people present there were amazed and everyone around, whom I noticed, was only gazing at the sky. I really hope to see something so stunning again.

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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

field just enter your name(Blogname) and your Country if you like to.
As simple as that: MyBlog, France
No fancy decorations and stuff like that. If your entry exceeds the form field - it is too long!
Be considerate - you are in a community after all - and these rules are there to make it work. Thanks!

Please note: URL Shorteners are NOT allowed. Entries using them will be deleted immediately.
And please - do not post via Twitter - images are the basis of Skywatch - so Twitter is not the way to go.

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Your Skywatch Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 12

2009-10-01T14:30:00.000-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Our today's Guest host is Qaiser Kayani

Beginning of a long journey. Snapped at Jumeriah Beach, Dubai

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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 11

2009-09-24T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Our today's Guest host is Marcy

Living in Orange County, California you are given many opportunities to capture unique and lovely images. However, I have always preferred to turn my lens upward to capture the blue skies of Southern California. This image was taken at the iconic Disneyland Resort recently. And on a good day, with a great sky it is nearly impossible to get a bad shot. So SkyWatch is a great opportunity for me to showcase the sheer beauty of the area I love so much. I have been told I always had my 'head in the clouds', and after finding SkyWatch Friday- I consider it a compliment!

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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

Your Skywatch Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 10

2009-09-17T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Our today's Guest host is Barb

Sunset in Pennsylvania

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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Your Skywatch Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 9

2009-09-10T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Thank you Ivar!
For a good year Ivar has been a member of the Skywatch and MyWorld Team.
Now that he's leaving it's time to say thanks for your help and hard work!
You're welcome to visit Ivar's Site to say thank you yourself!

Our today's Guest host is KrizcPec
Sunset in Hong Kong

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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

Your Skywatch Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 8

2009-09-03T14:30:00.000-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

We changed the title around a little to reflect the fact, that Skywatch
is around for quite a while - now in it's 4th year! Thank you for being part of it!

Our today's Guest host is Terrence Weijnschenk

It depicts a canal near my appartment in Amsterdam.
As a matter of fact, had I pointed the camera slightly more to the right my house would've been in the picture.
It was taken just before sundown with my trusty Nokia N93 mobile camera, which also can be used as a phone.
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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 7

2009-08-27T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

We changed the title around a little to reflect the fact, that Skywatch
is around for quite a while - now in it's 4th year! Thank you for being part of it!

Our today's Guest host is Susan Ellis
It's been so wet and soggy that when the rain stopped this afternoon, it was time to take a photo just to prove that the sky is dry for a minute!
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DEAR SKYWATCHERS!

Please give us a break and read the rules!!
We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want

everyone to have the same chances to be found. So please - in Mr. Linkies Name

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Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

Skywatch Friday No. 58

2009-08-20T14:30:00.005-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

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Again we got a great response and we're sorting through
all the submissions. For those who submitted, but already have been a Guest Host - we think it's fair to limited Guest
Host postings to once a season!

Next week we will feature your Posts again.

So go ahead and give us your best!

Please do read the rules !!!, before you post!!!!

When signing up for Mr. Linky - please be kind and follow these steps:

Check your URL carefully BEFORE you submit.
Use Name or blog name and do NOT exceed the length of the entry field.
Do NOT enter a description of your post.
Please do NOT add things like "Corrected link", or tie Skywatch to
any kind of promotion.
It's nice to add your COUNTRY and if there's room for the two letter
abbreviation of your state, but refrain from using counties or cities etc.
Please do NOT use special characters like: @ ~ * ( ) { } [ ] # ! ^ ? < > :, smilies etc. and please do NOT use ALL CAPITAL Letters
Click here and let us know if you have a problem entering your link. Be considerate and don't just add a second or third link.

We want to make your submissions as easy to read for everyone, and we want
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Skywatch Friday No. 57

2009-08-13T14:30:00.001-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

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A reminder: If you have submitted an image already (or plan to) - please make sure that
you follow the steps on the How To page. We can not publish images, that have
no copyright release attached or do not provide a link to your site.
Please to resize your images to 800*600 pixel, too. Thank you!

So go ahead and give us your best!

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

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Skywatch Friday No. 56

2009-08-06T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Want to be a Guest host, too? Here is the Page, that explains the "How To"!

A reminder: If you have submitted an image already (or plan to) - please make sure that
you follow the steps on the How To page. We can not publish images, that have
no copyright release attached or do not provide a link to your site.
Please to resize your images to 800*600 pixel, too. Thank you!

Our today's host is Aditi Das

Mesmerizing evening with colorful extravaganza across the firmament, captured from by rooftop in Bangalore. The sky displaying its brilliant and bright colors before being engulfed by the dark night sky.

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Skywatch Friday - Public Service Announcement

2009-08-02T11:40:00.000-04:00

Dear Skywatchers,

Today we take a slightly different route to have you sign up for Skywatch.

The main reason is, that we want to use this detour, to explain the "How to"
and the reason, why we ask for your help.

Skywatch Friday is one of the most successful memes on the web and according
to your responses over time, one of the main reason for it is, that the Skywatch
Team takes measure to ensure, that a) Spammers and Cons are kept away and
b) that we actively maintain the site and are there to help, when help is needed.

And that is quite a bit of work for the team, but everyone is doing it gladly, because
we all love our Skywatch Friday!

And you can help us to make our work a little easier, by reading the Rules
and following the guidelines on how to enter your Post in Mr. Linky.

While everyone participating sure wants his/her post to stand out, our
goal is that everyone has the same chances to be seen.

The only way to do that, is that we regulate, what can be entered in Mr. Linkies
Name field.
The first problem is a technical one. There is only limited space available to
display it on the page. If you enter a long text, it will inevitably break the table,
introduce an unwanted linebreak and will force everyone to scroll more to see
the list of participants.
So please, keep yourself short.

Ideal entries would be: Blogname, Country or Your Name, Country.
If you want to add your state as well, please use the common two Letter abbreviation.

And for the rest - please use your Post to show your creativity - not!! your Name entry.

Entries like : ~~~SWEETHEART@MySuPeR Blog :) in MyTown, Statename, USA Rainbow over the field

WILL be deleted without notice.

We will only allow comma and Letters - please leave all other special characters out.
Same goes for writing in ALL CAPS.

If you believe that this is too much of rules - we're open to suggestions. We invite
you however to check a random page at e.g. Craigslist and see how well these
entries are actually legible.

Legibility is our main reason for asking you to make it plain and simple - be a teamplayer
on that one, will ya?

Lastly on the issue of commercial sites and our request to ask for permission, before
posting.

We have no problem with anyone having ads on his/her site. We do however have
problems, when sites are using Skywatch for their own gain, to collect addresses,
push Spy - or Adware - or trying to take advantage of the Skywatchers that we send over.

In particular Sites, that deploy paid reviews or whose owners are being paid per post are
operating in a legal gray zone. It is our opinion, that paid reviews and paid posts are
nothing but pure advertising. If these site do NOT disclose that fact in each post in question
we consider that as deception. And by the way - we're not alone with that opinion.
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has legislative in the works addressing exactly
this issue. The FTC is planning to apply the same laws and regulations to online
publishing as they are law for years in the printing and advertising world. That
means that by law every paid review and post has to be clearly identified as such.

Even though we got flack from some Bloggers about this, claiming that it is not our
business, and that they could do whatever they want on their own site, we will stay
our course, because we consider these practices as deceptive and user unfriendly.
And since we are the ones sending visitors to other participants, we try as good as
we can to avoid sending you to sites that are questionable.

One last practical tip. Mr. Linky uses cookie and if you enter your Name and URL,
last weeks entries pop up first. Please check carefully before submitting - because
that often is the cause for wrong entries.
If you made a wrong entry and can't fix it yourself using the Mr. Linky Help Page,
please contact us and ask US to fix it. Don't just enter another entry. Not only does
that add to our workload, it also is cause for frustration for those following an incorrect link.

Skywatch Friday No. 55

2009-07-30T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

Want to be a Guest host, too? Here is the Page, that explains the "How To"!

A reminder: If you have submitted an image already (or plan to) - please make sure that
you follow the steps on the How To page. We can not publish images, that have
no copyright release attached or do not provide a link to your site.
Please to resize your images to 800*600 pixel, too. Thank you!

Our today's host is Eric from the Netherlands
This picture I made a couple of weeks ago in my backyard.
I was playing with some ideas for Skywatch and this is the final result.

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

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Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

Skywatch Friday No. 54

2009-07-23T14:30:00.000-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

I took this image on the island of
Kauai (Hawaii), right after a rain shower. We were  driving back to the
hotel and I had to stop the car and take the photo--it looked like the
hand of God reaching down from the heavens.

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

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Skywatch Friday No. 53

2009-07-16T14:30:00.011-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Before the rains come pouring down, our grey and murky Mumbai sky provides the perfect backdrop for this weekend paraglider.

Saifee Hospital looks more like a luxury hotel than a place for rest and recuperation.

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

Update - We're in business again. Mr. Linky is working.
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Skywatch Friday No. 52

2009-07-09T14:30:00.003-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

SkyWatching is about looking up and that becomes an attitude. It’s also like getting postcards from all over the world every week. Every contribution is a surprise, a present and a warm contact. I painted 23 of them together (oil paint on paper, 50x70) as an exercise (painting asks a lot of practice). I made a difficult choice of “postcards” and let me inspire by the photos of : from the left to the right : P-ter, Naturegirl, Norway Anne, Hildegarde, East Gwillimbury Wow, Koala, Valkyrien, Barbara, Arija, Baruch, Ozgirl, Ivar Ivrig, Mojo, Potted frog, Photo Cache, Afanja, Some photomoments Eric, Paz, Misty Dawn, Luiz Ramos forest and vertically : Sandy Carlson, Sara Irish and Erin. Warm regards to all skywatchers and have a nice week !

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Skywatch Friday No. 51

2009-07-02T14:30:00.006-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

Glad you're on board again!

We had to remove the followers widget, since it interfered with the proper function of Mr. Linky.

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Our today's host is Huzaimi Harun

Sunset at Lake Prima

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Skywatch Friday No. 50

2009-06-25T14:30:00.005-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

As it started to pour, I ran out front with my camera.

The view in front of my eyes was so sweet...

thick clouds ~ emptying themselves.

trees ~ soaking up all the moisture

sky ~ emerging ... teasing us for a sunny day

blooms ~ with raindrops that sparkled

Thank you for SKY WATCH FRIDAY!
I really enjoy the spectacular views and the wonderful people who post them!

~Maria - USA

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

Mr. Linky should work again - let's hope for the best! :)
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our team members blogs to report them there.
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Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

New Round of Skywatch® coming up!

2009-06-24T10:00:00.001-04:00

Badges for your website can now be found on a dedicated page. See links on top of the page!
Over 300 Website owners from all over the world have shown us their skies! Thank you!
®
starts again at
Greenwich Mean Time, Thursday 19:30	Eastern Standard Time, Thursday 2:30pm

Please do read the rules, before you post!

Thank you, for being part of the Skywatch® Community!

Skywatch Friday No. 49

2009-06-18T14:30:00.001-04:00

Hello Skywatchers!

This photo was taken in Florida, somewhere between Miami and the Keys, I don't remember exactly! They sure have pretty skies down there though!

Please do read the rules, before you post!!!!

Thank you for being part of the Skywatch Community!

New Round of Skywatch® coming up!

2009-06-17T10:00:00.000-04:00

Badges for your website can now be found on a dedicated page. See links on top of the page!
Over 300 Website owners from all over the world have shown us their skies! Thank you!
®
starts again at
Greenwich Mean Time, Thursday 19:30	Eastern Standard Time, Thursday 2:30pm

Please do read the rules, before you post!

Thank you, for being part of the Skywatch® Community!