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Hampshire & Isle of Wight: Friday's Big Picture

Join us as we take a few moments every day to relax and enjoy the beauty of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight through the stunning images you send us.

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected]

Amber-sky Pink clouds can be seen in a darkening grey sky. Trees are silhouetted against the sky in the foreground of the picture. The moon is just about visible in the sky - you can see around half of it illuminated as it's just about to reach the first quarter moonAmber-sky
BBC Weather Watcher Amber-sky managed to capture these pink clouds alongside the moon at sunset near Hythe Marina
Hang Ross Flood water runs in a small stream through grassland and heathland with a row of green trees in the background that are shrouded in mist. The mist is thicker on the right-side of the pictureHang Ross
BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross took this photo of flood water in a misty area of the New Forest
rob L A close up of a red squirrel with its front paws up on a tree stump with three small, brown nuts on top. Its ears on standing up on top of its head.rob L
This curious creature was captured on the hunt for nuts in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight by BBC Weather Watcher rob L
tonyswinton A grey sky sits behind HMS Warrior, Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship. To its left there are a number of smaller vessels bobbing in the sea with a rainbow just about visible through the clouds. tonyswinton
BBC Weather Watcher tonyswinton managed to capture the rainbow over HMS Warrior in Portsmouth in this great shot
Yen Milne A dog sits on a canoe-like boat which has a shark's face painted on it. Half of the boat is out of the water and the other half in. A fishing net can be seen at the rear of the boat. Other sailing boats can be seen in the distance under a blue sky with wispy white cloudsYen Milne
A big thanks to regular BBC Weather Watcher Yen Milne who was out and about in Fareham again this week and sent us this picture

How to submit a picture

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected]. For inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers.

When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:

  • The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)
  • Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputs
  • The location, date and time the pictures were taken
  • Your telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further questions
  • Any other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to know

Please note that while we welcome all your pictures, we are more likely to use those which have been taken in the past week.

Archive

Pictures can be found on Instagram, on the hashtags #bbcsouthnews and #HampshiresBigPicture #IsleofWightsBigPicture.

Terms and conditions

If you submit a picture, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions and the BBC's privacy policy.

In contributing to Hampshire & Isle of Wight's Big Picture you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide.

It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to Hampshire & Isle of Wight's Big Picture, and that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside.

The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.

At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws while collecting any kind of media.

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