Photo of the Day | December 2025

[squawk7000]

 

[Hughmac]

Another from Broomhill Park the other day; something moving in the trees caught my partner's border collie's eye...

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Cheers

Hugh

 

[dhershberger]

The Basilica Nova of the Roman Forum, with its delicate tension rods holding the building together. Rome, Lazio, Italy. October, 2025.

 

[AlixSPQR]

Got the clearest view of mt. Fuji during a trip to Japan. Even the guide was amazed that it displayed its entire beauty the whole day with zero clouds.View attachment 2583946

Nice. I can see some clouds to the left, though.

St Laurence's Church, c. 1000CE…
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire

Very small and very old…
One of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.

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Lumix 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6

Beautiful. Just wondering, are those arcades originally blind? And, to the left, what is the upside V-formation? Looks like a lost roof to me.

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Nice!

 

[AlixSPQR]

 

[stillcrazyman]

 

[oblomow]

 

[arkitect]

Beautiful. Just wondering, are those arcades originally blind? And, to the left, what is the upside V-formation? Looks like a lost roof to me.

Well spotted! 👍

The blind arcades are original, yes.
The outline you see on the south wall is a missing porticus — that would have completed the cruciform plan . The northern porticus is still intact.
So many churches were stripped of any sense of mystery by the Victorians. They loved their scrubbing brushes, but this little one is a beautiful survivor.

Here is a shot of the interior…

St Laurence's Church, c. 1000CE…
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire

OM-5
Lumix 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6