Weather photo contest
Celsius’ weather observations 300 years
Uppsala has one of the world’s longest series of weather observations. The observations date back to 12 January 1722 when Anders Celsius and his professor Erik Burman started the observations. In 2022, Uppsala University will thereforw host different events celebrating 300 years of weather measurements in Uppsala.
Read more about the Celsius jubilee 2022.
Weather photo contest
Take part in our weather photo contest which will run during the Celsius jubilee year 2022. You can submit up to ten images, either by sending your photo to kommunikator@geo.uu.se or by posting to Instagram and using the hashtag #Celsius300. We will pick one winner each month and the jury consists of metorologists at the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University.
The best weather photos will be published on the Department of Earth Sciences website with the photographer’s name and a description of the weather phenomena visible in the photo, written by the meteorologists at the department. The winning images will be published in a calendar by Uppsala University. The winners will also receive an Uppsala University hoodie, value SEK 450.
Rules
- The contest is open for everyone between 1 November 2021 to 30 November 2022.
- The photo must be taken by you.
- You can submit up to 10 photos.
- Write where the picture was taken and approximate date and time.
- Remember to write your name and where we can contact you.
- If you post and tag on Instagram your Instagram account must be open, not private.
By using the hashtag #Celsius300 you give your approval for us to publish the pictures in our internal and external channels. If you photograph people you must have their consent.
Winner, November 2021: Felicia Eriksson

Winner, December 2021: Magdalena Kuchler

As blue wavelengths are scattered more efficiently than red ones, we see reddish colors when light has to travel a longer path through the atmosphere; hence the yellow, orange, pink, and red shades of color we see at dawn and dusk.
To see a really cool sky as in this photo, it is also required to be a lot of water vapor or particles in the air as they also help to scatter the sunlight.
Winner, January 2022: Fredrik Gustafsson

Winner, February 2022: Catherine Ripley

Winner March 2022, Marcus Letalick

Winner, April 2022: Sandro Lohajner
