PHOTOS: Striking harvest skies caught on camera

Summer 2013 has delivered some of the most striking skies we can remember – from technicolour sunsets and rainbows, to the darkest of looming clouds.

It’s created an incredible backdrop to harvest and dozens of our readers have captured these photogenic moments on camera.

Click through this slideshow to see some of our favourites:



  • Cutting spring barley at Stone House Farm in Withington. From Edward Thomas
    Cutting spring barley at Stone House Farm in Withington. From Edward Thomas

  • Harper student Will Jones snapped this at Graham Wade’s farm just outside Grantham
    Harper student Will Jones snapped this at Graham Wade’s farm just outside Grantham

  • John Deere S670i hard at work. By FWispace user dazles
    John Deere S670i hard at work. By FWispace user “dazles”

  • Enjoying the rainbow while waiting for the rain to stop in Macmerry, East Lothian
    Enjoying the rainbow while waiting for the rain to stop in Macmerry, East Lothian

  • Sun sets over a Massey
    Sun sets over a Massey

  • A colourful dusk on Neasham Springs Farm in Darlington. By Andrew Wright
    A colourful dusk on Neasham Springs Farm in Darlington. By Andrew Wright

  • FThe sun runs out on another hot and dusty day in Woodfield, Essex
    The sun runs out on another hot and dusty day in Woodfield, Essex

  • The distraction of this sunset didn’t stop work in Little Alne, Warwickshire. From Sally Bevan
    The distraction of this sunset didn’t stop work in Little Alne, Warwickshire. From Sally Bevan

  • Cutting Flash oilseed rape on Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. From Jake Freestone
    Cutting Flash oilseed rape on Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. From Jake Freestone

  • Ben Frost captured this photo while combining KWS Kielder wheat at Thoresby Estate
    Ben Frost captured this photo while combining KWS Kielder wheat at Thoresby Estate

  • The sun dips behind the clouds at Hamilton Farms in East Lothian. By Marc Epstein
    The sun dips behind the clouds at Hamilton Farms in East Lothian. By Marc Epstein

  • Stunning sunset in West Berkshire
    Stunning sunset in West Berkshire

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