Your pictures on the theme of 'machinery' - BBC News

A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.

15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingWe asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "machinery". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Image source, Kathleen Ann O'DonnellImage caption, Kathleen Ann O'Donnell took this picture inside the Souter Lighthouse: "Look inside the light."Image source, Mark FitzpatrickImage caption, Mark Fitzpatrick: "Captured during a Christmas market visit to Brussels."Image source, Jacqui DimmockImage caption, Jacqui Dimmock: "Heavy machinery is the order of the day to 'crack' these tough cookies!"Image source, Bob FowlerImage caption, Bob Fowler: "Thanks to the legions of volunteers, many examples of heritage machinery have been saved and restored to working order. This example is on the South Devon Railway."Image source, Krzysztof SuchnickImage caption, Krzysztof Suchnicki: "'First a toot! Then a hoot! Steam is churning, Wheels are turning!' From The Locomotive, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Taken at the Steam Locomotive Gala in Lower Silesia, Poland."Image source, Olga AruneImage caption, Olga Arune: "Harvest has begun."Image source, Ida AlwinImage caption, Ida Alwin: "One of the ultimate tests of a machine's capabilities - a motocross race."Image source, Philip SinclairImage caption, Philip Sinclair: "I saw this wonderful machine in a field near Hammerwich in September 2007. I do hope somebody has restored it."Image source, Jane LuetkensImage caption, Jane Luetkens: "I was not sure if this machine was moving too."Image source, David PecheyImage caption, David Pechey: "This is part of the engine operating the winding gear responsible for raising and lowering the miners' cage at Astley Green Mining Museum, Greater Manchester. The museum is run by volunteers, many of whom worked at the mine until its closure in 1970 and who gladly tell stories of life down at the coalface."Image source, Paul RooneyImage caption, Paul Rooney: "Derelict machinery at the higher levels of the Dinorwic slate quarry, North Wales."Image source, Graham BanksImage caption, Graham Banks: "A Morgan three-wheeler engine."Image source, Ian BrashImage caption, Ian Brash: "Grinding stones in the Peak District once used to grind grain are now left as a memory of the past."Image source, Tom ReynoldImage caption, Tom Reynolds: "On Hastings Beach this is one mechanical way to haul the fishing boats up on the beach."Image source, Mike TindalImage caption, Mike Tindal: "This old mechanical bridge is sitting in the Boston Harbour, not far from the Boston Tea Party Museum."The next theme is "Woodland" and the deadline for entries is 4 April 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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