> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://journal.jatan.space/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # I participated in a Photoblogging Challenge! - URL: https://journal.jatan.space/first-photoblogging-challenge/ - Published: 2022-06-01T13:26:45.000Z - Updated: 2024-02-27T14:57:41.000Z - Description: And it was fun. - Author: Jatan [Micro.blog](https://micro.blog), a micro-blogging platform as well as a nice little community of bloggers, hosted its [latest Photoblogging Challenge](https://micro.welltempered.net/2022/04/30/134700.html) this May. I didn’t take part in their [October 2021 Challenge](http://micro.blog/discover/mboct/grid) but this time I was in the mood to give it a shot. The idea is simple: there are community-suggested prompts selected for each day of the month, and you have to post a related picture on that day. Since this was my first time ever participating in any such challenge, I only posted pictures for prompts I could with relative ease and didn’t mind missing the rest. ## Day 5: Earth ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f5a932c6c-9455-4a12-b0b0-ad8da57316a1_2133x1600-jpeg.jpg) Here’s a little bit of Earth in the literal senses of two meanings of the word. The (for now) root of all our homes. Picture taken at Ooty. ## Day 6: Silhouette ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f61e81320-acfa-463d-a5d5-79ca81348046_2400x1800-jpeg.jpg) Dusk at Suvarna river, Manipal, India ## Day 12: Tranquility ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f64ce3b58-2c85-4002-8dff-b2707d0bac5d_2059x1600-jpeg.jpg) I love Indian tea (minus the excess sugar). Boiling tea grains brings out a certain strong flavor that dip tea or any other form simply doesn’t. Milk adds smoothness. My two boosts of tranquil thinking a day. ## Day 13: Community ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fd66ca4c7-4530-4944-94fd-ee972e5d787d_2500x1600-jpeg.jpg) Still vividly remember [my first in-person rocket launch](https://jatan.space/i-saw-a-rocket-launch)—India’s Chandrayaan 2 mission in 2019\. 5,000 people in one place representing the Indian space community’s enthusiasm about exploring space and our Moon for science and a better tomorrow. ## Day 15: Clouds ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fb66618ce-bf63-48a9-acbd-212dd171326c_4032x3024-jpeg.jpg) Cloudy with a chance of landing ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f795401f1-5f1a-4482-94f8-5ae1285d16a0_2250x3000-jpeg.jpg) ## Day 16: Time ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fa29c456d-3281-4eb3-83a1-1c1e0d59d69a_2500x1481-jpeg.jpg) What [persevering through time can do](https://jatan.space/my-science-writing-journey). If I can become an independent writer in the niche field of space exploration, sitting in India, I genuinely believe anyone else can do anything equivalent too. ## Day 19: Indulgence ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fbaa4496d-3325-4fae-babc-a7313af9631c_2000x2000-jpeg.jpg) ## Day 20: Beverage ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f1b5bbff4-2d30-4cde-b80e-311315d607cb_2000x2000-jpeg.jpg) The tranquility of a beverage isn’t just about what’s in it but what holds it too. Thanks to [double-walled steel cups](https://journal.jatan.space/cup-of-steel), I’m never going back to drinking in ceramics or glass. ## Day 21: Symmetry ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fa00b63e7-f1eb-4765-a48b-62df880efe47_3000x2200-jpeg.jpg) A Gazania flower from the [beautiful bunch at IIT Kanpur](https://journal.jatan.space/flowers-at-iit-kanpur) ## Day 24: Intricate *This prompt was* [*suggested by me*](https://challenges.micro.blog/2022/05/21/091501.html)*!* ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2ffe5859ef-031b-42fc-b7da-754a810d86df_1713x3046-jpeg.jpg) A crushable aluminum-honeycomb structure that gets compressed in the legs of [Moon-landing spacecraft](https://blog.jatan.space/p/nasa-clps-moon-missions) during touchdown to absorb impact forces. ## Day 25: Mountain ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fef7eae87-9e0c-491c-84d0-a94dd305a070_1980x1500-jpeg.jpg) A rubble-pile mountain from somewhere in South India (I was in a train) ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f95bb2410-7401-461d-bd4f-6282cf6b9176_1641x985-jpeg.jpg) I nominated this incredible picture of the [central peak](http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/384) of [Tycho crater](https://jatan.space/tycho-crater-mountain) taken by NASA’s LRO spacecraft. Also read [how Moon mountains form](https://jatan.space/exploring-moon-mountains). ## Day 26: Schedule ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f5c399282-623b-4d9a-8bb5-1d42b0110780_1500x800-jpeg.jpg) What showing up every Monday can do. These are the stats for my [Moon exploration newsletter](https://jatan.space/tag/moon-monday). I know this is humble growth but for a niche creator who doesn’t make videos or podcasts and only writes, I’m happy. ## Day 28: Fair ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f1826b9fa-9d58-464a-9181-f28da3555993_2000x1500-jpeg.jpg) It’s remarkable how much infrastructure is required to ensure crowds don’t rush into trains and keep things fair. The second metro in my city has doors on stations too. ## Day 31: Endurance *This prompt was* [*suggested by me*](https://challenges.micro.blog/2022/05/30/the-prompt-for.html) *as well.* ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8953f5f8-5560-42ec-bc28-2fc53c267dd2_1000x750-jpeg.jpg) “Endurance” may not be your first thought when you see a damselfly but this species has been around for over 100 million years—from when the dinosaurs ruled Earth to now when humans do. ![](https://journal.jatan.space/content/images/2023/12/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8f67879d-ecf9-4bda-8a4d-3692c0aeab5e_1600x1400-jpeg.jpg) Pictures from the [intriguing insects I came across in Bangalore](https://journal.jatan.space/insects-of-jakkur) That’s all folks! Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I know I had fun posting them. You can browse all photos posted by all participants in the Micro.blog May Photoblogging challenge on a cool grid at [micro.blog/discover/mbmay/grid](http://micro.blog/discover/mbmay/grid). Some of them are really creative.