It's time again for Friday Featured Fotos! This week we're looking at weather photos taken by photographers around the globe. Please also check the "Welcome to New Users" and "Gadget of the Week" below, both new features of FFF.

So relax, it's Friday, and join me as I take a look at some of the best photos in the AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery archive. Register for an account and upload yours today!

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VIDEO PREVIEW:

THIS WEEK'S PHOTOS:

by Neve

by yorkshireman

by bilsot

by Govea

by Olivier Vandeginste

by rahimyts

by loran01 (LHHV)*

MORE LINKS:

---- Indian Head This Week
---- The Indian Head Weather Station

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME IN THE SHOW TO SAY...

The explanation of the Matterhorn photo by Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics was: "An interesting one. The sun's rays are of course shining downwards and the shadow of the peak is being cast onto a thin layer of cloud lower than the mountain. The thin cloud layer acts as a screen."

GADGET OF THE WEEK:

Wired Magazine reviews the Gigapan Imager, a robot that takes series of high resolution photos and puts them into one huge panorma.

WELCOME TO NEW USERS:

I'd like to welcome the following new users this week...

Keeping with the international theme, Hombre (Petr Jansa) has recently joined the Gallery. He is from Cerveny Kostelec, Czech Republic and uses a Canon EOS 400D to snap photos of various subjects, both nature and human, and even turns some of the photos into modern art. You can find out more about him, and his photos, on his website (note: not in English!)

LATEST 5 PHOTOS FROM Hombre ON OUR PHOTO GALLERY:

Photographer stichen is Steve Tichenor from Alvaton, Kentucky. Steve describes himself as "Just a hobbyist, l like to shoot nature landscapes and action sports." He has a selection of wallpaper sunset photos on his website, some of which he has uploaded to the Photo Gallery, along with some ice and flower photos.

LATEST 5 PHOTOS FROM stichen ON OUR PHOTO GALLERY:

And last but not least: New user markfoto is M.J. Friedman from Livingston, Texas. Actually, according to his beautifully designed website, he travels around the country in an RV with his two dogs (who write a sort of Dog Blog), which is fascinating to me because a former coworker does the same thing. M.J. uses a Leica D and Canon camera. M.J., er, the dogs, haven't uploaded any photos yet but I look forward to them.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Friday Featured Fotos is a weekly weather photography show where I take a look at (and explain) the best photos in the AccuWeather.com Photo Gallery archive, look at photo-related gadgets, and welcome new users. Future segments may include photography, videography, and webcam tips and reviews. Any photo from the Gallery is qualified to be in this show (unlike our Moderators Picks awards, which concentrate on weather photos from the last month), so if you've seen something on the Gallery you'd like me to feature, drop me an email at community @ accuweather.com

*LHHV Weather / History Photo of the Week. Laurel Highland's Historical Village is a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of promoting an appreciation and understanding of the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of the Laurel Highland's region.

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