Weekend readers' pictures: alight

'Prayers in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.'
Photograph: Paul Lewis

'A moment of first contact, in Brenne National Park, France.'
Photograph: David Crutchley

'The scrap yard on Newcastle quayside had been burning for a couple of hours and I noticed nobody was looking at it any more.'
Photograph: Hugh Sherlock

'Inside of the bus on arrival at St Ives.'
Photograph: Paul Iseard

'Attracted by the white and the black smoke of garden fires, it looked as though south Peterborough was smouldering gently.'
Photograph: Cat Thompson

'The illuminated snake - I was inspired to take this shot by seeing a vibrant green snake in Singapore zoo and wanted to capture the light balance just right.'
Photograph: Gavin Harrison

'This bald ibis alighted on this parking sign and then confidently posed for enough time for me to take this photo.'

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Photograph: Ann Finn