I have posted 212 lunchtime photos this year, and that’s tiring work. So how about showing your appreciation for all this lunchtime beauty by making a contribution to Mother Jones? It’s really easy: just click here.
Here are my ten favorite photos of 2020, in no particular order.
1. Collette rose
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_collette_rose.jpg)
2. Disney Hall
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_disney_hall_deep_shadow.jpg)
3. Horseshoe Bend
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_horseshoe_bend_evening.jpg)
4. Surfer at Huntington Beach
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_huntington_beach_pier_surfer-1.jpg)
5. Monument Valley
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_monument_valley_medium-1.jpg)
6. Segerstrom Hall at 3 am
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_segerstrom_hall_night.jpg)
7. Great Blue Turaco
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_san_diego_zoo_great_blue_turaco.jpg)
8. Flamingo
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_san_diego_zoo_flamingo.jpg)
9. Starry sky on I40 east of Kingman, Arizona
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_starry_fence.jpg)
10. Slot Canyon X
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_slot_canyon_35.jpg)
11. Bonus: Neowise comet
This is not a favorite photo per se, but it is a photo of a comet, the first I’ve ever seen.
![](https://adops.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blog_lunchtime_neowise.jpg)