Nick Lippert of Tumwater, Wa. shot this photo of Mount Rainier from his home at 7:40 a.m. with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 camera. This unusual shadow is visible at certain times of the year when the mountain blocks the sun.
I can see Mount Rainier from my house, so I know how unusual it is to capture an image like this. Lippert lives in Tumwater (near Olympia), which is almost directly west of the mountain.
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Morning alpenglow casts a warm light on 6,288-foot Mount Washington, in New Hampshire's White Mountains, 40 miles to the west of a group of ice-fishing shacks on Long Lake in Naples, Maine Thursday Feb. 24, 2011. The exceptionally clear weather is coming to an end as another winter storm is predicted for Friday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The richness of the morning light suggests really clear and therefore really cold winter air. These ice shacks look modest compared to some recently photographed by msnbc.com.
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The early morning sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. Later today the Senate is slated to debate the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia.
Nice to see an image move over the wire this morning that was more than just another committee hearing.
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A line of cattle walks through a foggy field on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 near Hopkinsville, Ky. Storms passed through the area on Tuesday, bringing cooler temperatures and allowing fog to form in low lying areas.
People gather at the stone circle as the sun rises over the 2010 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. The gates opened on Wednesday to what has become Europe's largest music festival and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Before reading the caption, I imagined that this image was a sad scene from a refugee camp. Not so. Maybe I'm showing my age here, but this does not look like fun.