Open Thread: Winter's First Snow in DC

A tour guide points out features of the Korean War Memorial to a group of South Korean tourists on the Washington Mall, January 21, 2007, as the first snowfall of the winter 2007 season hits Washington. The nation's capital was dusted with just 1-2 inches (2.5-5cm) of snow in what has been a mild east coast winter so far.

Visitors to the Washington Mall walk around the frozen Reflecting Pool, seen from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, as the first snow of the 2007 winter season hits Washington January 21, 2007.

A boy slides alongside the frozen reflecting pool of the Washington Mall, January 21, 2007, as the first snowfall of the winter 2007 season hits Washington.

Pedestrians walk along the snow-covered Mall on 21 January during the first snowfall in Washington, DC.

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