Picture of the day - February 10, 2007

West Virginia Snowfall

Photo courtesy of William E. Pugh, Jr. For the most part, the terrain of the beautiful state of West Virginia consists of majestic mountains, scenic valleys and deep gorges that have been carved by eons of rushing waters. And since it is indeed The Mountain State, our neighbor to the west has historically received lots of snow during the winter. But in recent years those famous West Virginia snowfalls have been few and far between. Well, that all changed a couple of days ago as photographer William E. Pugh, Jr. explains: "We got about 6" of snow last night. We haven't had a decent snow in years here in West Virginia. I took this picture this morning, and it was still snowing when I snapped the shot. The hardest thing was to try and keep the whites from blending into the paper when I printed it. The image was captured with my 70-200 f/4L lens while sitting in my car." As you can tell from this wonderful photograph, West Virginia can be quite beautiful while covered with a blanket of snow. Perhaps her mountains and valleys will get a lot more of it now that the "drought" is over - and hopefully Mr. Pugh will have his camera ready and waiting to take plenty of pictures for us all to enjoy!   "Picture of the Day" archives             Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"