Snow In The Spotlight

Large flakes of snow borne on wind gusts of over 20 mph are illuminated by a light post on the playground area of Bowman Woods Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 10:25 PM, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. With temperatures hovering around 33 degrees F, the precipitation this night was often a mixture of rain and snow. Winds were out of the northeast, carrying the snow right to left in this image. This photo was captured with a shutter speed of 1/13 second and an ISO rating of 1600.