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common sky scene

Cherry blossoms at the University of Washington.  Mount Rainer in the background.
Cherry blossoms, at the University of Washington, with Mount Rainer in the background. Photo by Denton Harryman and shared with a Creative Commons license.

This is a more common scene of the sky in Seattle. A thin layer of clouds obscuring Mount Rainer in the background. There are actually many days with brilliant blue skies in Seattle. However, this is the most common scene during the spring and summer. During fall and winter the sky is almost always raining 🙂

The photo shared today was taken at the University of Washington. I was one of several people who took photos of this same scene.

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CDP theme day, sky

Today is theme day, in the City Daily Photo community, and the theme is sky. Our contribution is this photo of the Standpoint Country Club. The photo was taken looking east at twilight and presents a soft red glow on the horizon.

Today is theme day, in the City Daily Photo community, and the theme is sky. Our contribution is this photo of the Standpoint Country Club. The photo was taken looking east at twilight and presents a soft red glow on the horizon. An internet search finds that the description for this effect is the Belt of Venus. It is caused by scattering of long-wavelength (red) light by the atmosphere.

To view more theme day contributions please follow this link: June Theme – Sky.https://citydailyphoto.org/2026/05/25/june-theme-sky/

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Berlin Wall

A piece of the Berlin Wall

While strolling through the Fremont neighborhood we found this display of a piece from the Berlin Wall.

The plaque says: “This piece of the Berlin Wall arrived in Fremont in 2001 to commemorate the role of Seattle and Boeing’s C-47 in the Berlin airlift of 1948.” . . . “Thank you to the Burke family and History House for retaining this piece of history.”

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