Winter reveals

Here in Pittsburgh, the ten inches of snow we got on Monday started to melt yesterday. As the day warms up above freezing again today, more of the snow cover will disappear. I wonder if we'll see anything like this:

Original image found here.

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Wouldn't that be a fun surprise, kids? The last image is a detail of a larger painting by a talented young artist named Matt Ellis; the full image can be found here.