The rising sun tries to burn off fog enshrouding an old farm building on Ben Burr Road off the Old Palouse Highway on Dec. 18, 2000. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
A swirl design is created on the partially frozen Hauser Lake on a January 2000 morning. Parts of Northern Kootenai County got up to 7 inches of snow the night before. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Mount Spokane is framed in the frost-rimmed branches of trees north of Deer Park at sunset Dec. 18, 2000. The blue and orangish colors of the setting sun add a backdrop to the brilliant white of recent snow and frost. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
The sunset is reflected in the water at Blue Creek on Feb. 14, 2002. (Liz Kishimoto / The Spokesman-Review)
Air bubbles are frozen in the ice on the surface of a stream along Landing Road on Feb. 14, 2002. (Liz Kishimoto / The Spokesman-Review)
An ice crystal is framed by the snow-covered roof of a home at Hauser Lake, Idaho, on Dec. 18, 2008. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman Review)
Snow covers a barn on the Moran Prairie with the dwindling light of a winter sunset as a backdrop Dec. 5, 2000. One benefit to the short daylight hours can be the drive home with spectacular sunsets. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
A vista of snowy trees can be seen from a window of the Vista House at the top of the mountain on Nov. 10, 2009, at Mt. Spokane Ski Area. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A rainbow arches across snow and ice on the shore of the Spokane River at the Monroe Street bridge Jan. 13, 2005. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
The tracks of horses trail a field at Regal and Old Palouse Highway as the last clouds of a snowstorm clear Feb. 7, 2008. "They love this stuff, they will play around in the snow all day," said the horses' caretaker, Harold Pauna. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman Review)
A groomer makes his way down "the great divide" at Schweitzer Mountain Resort on Feb. 24, 2005. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Heavy snowfall over the weekend turned the Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho, into a winter postcard scene Jan. 28, 2008. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Sunrise highlights a record dump of 13.7 inches of snow across the region as Spokane digs out Jan. 28, 2008. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
The sunrise burns through the morning fog to reveal a record 13.7 inch snowfall across Spokane on Jan. 28, 2008. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
A late-model car navigates Howard Street in downtown Spokane on Jan. 1, 2004. More snow is expected in a series of storms over the area in the next few days. (Photo Archive / The Spokesman-Review)
As temperatures hover around 3 degrees, a freezing mist rises from Spokane Falls on Jan. 5, 2004, in downtown Spokane. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
A rare stellar snow crystal retains its fragile form after landing atop a mountain pass in the Lolo National Forest in Montana. (Photo Archive / The Spokesman-Review)
Spokane residents woke up to raindrops and snowflakes on their windows June 10, 2008, as the strange weather of springtime continued. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)
Photographs of landscapes, sunrises and sunsets from winters past.
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