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Photo: Sreejit Mohan "The small, wooded conservation area behind my house looked so magical with snow-covered branches after Sunday night's storm," reader Sreejit Mohan of Arlington, Mass., writes.

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Photo: Hinda Mitchell This spectacular sunrise was snapped by reader Hinda Mitchell on Lady's Island in Beaufort, S.C., last week.

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Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images A rare sight yesterday: snow on the beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Photo: Gregg Young Feast your eyes on this photo of Glacier National Park, snapped two summers ago by reader Gregg Young of Lockport, Ill. We'd love to see your shots of America's most beautiful spots. Send your pics from national parks and monuments to finishline@axios.com — and tell us about your trip in a couple of sentences. Happy weekend!

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Photo: Alex Taylor Alex Taylor — CEO of Cox Enterprises, which owns Axios — took a funicular (tram) to the historic Scatzalp hotel on a hill above Davos, Switzerland, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. He used his iPhone (no tricks or filters) to take this memorable photo of the World Economic Forum from above, on Wednesday at 7:02 p.m.

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Photo: Ken Cedeno/Reuters With the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument in the background, people walk and skate on the ice-covered Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall yesterday.

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Now is a good time for clementines. Credit: Eric Silverman Carly writes: I like to think of this clementine tree, at my friends Lindsey and Eric's house, as a symbol of good fortune ahead. The fruit is slightly bruised but still delicious. My family has been staying with different loved ones these past few weeks since we evacuated our home, which is close to the Palisades Fire. Thankfully, our house is still standing.

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Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP Search and rescue efforts early this morning, around the wreckage site in the Potomac River.

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Photo: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via Getty Images A baby albino red-bellied turtle on the back of an adult, in an enclosure at the Ferme aux Crocodiles in Pierrelatte, France. The birth of an albino turtle of this species — which is native to Australia and New Guinea — is extremely rare.

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Photo: Bob Russell "My wife and I have been to 38 of the 63 national parks — several multiple times," writes reader Bob Russell, who took this stunning shot inside Glacier National Park in Montana. "This photo of a mountain goat at the Hidden Lake Overlook expresses better than words why I love Glacier National Park: wildlife and unsurpassed natural beauty."

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Photo: Dave Wicks Check out this winter shot of Bryce Canyon in Utah, taken by reader Dave Wicks.

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Photo: Bob Russell We love the colors in this photo from reader Bob Russell — snapped at sunset in the Needles District, the southeastern part of Canyonlands National Park in Utah.

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Photo: Jeff Rittener The stunner of the day comes from reader Jeff Rittener — snapped inside Utah's Zion National Park.

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Photo: Mike Walker Here's the 12-mile-long John Hopkins Glacier, in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Reader Mike Walker tells us he took this photo on an Alaskan cruise with his wife last May.

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Photo: Dick Stoll Our pic du jour comes from reader Dick Stoll. He snapped this shot of Indian Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula last summer with his iPhone. "No filters or other machinations!" he tells us.

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Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP The northern lights over homes in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday.

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Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters People walk in silhouette through Grand Central Station yesterday morning in New York City.

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"Puppy Mountain" in Yichang, China. Photo: Guo Qingshan via AP This mountain in Yichang, China, has become a social media phenomenon after a visitor realized it looks a bit like a dog's head. "The puppy's posture is like it's drinking water, or it's looking at some fish," said Guo Qingshan, whose viral post earlier this month started the "Puppy Mountain" trend. "It also looks like it's quietly protecting the Yangtze River," The photo amassed more than 120,000 likes on RedNote, prompting scores of users to post photos of their own dogs, to see which one looks most like the mountain. Go deeper.

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Last year's peak bloom. Photo: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images D.C.'s cherry blossoms will hit "peak bloom" March 28–31, the National Park Service said today. Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the Tidal Basin's Yoshino cherry blossoms have opened. The trees usually bloom for seven days.

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Photo: Brian MacDonald Check out this sunset over the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico, captured last week by reader Brian MacDonald. No filter! "Punta Mita is an outstanding fishing town with the kindest locals who whip up a killer mezcal margarita," Brian writes.

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Photo: Ken Smith Here's a panorama of the Great Smoky Mountains along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, captured by reader Ken Smith while on a road trip.

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Credit: Dan Wolf "For our 40th anniversary, my wife and I hiked in Yosemite," says reader Dan Wolf of Glendale, Calif., who took this stunning photo. "This moonrise is near Half Dome. It is hard to not take a gorgeous photo in that national park!"

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Photo: Bruce Wolpe This perfect winter pic shows Buffalo Mountain and the Gore Range — a subrange of the Rocky Mountains — in Colorado. Reader Bruce Wolpe tells us he snapped this from the summit of Dercum Mountain in Keystone, Colo., at an elevation of 11,640 feet. His title for this photograph: "The Front Porch."

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Photo: Garrett Lasnier Reader Garrett Lasnier of Burke, Va., snapped this stunner in Patagonia, Argentina, in front of Laguna de Los Tres and Cerro Fitz Roy. "A red fox ran right in front of my wife, Lacey, and me as we were taking a photo," he tells us. Happiest (hour shorter) weekend!

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Photo: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters A skier walks through the shadows cast by the mountains near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a ski town in southern Germany, yesterday.