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Story last updated at 2:57 p.m. Thursday, January 2, 2003

Winter whitens Homer landscape
Photo page showing winter scenes that demonstrate how winter gives the Homer area a different look.

Photo by Carey James, Homer News
Snow clings to wires along Diamond Ridge Road on Thursday. The weight of snow brought down power lines in the area on Christmas Eve, causing homes to be without lights for seeral hours.

Photo by Carey James, Homer News
Sunshine couldn't melt the accumulated snow atop a pink flamingo along East End Road on Friday.

Photo by Carey James, Homer News
This snow-covered cow parsnip near Bishop's Beach is the closest thing to a winter bloom found outside in Homer these days after cold temperatures finally killed off the hardy flowers in front of the Post Office and elsewhere around town.

Winter's white transforms area scenery.

Photo by Sepp Jannotta, Homer News
The noonday sun, positioned near its winter solstice low, le gthens the shadow of the photographr near McNeil Canyon Elementary School on Saturday.

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