{"id":6673,"date":"2016-03-27T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=6673"},"modified":"2016-03-27T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:15:09","slug":"march-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/27\/march-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"March Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, and most of Tuesday, a blizzard passed through the metro area and we were dumped with some 15 inches of wet, heavy snow. After arriving at Arapahoe Station, I made this image while walking down to work in the snow storm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6668\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0003-Snowstorm-Near-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6668\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6668\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0003-Snowstorm-Near-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0003-Snowstorm-Near-Arapahoe-Station\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowstorm Near Arapahoe Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After work, skies had cleared and some of the snow had melted. As I entered Araphoe Station, there were a lot of pretty snow-covered trees that caught the light at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6669\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0019-Branches-And-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6669\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0019-Branches-And-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0019-Branches-And-Snow-Arapahoe-Station\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0019-Branches-And-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0019-Branches-And-Snow-Arapahoe-Station-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Branches And Snow, Arapahoe Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was enough snow to make out the form of the steps that climbed up the stairs!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6675\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0031-Stairs-Under-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6675\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0031-Stairs-Under-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0031-Stairs-Under-Snow-Arapahoe-Station\" width=\"528\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stairs Under Snow, Arapahoe Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the following image, I liked the contrast of the snow-laden trees against the dark office buildings and the orange &#8220;candle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6670\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0024-Two-Trees-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6670\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6670\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0024-Two-Trees-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0024-Two-Trees-Snow-Arapahoe-Station\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0024-Two-Trees-Snow-Arapahoe-Station.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0024-Two-Trees-Snow-Arapahoe-Station-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Trees, Snow, Arapahoe Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While waiting for the train to arrive, I explored the area around the station. In this image, the blizzard dumped snow against the side of the lights and shelter roof, creating snow textures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6671\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0067-Snow-Textures-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6671\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6671\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0067-Snow-Textures-Arapahoe-Station.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0067-Snow-Textures-Arapahoe-Station\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0067-Snow-Textures-Arapahoe-Station.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0067-Snow-Textures-Arapahoe-Station-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Textures, Arapahoe Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I had arrived at DU Station, the blizzard dumped snow on the bike racks. The bikes were almost hidden under all that snow. However, there were interesting snow forms covered the parked bikes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6672\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0069-Bicycles-After-The-Snow-Storm.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6672\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6672\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0069-Bicycles-After-The-Snow-Storm.jpg\" alt=\"1746-0069-Bicycles-After-The-Snow-Storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0069-Bicycles-After-The-Snow-Storm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1746-0069-Bicycles-After-The-Snow-Storm-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bicycles, After The Snow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The skies cleared during the night. With the melting snow and freezing night, we had lots of ice the next day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, and most of Tuesday, a blizzard passed through the metro area and we were dumped with some 15 inches of wet, heavy snow. After arriving at Arapahoe Station, I made this image while walking down to work in the snow storm. 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