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APTOPIX Washington Avalanche
In a long exposure photograph, skiers and snowboarders carrying lights head down the Leavenworth Ski Hill in Leavenworth, Wash. on Wednesday night, Feb. 22, 2012 during a public memorial for the three local skiers who died Sunday in an avalanche on Stevens Pass. Chris Rudolph and Jim Jack from Leavenworth and Johnny Brenan of nearby Peshastin were swept away and killed in the avalanche. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook)