{"id":42108,"date":"2025-07-04T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42108"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:37:07","slug":"something-cool-for-a-hot-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/something-cool-for-a-hot-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Cool for a Hot Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I thought a cool photo would be nice treat for a hot summer day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m working on an article for Firecrown on winter photography and I&#8217;ve been sorting through more than 35 years of snowy images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 22, 1993, I was on-hand at Emigrant Gap, California to photography Southern Pacific&#8217;s famed Leslie Rotary snow plows that were being prepared for a run over Donner Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had been snowing for days and the railroad needed the plows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this image on 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