Snow is also quite rare and I don't think this patch lasted more than a week. This morning surprised me because there was a golden Vancouver with a snowy neighborhood around me.

Camera:	Nikon D2x
Date:	Thursday, January 11th, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Exposure:	1/200 sec at f6.3
ISO:	250 asa
Lens:	12-24mm f4G ED DX AF-S Zoom-Nikkor at 12mm (equivalent field of view of a 18mm lens on a 35mm camera) With cropping (you see 58% of the image as shot), this lens is effectivly a 23mm lens on a 35mm camera
Photographer:	John Harvey
Tag:	snow, Vancouver, city, sunrise
Larger Image:	2000 x 667
Raw Image:	4647 x 1549