With all the sunshine in February, you can bet the Pacific Northwest was going to strut its stuff, and strut it did!

I received two fantastic photos into my e-mail bin from last week. The first here was of a sunrise coming up behind Mt. Rainer captured by  Larry Savage from Olympia on Sunday morning.

The "eruption effect" is actually the mountain casting a shadow on the sky -- you can even make out where the mountain's peaks are.

Next up is this incredible shot by Reid Wolcott of a time lapse effect of the stars rotating around the Mukilteo Lighthouse:

Reid has several other fantastic weather shots which I'm highlighting a few below:

You can see more of Reid's fantastic photos on his Flickr Photostream and for some, you can even buy prints at his photography web site

Enjoy!