Sunshine & a Bonanza for Mom

There must be a lot of Italian blood in Santiago. The Italians just won the Copa del Mundo and the city here is alive with people honking. And, with all the mayhem, we even got the attention of Mr. Golden Sun who decided to shine down on Chile for a few minutes. I, having nothing better to do on Sunday in Santiago when nothing (and I mean nada) is open, snapped some pictures for anyone who gets bored reading text and just scrolls for bright flashy images (but for the future: remember that for every thousand words of mine, you should be able to create a beautiful flashy image of your own).

So, what I had originally wanted to show Mom was how much more snow my mountains (yes I own them as determined by the amount of times I have stolen their souls with flashbulbs) got yesterday during the another routine Santiago smoggling:


But that is dull compared to when the sun lit up the bottom hills of the mountain (tilt the screen a bit (and click to enlarge) to see the contrast):


I like this bunch of photos because you can see the stream of sun movoing up the side of the mountain as the clouds moved:


This one is pretty cool because you can see the snow under the sun. I doubt too much melted though. Maybe you can tell that I was playing with some of the color features to get better photos.


And then what it looks like to me most days (black, white and kind of dreary):


And finally, this is looking out the window on the other side of my apartment building. There is a hill that is sort of a central park in Santiago (more of a side-park) and there is a zoo in there (hopefully I'll visit soon). Anyway, there are some nice colors here: