Waldo Kobzar from Mechanicville took these weather photos in different areas around Saratoga County.

The photo titled “Cannon at Sunrise” won the annual pass photo contest and is also featured on the 2012 Saratoga National Historical Park’s annual Passport. It will also appear in the 2013 S.N.H.P. calendar.

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NORTH CREEK - The diehards couldn't be kept away. Skiiers and snowboarders  navigated mud and grass during Thursday's closing day at Gore Mountain.

"Just got to watch out for the bare spots and it's still great skiing. It's just a couple weeks too early," said Wally Horst of Skaneateles, while skiing with his 6-year-old son Jack.

Thanks to record high temperatures, there is more brown than white here this spring, which makes it difficult to make any green.

"The bottom line certainly suffered," said Kurt Wisell, assistant general manager of Gore Mountain.

To put things into perspective, March 22 is the earliest Gore Mountain has closed since they started making snow in the early 1980s. They usually stay open well into April.

But it's not usually 80 degrees.

If you look to the west in the evening sky this week your are sure to catch a glimpse of  two of the atmosphere's brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. Although hundreds of  millions of miles apart, an optical illusion leads you to believe they are very close.

The show will peak tonight, March 15 and is best viewed on the western horizon for four hours after sunset.