Winter freeze, summer solstice
Boston suffered heavy snowstorms last winter, with snow ploughs, skiers and snowboarders battling the drifts. The city got 275.8 cm of snow over the winter, the most since 1872, when records began.
A few months after the snowstorms, Brian Snyder shot pictures at the exact same locations in very different conditions.
Before: Crews remove snow around an empty gate at Logan Airport.
After: An American Airlines plane pulls up to a gate.
Before: A cross-country skier makes his way along the Charles River past the Boston skyline.
After: A woman pushes a baby stroller in the same location.
Before: Will Adam, 14, snowboards down a street on Beacon Hill.
After: A woman looks at her mobile phone as she walks down the same street.
Before: A snowmobile pulls a man on a snowboard on Commonwealth Avenue.
After: A woman rides down the same street.
Before: A boat sits in a salt marsh covered in snow and ice near Wingaersheek Beach.
After: The same boat sits in the identical location.
Before: Roofs, streets and the Charles River are covered in snow.
After: Sunlight bathes the roofs, streets and the Charles River.
