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Nevis Peak, Nevis, W.I.

Nevis Peak at dawn. The (nearly) omnipresent cloud covering is reputedly how Nevis got its name via Christopher Columbus in 1493, as he mistook it for a snowcap (for the benefit of those non-polyglots like myself, "nieves" is Spanish for snow.)

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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Taken on May 22, 2008