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The first snow of 2021 at Duke

Duke Chapel in the first snow of 2021.

Duke Chapel in the first snow of 2021.

By Duke Today Staff

Snow in the piedmont of North Carolina is a fairly rare occurence. So when a light dusting of snow covered campus on Thursday, Duke photographers were quick to capture the beautiful frost-covered gardens and gothic buildings of Duke campus. It may have melted by noon, but the ephemeral wonder of snow in Durham has been eternally captured for all to see here.

A Dusting of Snow in Gothic Wonderland v1 from Duke University on Vimeo.

 

Rhiannon Eplett, a freshman studying biology, builds a snowman in front of Lily Library.
 

The Benjamin Duke statue, covered in a light dusting of snow.
 

 

A snow-topped colorful sign that points to places and gives their mileage away from Duke.
 

A frosty aerial view of Chapel Drive.
 

The Washington Duke statue, sitting comfortably amongst the snow.
 

The snow-dusted quad on West Campus.
 

The statue in front of the gazebo in Duke Gardens on a snowy morning.
 

A blooming tree in Duke Gardens, covered in snow.
 

A snow-lined pathway in Duke Gardens.