Photography

TOP, ALEX BRANDON / AP PHOTO, BOTTOM, KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES

TOP, The Washington Monument is seen through the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., Friday, March 25, 2011. BOTTOM, A look at the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Seattle Center. The view looks at the Space Needle through the Glasshouse, which is 40-feet tall and has an expansive 100-foot long sculpture seen in the foreground.

TOP, JOEL HAWKSLEY / THE SEATTLE TIMES, BOTTOM, SUSAN WALSH / AP PHOTO

TOP, The band Explosions in the Sky performs the final night of the Capitol Hill Block Party music festival in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle on Sunday, July 24, 2011. BOTTOM, The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.