Cumulus clouds billow over the landscape near Cedar City, Utah. Cedar City averages 45.4 inches (115.3 centimeters) of snowfall annually. Claiming "the greatest snow on earth," Utah attracts close to 500,000 skiers each year, not counting the locals.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Utah: Land of Promise, Kingdom of Stone," January 1996, National Geographic magazine)
