Today in Pictures: Feb. 23, 2012

In a long exposure photograph, skiers and snowboarders carrying lights head down the Leavenworth Ski Hill in Leavenworth, Wash., Feb. 22, 2012 during a public memorial for the three local skiers who died in an avalanche on Stevens Pass. Chris Rudolph and Jim Jack from Leavenworth and Johnny Brenan of nearby Peshastin were swept away and killed in the avalanche. (Don Seabrook/The Wenatchee World/AP Photo)