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  • The supermoon rises over the Arch in St. Louis as seen from the Compton Hill Water Tower on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The supermoon will peak on early Monday morning shortly before sunrise, it will be the nearest supermoon in almost 70 years and will be the largest until Nov. 25, 2034. A supermoon happens when a full moon makes its closest pass to Earth appearing up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter in the sky. Viewing of the moon should also be good on Monday after the sun sets and the moon rises out of the east. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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  • Cub Scout Nick Kollar, 8, from Eureka, places flags in front of head stones at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Kollar was one of more than 5,000 local scouts who showed up to help place flags at the more than 139,000 head stones at the cemetery. This was the 61st annual Memorial Day {quote}Good Turn{quote} event that was sponsored by the Gravois Trail District of the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
  • Dwight Jones, 13, tumbles over an old mattress he and his friends were playing with in south St. Louis. Jones says he likes the energy of tumbling and learned his skills from his brother and lots of practice.David Carson | Post-Dispatch
  • A Robin comes back to the nest to feed it's brood in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis. The babies hatched over the weekend and the parents have been busy feeding the three chicks.
  • Friends Patrick Schertzer, left, Brett Ware, center, and Curtis Vitale take flying leaps into a man made lake at the New Town development in St. Charles County. Tempatures are expected to remain in the upper 80's and lower 90's for the through the weekend.
  • Ice crystals form on the windshield of a car in south St. Louis city on Tuesday. Frosty weather is expected again today as temperatures will struggle to get above freezing.
  • After greeting children from the roof of the Hard Rock Cafe Santa Claus, played by Dana Wayne Morris of St. Louis, squeezes down a hatch and into the restaurant to hear the children's Christmas wishes.
  • Fair St. Louis fireworks light up the St. Louis skyline on Thursday, July 4, 2013. This picture was shot from the roof of the Pierre Chouteau building in 4400 Lindell Blvd.
  • Civil War re-enactor Peggie Avery plays the role of a Union Army widow during Memorial Day services at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
  • Abraham Lincoln impersonators gather at the enterance to the dedication ceremonies for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill.
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  • Antonie Baker, 8, leaps through the spray of a cooling station that was set up in front of the Gamble Community Center in St. Louis. An excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the St. Louis area.
  • Bethalto West Elementary School fourth grader Chris Williams, 9, is buried in the {quote}Corn Crib{quote} play area at the Great Godfrey Maze during a school field trip.
  • A graffiti artist from Kansas City works on putting the finishing touches on his work on the flood wall south of the Arch on Wharf Street in St. Louis. About 140 graffiti artist from around the country came to St. Louis to paint the flood wall.
  • Danny Wall, from Fenton, cruises down Interstate 70 West through downtown St. Louis on his way to deliver a present to a three-year-old boy in Granite City on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. {quote}I love seeing the expression of joy on people's faces as I drive by{quote} said Wall who started playing the role of Santa Claus eight years ago when his first grandchildren were born. At first he visited just the homes of friends and family but he has visited with groups Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and children at Rankin Jordan. He says playing Santa Claus helps him get the Christmas spirit and relieve stress. Wall is a riding a 2008 Honda Goldwing Trike.Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Sturdy Gurlesque performs one of her burlesque routines that feature fire as part of the Albino Alley Cat Revue on stage at Rue 13 on Washington Ave in St. Louis.
  • Martin McDrano (center) and Alberta Mejia dance to the music at the Acapulco Restaurant and Lounge in St. Ann. Emestina Zegar, owner of the Acapulco, thinks fewer people are frequenting her business because they fear being stopped by the St. Ann police.
  • Mathew Hebert (left), from Midnight Studios out of Mesa, Arizona, stops to talk with Janice Smith, from Ballwin, as he walks the floor of the 17th annual Halloween and Attractions Show at America's Center in St. Louis.
  • Mekkah Richards, 15, helps her brother Abel Richards, 9, put on his swim cap before the start of event featuring Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cullen Jones at the Mathews Dickey Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis. The event, Make A Splash, put on by the USA Swimming Foundation, is designed to raise awareness about the importance of learning to swim. The program has helped provide more than 845,000 kids with swimming lessons.
  • Jeanne Tallman escorts her granddaughter Whitney Weeks, 3, as she hands a coloring she did to O'Fallon police officer Mike Plum after a ceremony honoring first responders in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. {quote}She wanted him (Plum) to know she was thinking about them{quote} said Tallman who said the coloring paid tribute to the fire fighters and police officers who gave their lives on September 11. The City of O'Fallon, Mo. hosted a Patriot Day Ceremony, a Tribute to First Responders by a piece of the twisted steel from the World Trade Center at the Municipal Centre.Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • During their first introduction the Bouldin family tries to coax a smile out of Dmitry, right, a 5-year-old Russia orphan. Dmitry was assigned to stay with the family for three weeks to see if child and family were a match.
  • Tuesday June 28, 2011--Malachi Lawrence, 3, plays in the bedroom in his and his mother's, Deidre Woodberry, apartment in north St. Louis County. Woodberry participated in Contraceptive Choice Project trial soon after the birth of her son Malachi. Woodberry knew she didn't want to have more kids while she was trying to finish up her college degree.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Thursday June 25, 2009--Gerrell Lawson, 12, basks in the spray of a garden hose as he plays with is friends is Hillsdale on Thursday. Thursday marked the eighth straight day of temperatures above 90 and Saturday is expect to top out close to 100 with some cooling into the upper 80s expected for Sunday.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • A Twin Beech airplane circles over the Arch trailing smoke after members of the Liberty Parachute Team jumped out from about 5,000 feet above St. Louis during a practice run for the Fair St. Louis air show on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. This year's fair will feature air shows at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 5 p.m. on Saturday.Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Sunday January 31, 2010--Glowing globes fill the splash and spray water fountain area of Citygarden, a public sculpture park in downtown St. Louis, on Sunday. The 25 globes are each lit by two LED lights and are programed to glow in an every changing a rainbow of hues. The globes will be turned on every night through the end of February from 5pm-midnight. The globes were installed by Hydro Dramatics, a St. Louis fountain design company. To see more photos of the glowing globes go to stltoday.com/multimedia .David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Wednesday August 24, 2005--Honey bees flock to a field sun flowers off of Illinois Route 159 in Maryville on Wednesday. Temperatures should remain in the 80's for the rest of the week and weekend with a chance of storms through Saturday.PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD
  • A meteor streaks across the heavens above a farm field in Highland Illinois during the Leonid meteor shower. The field and tree are illuminated by light of from the full moon.
  • Grace Wickham (front), Rachel Hutson (center), Matt Wickham, and Reilly Newton get some help from Noah Cochran (left) as he hoses down the plastic sheeting while they launch themselves down a homemade Slip 'n Slide during a party at the Wickham's home in Weldon Spring on Monday May 28, 2012. The Wickhams made the slide from a 100 foot roll of plastic sheeting, some sprinklers to wet the slide and dish soap to make it slippery. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Monday August 5, 2002--Jake Whitehead, 16, of Edwardsville, launches himself off a rope swing into a pond as his friend Shaun Fink, 16, of Glen Carbon watches. {quote}We're just hanging out, cooling off and having fun{quote} said Fink of their mid-afternoon dip in a swimming hole off of Oaklawn Road in Glen Carbon on Monday. Tempature will cool off into the upper 80's for Tuesday but return to the mid-90's later in the week.Photo By David Carson/PD
  • Lightning streaks across the sky above the Gateway Memorial Arch in downtown St. Louis on Saturday.
  • Terrance Bullock, of St. Louis, walks under the steam spouting from the lions head on the Bee Hat Lofts along N. 11th Street on Thursday. Freezing temperatures with day time highs in the teens are expected to continue for the next three days. The steam was added to the building as an ornamental detail when it was renovated into lofts from 2005-2006.
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