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The top of Mount Fuji is lightly covered with the first snow of the season in this photo taken from the Mainichi helicopter on the morning of Sept. 24, 2011. The appearance of the snow was six days earlier than usual and one day earlier than last year. The temperature at the mountaintop was 5.3 degrees Celsius below zero at 6 a.m. on Sept. 24. (Mainichi)
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