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Weekend readers' pictures: Pure

In pictures: Pure: landscape covered in snow
Rosie Minkler: 'I took this looking down a mountain in Austria in the middle of a snowstorm. To me, there is nothing more pure than a landscape covered in snow.' Photograph: Rosie Minkler
In pictures: Pure: woman
Kentaro Tsuda: 'I was lying in bed and wanted to capture my girlfriend just as she was. Fortunately, she didn’t mind.' Photograph: Kentaro Tsuda
In pictures: Pure: Virgin Mary
Sue Fasquelle: 'Whether or not you believe in the ‘purity’ of the Virgin Mary, her image against the sun has something of the pure about it.' Photograph: Sue Fasquelle
In pictures: Pure: Marble angel
Georgina Edwards: 'The purity of the white marble glowing in the darkness.' Photograph: Georgina Edwards
In pictures: Pure: dog in snow
Abi Knee: 'My best friend's dog on a walk in December, making the most of the pure white snow.' Photograph: Abi Knee
In pictures: Pure: Baby in the bath
David Raynor: 'Baby in the bath. At first glance she is porcelain then scary and beautiful. A pure fluke.' Photograph: David Raynor
In pictures: Pure: Snowy landscape
James Horrocks: 'I rose early to do my paper-round and it had snowed. I took this for my Mum, in case it all melted before she got up.' Photograph: James Horrocks
In pictures: Pure: Cloud
Brian Meredith: 'Looking almost as if it were in two minds about where to head next, the unlikely appearance of this solitary little cloud suddenly drew all my attention to the pure blue vastness of the Southern California sky above me.' Photograph: Brian Meredith
In pictures: Pure: Milk ripple
Stephen Chapman: 'I was playing with my old camera one day while drinking some milk and managed to get this shot. The gentle rings and colour could be liquid or solid, but either way, they look so pure and soft.' Photograph: Stephen Chapman
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