Amazing Pictures Of Relentless Snow Blanketing The Northeast

Bryan Logan,Matt Johnston

Jan 27, 2015, 06:00 IST

The first major snowstorm to hit the east coast in 2015 has arrived, and it's shaping up to be just as massive as we thought.

The images coming in are staggering.

Here's a look at the skyline of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn shore.

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The skyline of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge is seen in falling snow as seagulls fly above the East River and New York Harbor as seen from the Brooklyn shore, January 26, 2015.

Here are some cars slowly making their way down 7th Avenue in falling snow in New York. The whiteout nearly makes them invisible!

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Cars slowly make their way down 7th Avenue in falling snow near dusk in New York

Meteorologists have been warning much of the Northeast about the storm the past couple of days. They were right.

This man was pushing a shopping cart of groceries to his car in a snowy store parking lot in Cranberry, Butler County, Pa. this afternoon.

AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

Bob Kist of Mars, Pa. pushes his shopping cart of groceries to his car in the snowy store parking lot on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 in Cranberry, Butler County, Pa.

Here's a view from the United Nations building today. That's a tug boat pushing a barge down the East River.

The NYC skyline is turning white in the background.

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A tug boat pushes a barge down the East River as pictured from the United Nations building as it snows in the Manhattan borough of New York January 26, 2015.

Some people have dubbed this, "snowpocalypse." They might be right.