Thomas Jefferson Memorial Heavy Fog Mallard Ducks Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON DC, District of Columbia — Heavy fog obscures the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as mallard ducks swim across the calm waters of the Tidal Basin. Designed by architect John Russell Pope and completed in 1943, the structure employs a Neoclassical design modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, featuring a prominent circular colonnade of Ionic columns. In the foreground, mallards (*Anas platyrhynchos*) navigate the partially man-made reservoir, which was originally engineered in the late 19th century to harness tid

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