Shadows and light at the Pyeongchang Olympics

At the Pyeongchang Olympics, most days are very cold and very bright. As the sun moves through the sky, shadows contract and lengthen. 

Athletes are silhouetted as they trudge to starting lines and soar through the air.

Here, Associated Press photographers at the Pyeongchang Olympics focus on shadows and light.

A sculpture of skiers outside the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center is silhouetted against the sky at sunset at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Teal Harle, of Canada, jumps during the men's slopestyle qualifying at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Wilhelm Denifl, of Austria, walks to the starting gate during training for the men's nordic combined competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A female athlete from China is silhouetted against the reflection of a spotlight on the ice during the women's 500 meters speedskating practice session at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Jan Scherrer, of Switzerland, runs the course during the men's halfpipe qualifying at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Austria's Anna Veith, silver, Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka, gold, and Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather, bronze, from left, celebrate during the venue ceremony for the women's super-G at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Jerome Lymann, of Switzerland, jumps during the men's snowboard cross seeding run at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Volunteers are silhouetted through fencing at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Course crew are shrouded in snow as they slip slide to the finish after the women's giant slalom was postponed due to high winds at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Yongpyong Alpine Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Christian Nummedal, of Norway, jumps during the men's slopestyle qualifying at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Poland's Kamil Stoch practices for the men's ski jumping competition in the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Olympic Sliding Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Spectators arrive for the women's 1,000 meters speedskating race at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Laurent Muhlethaler, of France, is silhouetted as he jumps during training for the nordic combined competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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This gallery was curated by AP photo editors Courtney Dittmar and Peter Morgan in Pyeongchang, South Korea. 

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