I think it was the sun in the pic but the dishes were nastier than they looked. That was a 2-3 day load and there was egg yolk, coffee, chinese food, dried milk, and sausage grease. The pot with the casserole mix was worse than the pic...I couldn't even scrape it off. I should have taken a pic of the door also with it's mish mash of dried on soils. As far as the top rack, my coffee mugs are a bit wide so most do not fit between the pins so I have to get creative.