code: def _to_DOM(self):
          
          last_weather = None
          if (self._last_weather
                  and isinstance(self._last_weather, weather.Weather)):
              last_weather = self._last_weather._to_DOM()
  
          root_node = ET.Element('station')
          station_name_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'name')
          station_name_node.text = str(self._name)
          station_id_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'station_id')
          station_id_node.text = str(self._station_ID)
          station_type_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'station_type')
          station_type_node.text = str(self._station_type)
          status_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'status')
          status_node.text = str(self._status)
          coords_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'coords')
          lat_node = ET.SubElement(coords_node, 'lat')
          lat_node.text = str(self._lat)
          lon_node = ET.SubElement(coords_node, 'lon')
          lon_node.text = str(self._lon)
          distance_node = ET.SubElement(root_node, 'distance')
          distance_node.text = str(self._distance)
          root_node.append(last_weather)
          return root_node
docs: Dumps object data to a fully traversable DOM representation of the
          object.
  
          :returns: a ``xml.etree.Element`` object