October's Best

Fall color as seen from the overlook at Little Moreau Recreation Area in Dewey County on October 1st.

Here are twelve of my favorite photos from the month of October, 2013.  For those visitors to this blog who may be new, check out "January's Best" entry for the rhyme and reason of why twelve photos per month.  It will be an interesting task to cull the best of 2013 at the end of the year.  It's been a fun process so far.  As always, click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!

Rare red aurora borealis in central Minnehaha County in the last hour of October 1st.

A self portrait with the northern lights on the dock at Island Lake taken during the first hour of October 2nd.

A windmill and corn field at twilight in McCook County in mid-October.

Beaver Creek Lutheran Church at Heritage Park on the campus of Augustana College in Sioux Falls.

Evening light highlights this autumn splendor in Brookings County just after a rain shower passed.

Sioux Fall's Old Courthouse Museum at twilight.

Harvesting corn with farm equipment of yesteryear at Beaver Creek Nature Area.

Allen Severtson looks back from his seat on a 1954 SC CASE tractor at the corn picker doing it's thing.

Fall along the Big Sioux River near Newton Hills State Park.

Golden leaves dress up these overhanging limbs along the Big Sioux River.

The setting sun through aligned openings of an unused barn west of Wakonda, SD.