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| Northern Lights above Crow Buttes on the Harding and Butte County Line of northwest South Dakota. |
I spent two week in Custer State Park and the surrounding area this June. Not a bad place to be in late spring! Things were a touch dry, so the wildflowers were not as abundant as I've seen in the past, but the scenery, wildlife and views were still spectacular. Later in the month I hiked the walking trail at Lake Vermillion Recreation area and found some wildflower pockets adding color to the prairie hills. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
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| Mountain Bluebird on a Custer State Park boundary fencepost. |
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| Scarlet Globemallow in bloom in northern Wind Cave National Park. |
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| Detail of a Rocky Mountain Iris (Blue Flag) flower petal. |
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| Sunset over Sylvan Lake. |
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| Thunderstorm approaching Sylvan Lake. |
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| The Milky Way above Zoar Church in northeast Day County, SD. |
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| Showy or Swamp Milkweed in bloom at Lake Vermillion Rec Area. |
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| Prairie Coneflower in a patch of Daisy Fleabane. |
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| Black Samson |
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| An orange moth amongst the flower patch. |
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| Black-eyed Susan |
