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| Pasqueflower fuzz in the evening light |
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| Northern lights over Belleview Lutheran Church |
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| Northern lights over Esmond, SD |
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| Plum brush with butterfly |
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| Yellow warbler |
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| Pasqueflower |
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| Pasqueflower in the rain |
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| Raindrops on pasqueflower |
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| Duckings |
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| Pincushion cactus in bloom |
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| Double rainbow over the yellow mounds area of Badlands National Park |
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| Rainbow over Badlands National Park |
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| After the rain in Eastern Pennington County, SD |
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| Storm building over Wind Cave National Park |
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| Sage Creek Wilderness - Badlands National Park |
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| Sage Creek Wilderness - Badlands National Park |
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| Painted Lady Butterfly |
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| Orange - harvest haze at sunset |
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| Yellow - Aspen leaves |
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| Blue - Downy gentian wildflower |
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| White - Great Plains Ladies-tresses orchid |
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| Red - Common serviceberry leaf |
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| Northern Black Hills highlands in late September |
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| Northern Black Hills highlands in late September |
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| Vanocker's Canyon Road |
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| Mirrored September sunset |
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| Rain shower over Badlands National Park |
Spring came late to South Dakota in 2022 so May was quite the month. From finding first flowers on the plains and in the draws to massive wind and rain storms across the wide open sky... The great outdoors seemed a little wilder than other years. As they say, bad weather makes for great photographs, and I can't argue with that. Here are a dozen favorite photos from May. Some showing the smaller details of spring on the prairie and others showing the vast views that can take one's breath away. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
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| First cherry blossoms of spring |
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| Bumblebee on plum brush |
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| Carolina anemone |
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| Canada Warbler |
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| Sunlight lighting a rain shaft receding over Badlands National Park |
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| Double rainbow over an abandoned home |
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| Kinnikinnick or red bearberry blossoms |
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| Spotted mission bells also called chocolate lilies |
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| Prairiesmoke in light rain |
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| Bighorn sheep ewe |
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| Derecho cloud with dust |
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| December sunset beyond St. Ann's Catholic Church near Badus Lake (Lake County, SD) |
The last month of 2021 proved to be a grand flourish of photography that included many colorful sunsets, a 10-inch first snow event and then a particularly wonderful trip West River to close out the year. Picking a dozen photos from these events proved difficult, which is good problem to have. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
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| Last of the day's sunlight striking St. Paul Lutheran of Union County, SD and the Loess Hills of Plymouth County, IA in the distance |
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| Northern Cardinal in heavy snow |
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| Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD |
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| Sculpture with snow - Downtown Sioux Falls, SD |
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| Dawn's first light on Skresfrud Lutheran of rural Lincoln County, SD |
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| Single snowflake |
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| Christmas morning Snowy Owl in southern Sioux Falls, SD |
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| Badlands mule deer in snow |
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| Badlands black and white in winter |
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| Bighorn ram at Badlands National Park |
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| Snowfall through sunlight at Badlands National Park |
