Rolling shortgrass prairie carpeting the northern High Plains is illuminated in a golden hue that naturally deepens the visual color saturation, behind a cluster of thunderstorms that deepens the illumination contrast of the scene. This was a “golden hour” not only for photographic light, but for experiential immersion in the gentle majesty of the western Dakota grasslands. Rain-cooled air carried a fresh, invigorating, earthy aroma, alongside the stereophonic tunes of several western meadowlarks and several dozen crickets, while in the distance, a pronghorn antelope periodically peeked above the ridge line in cautious observance of a big, two-legged critter. The peacefulness of the scene belied the 1823 tribulations of mountain man, explorer and fur trapper Hugh Glass, who somehow survived many miles of crawling across this land bearing a broken leg and festering, maggot-covered wounds, after being mauled by a grizzly bear, and abandoned for dead by his companions.
7 SSE Shadehill SD (14 Jun 18) Looking SE
45.6685, -102.1673
Golden Hour at Grand River Grassland
Rolling shortgrass prairie carpeting the northern High Plains is illuminated in a golden hue that naturally deepens the visual color saturation, behind a cluster of thunderstorms that deepens the illumination contrast of the scene. This was a “golden hour” not only for photographic light, but for experiential immersion in the gentle majesty of the western Dakota grasslands. Rain-cooled air carried a fresh, invigorating, earthy aroma, alongside the stereophonic tunes of several western meadowlarks and several dozen crickets, while in the distance, a pronghorn antelope periodically peeked above the ridge line in cautious observance of a big, two-legged critter. The peacefulness of the scene belied the 1823 tribulations of mountain man, explorer and fur trapper Hugh Glass, who somehow survived many miles of crawling across this land bearing a broken leg and festering, maggot-covered wounds, after being mauled by a grizzly bear, and abandoned for dead by his companions.
7 SSE Shadehill SD (14 Jun 18) Looking SE
45.6685, -102.1673