It was a glorious morning, with a perfectly clear sky. Near the horizon it was bright gold with the rising sun, and overhead it was still a deep blue. I managed to run around quite a bit with my cameras and not bring home any ticks, which is a feat considering how my friends have been getting swarmed by them!
Think Spring!
Of course, both the tone of the moon and the tone of the sky are due to the sun’s effect on our atmosphere, not on the moon itself. Regardless of the “how”, the “what” is a pleasing tone of sky and moon that are more evenly matched than after dark.
If you like photography and have a good telephoto lens, try this sometime. I think you’ll be pleased with the result.
Now that the sunset is getting later in the day, I’m able to enjoy this with my little boys. Over winter it occurs before I’m done with work for the day, and in midsummer it occurs way after the little guys need to go to bed. That means we’re now approaching the “sweet spot” of our sunset viewing availability window. I’m so blessed that my little guys like to chase sunsets with Daddy!
Have a great weekend!
The people working here got an idea for making lignite coal burn better by removing moisture. By the time they got their process worked out a little bit, they were also able to remove a significant amount of impurities and pollutants from the coal as well. They’re now in the process of licensing this sort of technology all over the world!
The whole thing started with some of that North Dakota ingenuity we all hear about, where guys just grab whatever is handy and start building something. What started out as blowing air through a barrel is now a process which can improve coal-fired power plant performance by leaps and bounds.
It also makes for a nice sunset photo!
This is the view from a minimum-maintenance road east of Crown Butte. There’s a pond in the little valley on this road. It’s a fantastic place to chill and happens to be a perfect sunset viewing spot in the middle of summer. Well, we’re not in the middle of summer anymore. I had to venture down the road a little further since the sun sets further south nowadays. Yesterday brought a lot of rain, so the road was composed of gooey mud in spots.
Some of the tourists there looked amused as I rolled up in the Monster Truck™, grabbed my tripod and camera bag, and ran out into the middle of the forts to get the right angle. Later, as I was wrapping up, a couple walked by and asked how the sunset turned out. Thankfully, as you can see for yourself, it turned out just fine.
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