Daily Archives: November 7, 2007

Iridescent clouds

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As I left work a few days ago I spotted these clouds overhead. The sun is in the center of the photo, about a third of the way up from the bottom of the frame. Its light was reflected, refracted, and deflected by some wild clouds. Some of them took on a rainbow-like appearance. They’re called iridescent clouds and are a pretty neat phenomenon.

I try to keep an eye on the sky…for instance, I took some photos of tonight’s wispy clouds at sunset. But I don’t care to bore people with post after post of sunrises and sunsets. When I see something a little more unique, though, such as these iridescent clouds, I post ’em.

I still say North Dakota has the most beautiful skies, and I’m sure many of my friends and readers who are no longer in North Dakota will agree with me.

Out to pasture

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On a lonely little gravel road west of Mandan I found this rig parked in the corner of a field. As anyone visiting this site on a regular basis knows, I’m a sucker for a broken-down farmstead, a windmill, a well, or an old farm implement. I guess it’s part of North Dakota’s charm, although a wistful one at that. In my travels around the periphery of Bismarck-Mandan I’ve found many such sights, more than I’ve posted here. Gradually I’ll let ’em all out!