{"id":6218,"date":"2018-10-23T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T13:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2018-10-24T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T04:37:12","slug":"6218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6218","title":{"rendered":"Bismarck-Mandan area has the best autumn colors (Part 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sadly, this autumn has been brief, cold, and gray&#8230;and I&#8217;ve been way too busy to get out. But last year was perhaps the best photo fall I&#8217;ve ever had. Worth reposting. Six posts in all, I believe. Here&#8217;s the sixth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fallen_farm_51068-72_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fallen_farm_51068-72_hdr-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fallen_farm_51068-72_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fallen_farm_51068-72_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fallen_farm_51068-72_hdr-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Digging deep for one last blast of fall photos. This one is from the beginning of fall, when leaves were just beginning to turn. I noted the appearance of that first little patch of orange in the background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53838-40_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53838-40_hdr-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53838-40_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53838-40_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53838-40_hdr-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This tree had green and orange bursting forth. What an amazing sight!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_52541-3_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_52541-3_hdr-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_52541-3_hdr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_52541-3_hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_52541-3_hdr-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>One more shot into the valley&#8230;looking toward the Square Buttes from north of Bismarck.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53554-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53554.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53554-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/fall_colors_53554-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This is at the Crown Butte Dam on my way home from a long and particularly productive photo roaming day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2017\/10\/crown_butte_car_1760-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Final photo of the night and of this series. The moon was up, the sun was going down, and I revisited this old automobile camping out under a hilltop tree. It was the perfect conclusion to a very therapeutic day of roaming.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for foliage photos, but I have tons of additional North Dakota shots to share. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, this autumn has been brief, cold, and gray&#8230;and I&#8217;ve been way too busy to get out. But last year was perhaps the best photo fall I&#8217;ve ever had. Worth reposting. Six posts in all, I believe. 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