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Sunrise over NE Wyoming

Sunrise over NE Wyoming
Sunrise over NE Wyoming

Sunrise over NE Wyoming

The Three Missouri Butte volcanic neck complex to the right horizon, Add the Devil’s Tower and the Bear Lodge Mountains to their left. This early morning shortly after sunrise on the Pass to RockyPoint Wyoming was clear sky. I’m less than 4 miles to Montana over my shoulder.

Alpenglow was lit up by the low angle far traveled light. Those colors surviving surviving the atmospheres gauntlet are yellow and reds. They are the only light to make it through the hundreds of miles of atmosphere. Only then they refract off ice to my camera. Resultant this color scheme. . A yellow sky in the morning is a VERY common thing in the winter. This is a view toward the south west . From a high overlook for sure. Light snow this spring so far as is evident.

This wonderful location which overlooks MOST of northern Crook County in Wyoming with the Bear Lodge Mountains coinciding with the South Dakota border. A REALLY big area covered in this wide image. I must admit that I like panoramic cell phone camera images very much. Handy as heck. However they will not quite be the file size that these Sony Cameras give me up to 60 meg jpg’s. This is close to a 90 degree arc in the corner of the county so this is pretty much about 1/2 of the county under this photo. The Bear Lodge range is around 80 miles distant from this spot. This is still big country out there.

The air was crisp and clean as can be.

Location: Trail Creek Road, The Pass at RockyPoint Wyoming.

Title: Sunrise over NE Wyoming

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Devil’s Tower and The “Three Sisters” Deep in Winter

Devil's Tower and The "Three Sisters" Deep in Winter
Devil's Tower and The "Three Sisters" Deep in Winter

Taken January 2019, this image of the Devil’s Tower and the “Three Sisters” (Missouri Buttes) deep in winter in sub-zero temps. THe Pink is late in the day alpenglow with all the long shadows.

The Three sisters are about 30 miles out and the Devils tower about 40 from my vantage point on the Pass to Rocky Point Wyoming on Trail Creek Road. Campbell County Wyoming.
This is the view that tourists never see as they are all on the other side of those hills. You can see South Dakota from this site on a very clear day…completely across Crook County.

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Devils Tower/Missouri Butte Volcanic Complex in Twilight

Devils Tower/Missouri Butte Volcanic Complex in Twilight
Devils Tower/Missouri Butte Volcanic Complex in Twilight

I have to drive about 10 miles to get to this location viewing the Devils Tower/Missouri Butte Volcanic Neck Complex well before twilight to set up.

Devils Tower was the nations first National Monument. The “Three Sisters” as they were known to the wagon train pioneers, are related to the tower in space and time and are all remnants of ancient volcanic neck that have been exposed by eroding the material away from above. Many thousands of feet of sediment were washed down by the “Little Missouri River” to the Gulf of Mexico.

The 3 Missouri Buttes the real name) is about 30 miles drive from my cameras vantage and the tower is closer to 45 miles out. View from the Northwest (the side the tourists NEVER see). There has been a LOT of purple in the skies of Wyoming this fall. Not sure why more than normal though. 🤔

Location: Trail Creek Road, Pass at Rockypoint Wyoming.

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The “Three Sisters” aka The “Missouri Buttes” in Alpenglow

The "Three Sisters" aka The "Missouri Buttes" in Alpenglow
The "Three Sisters" aka The "Missouri Buttes" in Alpenglow

Three Sisters were lit up by alpenglow and the rising sun. (Known as the Missouri Buttes they were a landmark to the old wagon trains and settlers out in this country. , Again a tad out of season but I will be posting all sorts of images from my timeline from this point on. Once I post an image on my personal FB page, it goes to most social media sites too. Don’t forget it also goes for sale in the Blissphotographics.com gallery .

We are working hard to get you more products and images. There are actually two of us “working” this production. Both Bliss. We try to keep it in the family lolol.

You all have a great day and be safe for the rest of the evening. (Late post).

Location: The Pass to Rockypoint on Trail Creek Road. Campbell County Wyoming.