As the season changes, so too does the light. Shadows lengthen. It’s hard to know if the autumn foliage of the prairies is really THAT brilliant, or if it just seems that way because of how the sun sits in the sky, slanting at just the right angle to pick out every hue. But of course, the light and the leaves must conspire. Nature is full of such beautiful conspiracies.
This is what a perfect autumn day looks like in the Deep South. It just so happened to be the day of a total lunar eclipse, when the entire moon is obscured by the shadow of the earth. Shadows and more shadows. But there can only be shadows when there’s light. And we have the best light anywhere.
Sylvan Valley Regional Park, near St. Victor. September 27, 2015.
Coulee at Sylvan Valley Regional Park, near St. Victor. September 27, 2015.
A view of Stink Lake. R.M. of the Gap. September 27, 2015.
Bulrushes/Cattails at dusk. Between Brooking and Ceylon, R.M. of the Gap. September 27, 2015.
Sun sets over the slough. Between Brooking and Ceylon, R.M. of the Gap. September 27, 2015.
Willow Bunch Elevator. September 27, 2015.
Fenceposts near Willow Bunch. September 27, 2015.
Foliage of the Wood Mountain Uplands, near Willow Bunch. September 27, 2015.
Abandoned homestead near the West Farm, R.M. of the Gap. September 27, 2015.
Coulee just south of Willow Bunch. September 27, 2015.
Coulees near the St. Victor Petroglyphs. September 27, 2015.
from the gap 