Tag: clouds

10-04-16 Another Day

The sun has risen 22,936 times during my life. I’ve missed seeing most of those sunrises. How about you? (read more)

By Scott Shephard

It just occurred to me that while the sun rose only once in this place on this day it is otherwise always rising and always setting all day long every day. Of course, it’s more accurate to suggest that the earth revolves all day long as the sun stays fixed relative to our point of view on earth.

As a child I remember wondering how fast you’d have to move so that the sun would appear to stand still. Answer: 1,037.5 miles per hour.

But I wasn’t moving when I took this photo. In fact, I was transfixed. You would have been, too, if you had be up on The Rock with me a few mornings ago. The light you see in this photo lasted about 4 minutes. But it was worth the trip. . . .

Canon 5DIII 1/15s f/16.0 ISO200 47mm (5 frame HDR)

08-19-16 The Earth Is Flat

Have you travelled the Polo Road? (read more)

By Scott Shephard

I am not a member of “The Flat Earth Society” whose credo suggests that the idea that the earth is spherical “is the biggest lie ever told.” I guess I believe that “lie,” though when you drive in parts of my state, it is easy to think that the world is very flat indeed.

This is the Polo road somewhere west of the little town of Polo and there is very little undulation in the landscape. I have driven this road many times but on this day, I was impressed by the clouds and the sun rays that I could see off to the east. 

And so I stopped my truck, kneeled down on the middle of the road to lower my point of view and took several photos. It was dead calm and very quiet. I spent several minutes in the middle of the Polo road and felt like if a car had been approaching, I would have heard it long before I saw it.

But no cars came. The empty Polo road is one of the things I like about South Dakota.

Canon 5DIII 1/1000s f/5.6 ISO400 24mm (3 sequence HDR)

08-18-16 What I Like About Summer

It was a picture-perfect morning. (read more)

By Scott Shephard

Frankly, there are many things I like about summer. But high on the list is being in Mission Creek on a perfect summer morning like yesterday. For those unfamiliar with Lake Oahe, Mission Creek is a tiny little part of a huge reservoir that goes from just north of Pierre, SD, to Bismarck, ND.

A breeze blew all night long while I was at anchor but just after sunrise, the wind stopped leaving the lake mirror-like. Later, when I was heading “home” the wind picked up and since it was coming out of the direction I had to go, I sailed 30 miles to go 12. Such is the nature of sailing. And I enjoyed every bit of it.

Canon 5DIII f/5.6 ISO200 16mm (3 frame HDR)

03-18-14 The Great Wide Open (HDR)

There is something about blue skies, puffy clouds and a cluster of distant trees that makes me pull over and get my camera and tripod out.

Yesterday’s post set a record for the number of words in one of my 2014 entries. So today I will let the photo speak for itself. This was taken a few miles west of Faulkton, SD.

Canon 5DIII 1/400s f/14.0 ISO160 21mm

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