Soft green wheat field
North Dakota’s evening beauty is nothing if it is not soft, even after a passing storm. What starts as a rugged black field sprouts green in the spring and then as the small grains develop their head, the field softens.
Cows graze storm passes
In this case, the soft small grain field is marked by the tire tracks of a sprayer that had gone through the field a few days earlier. Off in the distance the evening glow of cumulus clouds signify that someone is about to get some rain.
Meanwhile several miles south of the wheat field, cows graze as another storm passes. The softness of the pastoral hillside and the cotton ball clouds create a sense of peace that is typical of North Dakota: calmness even as the storms pass. The calm pastoral beauty of North Dakota is best seen in the evening, the “golden hour” when the harsh light of the mid-day sun has passed and now the indirect light of the western setting sun adds contrast to the countryside.
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