More September Badlands Skies

The Pinnacles Overlook at Badlands National Park in South Dakota provides for many a beautiful vista for sunrise/sunsets. Saturday evening, September 16, 2017 was no exception. The location shown above was about a .2-mile walk over hummocky hills from the parking lot. Time was 6:40 pm MDT. The image was shot using Aperture Priority setting at f/11.

Similar shot at 6:51 pm. 1/100 second at f/9, 250 ISO and 28mm focal length. Official sunset was at 6:57 pm.

Two minutes after sunset. A panorama of the same area, including the overlook's lookout (left). 1/100 second at f/9, 250 ISO and 18mm focal length.

Door Trail area of the Badlands. 6:33 am MDT, Sunday, September 17, 2017. Official sunrise was 6:31 am. This image looks southwest and includes wisps of cirrus clouds. Perched on the red hillocks in the background with her iPad is Sue Alliss. The hillocks were reflecting the rising sun.

Similar image at 6:35 am. 1/40 second at f/10, 320 ISO, 11mm focal length. Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX II lens, Vanguard Alta Pro 263 AT tripod with SBH-100 ballhead.

Vertically-cropped variant of an earlier posted image from the Door Trail area to create a more dynamic  image of the Milky Way rising over a light-painted foreground area looking west. 4:12 am MDT, Monday, September 18, 2017. 20 second exposure at f/2.8, 5000 ISO and 11mm focal length. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.