The Clearing
Even though I love thunderstorms, I was hoping for a clear sky to photograph the milky way since I was only in the Badlands one night. At 10 pm it didn't seem like it was going to happen so I returned to my campsite in Wall. But just before going to sleep at midnight I looked up and could see stars. So I drove the 20 minutes back to the overlook and saw this. Badlands National Park is one of the best places you can go for dark skies with very little light pollution. Although it wasn't very well defined, green airglow is visible in this shot. Even a very small town can have lights that reflect on the clouds and that is what the orange spots are.
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badlands national park, national park, wall, south dakota, night, sky, stars, starry, dark, space, astronomy, astrophotography, milky way, galaxy, sagittarius, scenic, view, overlook, airglow, green, orange, lights, light pollution, clouds, august, summer, nebula, 2013, clear, clearing
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