Lake Marie Sunrise

Spectacular sunrise with low pink clouds at Lake Marie in the Snowy Range of Wyoming.
I woke early Sunday morning, long before sunrise. Overnight temperatures were well below freezing, leaving the ground crunchy with frost and ice. The wind was still howling, as it had all night long. Most of the Snowy Range was obscured by undulating fog and clouds. Medicine Bow Peak, Old Main and Sugarloaf Mountain were hidden from view. The higher clouds were streaming across the sky. So much so, that looking up caused a dizzying, disorienting feeling that the ground was moving. But the eastern …

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I wonder how many lakes are named “Mirror Lake?”    ;-)

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After several days of photographing completely cloudless skies in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming (bummer), we headed south to the Snowy Range. And we arrived just in time for a magnificent sunset – what a treat!
Please click on the image above to view a larger size. Really! Go ahead and click, its worth it…  :-)

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I just posted my full Snowy Range Trip Report with a short write-up, overview map and slideshow.
Enjoy!

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I recently returned from a wildflower photography trip to Wyoming’s Snowy Range. The wildflower bloom was fantastic and the weather was great. I’ve begun working through my images and wanted to share a preliminary version of this sunrise 5 image stitch panorama from the Lakes Trail. I still have some tweaking work to do on it, but I really like it so far…
In larger versions, the detail throughout the image is remarkable – from the grasses in the tarn to the jagged rocks of the mountains. This one will definitely end up on the printer.

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