Monday December 27th we woke up to a landscape covered in Hoar Frost brought about by ice crystals freezing to hard surfaces; in this case the surfaces were trees. We were lucky to be up just as the sun was coming up so we quickly grabbed our cameras and headed out. The first place we went to was an overlook of the Mississippi River directly across from Ft. Snelling, with a view over the entire river valley and a clear view of the rising sun.
Oh, didn’t mention it was COLD, wind chill in the -teens and the snow pack was +/- 30″. I mention this because we were lucky enough to find a compacted path to walk to the overlook. The first couple of shots are taken from that overlook looking southwest and shot using a 10mm fish eye.
The remainder of the shots are from the day before and were taken in and around the in-laws farm in Trimont MN. They are surrounded by a wind farm which constantly amazes me with its’ effects on the scale of the farm landscape. I’ve been documenting that effect and the changing rural Minnesota landscape for several years.
