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\"AfternoonAfternoon at Red Rock Lakes<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is good. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes Life is good. \ud83d\ude42 Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,223,12,608],"tags":[4035],"class_list":["post-15813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-nature-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-rock-lakes-afternoon-0655-1024x579-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-473","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28213,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/09\/08\/a-lovely-september-afternoon-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":15813,"position":0},"title":"Lovely September Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I am camping in one of my favorite locations in the world right now, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lovely Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-september-mia-mcpherson-8088.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-september-mia-mcpherson-8088.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-september-mia-mcpherson-8088.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-september-mia-mcpherson-8088.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":918,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/09\/21\/ive-added-a-new-favorite-location\/","url_meta":{"origin":15813,"position":1},"title":"I’ve added a new favorite location","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"You can find\u00a0my information and photos\u00a0of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge here","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sunlit fence at the lower campground of Red Rock Lakes NWR, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5192,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/16\/the-morning-mist-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":15813,"position":2},"title":"The Morning Mist at Red Rock Lakes NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't have much time to post today but I wanted to share a few photos taken this week of the mists at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. 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