{"id":34052,"date":"2015-12-08T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=34052"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:11:12","slug":"sunset-paints-the-sky-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/12\/08\/sunset-paints-the-sky-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset Paints the Sky at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to share an image today that I felt was peaceful, simple and colorful but serene and I thought of this one taken at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon this past September.<\/p>\n

\"PaintedPainted Sky at Red Rock Lakes NWR – Nikon D300, f5.6, 1\/100, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 31mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The are times when I feel that the sunset paints the sky with vibrant colors and although the earth seems muted at twilight its still anchors me.<\/p>\n

I don’t mean “anchor” as in a ball and chain, I mean grounded. Connected. Part of the natural world.<\/p>\n

There is no fear there, no hate. There are no twisted meanings because the earth and sky don’t use words.<\/p>\n

Nature doesn’t need words to speak.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge photos plus facts and information about this refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The are times when I feel that the sunset paints the sky with vibrant colors and although the earth seems muted at twilight its still anchors me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1513,223,12,608],"tags":[4101,6303,4794,12272,5178,615,4094,4069,4793,958,4092,4018,3993,5434,12273,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-34052","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-clouds","tag-colorful","tag-connected","tag-horizon","tag-lake","tag-lower-lake","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-painted-sky","tag-reflections","tag-refuge","tag-sky","tag-sunset","tag-valley","tag-vibrant-colors","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t