{"id":5192,"date":"2012-06-16T08:40:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:59:21","slug":"the-morning-mist-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/16\/the-morning-mist-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning Mist at Red Rock Lakes NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t have much time to post today but I wanted to share a few photos taken this week of the morning mist at the Lower Lake of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/red_rock_lakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/span> in Montana. Red Rock Lakes NWR is an incredibly wild and beautiful location that has stolen a piece of my heart. I really don&#8217;t mind that it has.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-174863 size-full\" title=\"Sunrise and rising lake mist at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-lower-lake-sunrise-mia-mcpherson-8279.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-lower-lake-sunrise-mia-mcpherson-8279.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise and rising lake mist at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" width=\"850\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"14593\" 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