{"id":54921,"date":"2018-11-07T05:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=54921"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:33:28","slug":"cloudy-sunrise-over-the-wasatch-mountains-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/07\/cloudy-sunrise-over-the-wasatch-mountains-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudy Sunrise Over the Wasatch Mountains At Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It isn&#8217;t often that my best photo of the day is a simple cell phone snap but that is kind of what happened yesterday at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-174465 size-full\" title=\"Cloudy sunrise over the Wasatch Mountains, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" 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