Sunset in Blowing Snow: Saskatchewan

Winter. Winds howl, close to blizzard, though no fresh snow. Ground shifts, swirls in patterns, writhing snakes. Roads disappear in white scales, slither into fields. Over buried stubble, the sun sets. And the world burns, violet and orange.

Winter Sunset.  © Shelley Banks

What is this? Sunset over drifting snow
Location: Near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Photo date: January 6, 2013  

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Winter Scene: Blinded by snow and sunshine, Saskatchewan

White fields, white sky. Even the memory of blue sky fades before this landscape.

If on a prairie winter afternoon, you dropped into this vast expanse of light, could you find the horizon? Find your way home through white air, glare?

If on a winter's afternoon, a traveler... © SB 

What is this? Winter field against a cloudy sky (with, yes, the horizon, about 2/3 of the way down...)  

Location: Near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Photo date: February 4, 2012. 

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