North Dakota – Americana Collection
Budding trees hint at a new season near an abandoned prairie house on the northern Great Plains near Tioga, North Dakota.
focal length: 116mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/1000 – ISO 500
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focal length: 116mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/1000 – ISO 500
Climate Change North Dakota – Americana Collection
Based on 30-year norms, Tioga, North Dakota, receives 28 inches of snow between Jan 1 and April 15 with an annual average snowfall of 47 inches. Usually, three inches of frozen white flakes fall in a single 24-hour period each April. With regional temperatures normally below freezing, snow is slow to melt. Just ten years ago, annual snowfall was 500x greater than now.1 With climate change this year, mid-April daytime high temperatures were in the 60s and nighttime lows were near or above freezing, snow was absent from the dusty prairie landscape.
focal length: 160mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/1250 – ISO 500
Tax Day in North Dakota – Americana Collection
Does your perception of the meaning of this photograph change with the understanding that it was produced on April 15 Tax Day on the Great Plains near Tioga, North Dakota?
focal length: 180mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/800 – ISO 500
