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A good heart will see the beauty of Western North Dakota where cattle, history, culture and scenery are unlike anywhere else. Here is what you could see when you visit Western North Dakota.
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Early on a December morning just as the sun comes up behind the camera, the moon is descending behind the abandoned farmstead west of Watford City.  Over the hill an oil drilling rig is tapping the oil shale below the surface.
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Early on a December morning just as the sun comes up behind the camera, the moon is descending behind the abandoned farmstead west of Watford City. Over the hill an oil drilling rig is tapping the oil shale below the surface.

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  • The December moon is barely gone as it sets in the west as the early morning moon rises in the east lighting up the non-stop work of the drilling rig west of Watford City
  • Early on a December morning just as the sun comes up behind the camera, the moon is descending behind the abandoned farmstead west of Watford City.  Over the hill an oil drilling rig is tapping the oil shale below the surface.
  • Old Red Dodge.
  • Drilling never stops. Just because the day is ending and the golden glow of sunset is settling in, it doesn't mean work stops. Work on this rig on the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation continues.
  • Along the Little Missouri River south of Watford City is the heart of the Bakken Oil Play. It's not the first time the oil extraction industry has worked the region and the abandoned truck parked in the bluffs is a reminder that farming, ranching and oil extraction have ruled this region for decades.  In the distance, cows graze at the edge of the river.
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  • The  Long X Bridge, North Dakota
  • Long X Bridge, North Dakota
  • The Little Mo
  • Red Sentinel
  • Late November with no accumulated snow is a blessing in the oil fields of North Dakota.   The sun will set within an hour after this photo was captured, but the work will continue through out the night.
  • Four Bears Bridge
  • In the late afternoon, the shadows of the Badlands far to the west take on a hazy blue cast while in the foreground, the sun has lit the nearby hills.
  • I like this image because of the lines of the trails and the stream, the left and right contrast of the image and the skies roughly duplicating the ground.  This is above the Little Missouri River, slightly to the south in Dunn Count where snow melt is still running north to the river.
  • The spring snow melt pushed streams out of their banks, leaving muddy flatlands nearby as the stream continues to shink.  Here, a stream carries snow melt down the hill to the Little Missouri River
  • Four mule deer are evident, but can you see the other two?  They weren't afrad.  This part of a herd that stood for it's photo while I was exploring a hard-to reach gravel road that follows the Little Missouri River.
  • Somewhere in Dunn County, North Dakota
  • Where the Road Leads
  • Hidden, Just Around the Curve
  • Spring Runoff
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