2025—Custer Sunrises

Custer State Park has amazing sunrises. The sun has greeted us each morning for the past three mornings with a glorious show, each one different; each one spectacular. The sunrise show starts well before the sun peeks above the horizon. At first, faint colors begin to appear low in the sky, early teasers of what’s to come. The colors change moment by moment, at first intensifying then seeming to fade and just when you think it’s over, the sky is suddenly awash with a show even more beautiful than you could have imagined. If you turn away too early, you’ll miss the best part of the show. These three images were all taken at the same location and at about the same time, approximately 5:30AM, on three different days and at three different focal lengths. I wonder what today’s sunrise has in store for me.