AN AUGUST SUNRISE FROM THE PARK SPRAGUE LAKE A magnificent sunrise bursting with

A magnificent sunrise bursting with colors illuminates the dramatic clouds over Wildflower Prairie with a few common milkweed plants in the foreground

I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun

I was fascinated watching a few common loons swim and then dive to try and catch fish to reenergize throughout the morning

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A beautiful September sunrise with soft light of the morning had been enjoyed by those at Wildflower Lake

AN AUGUST SUNRISE FROM THE PARK SPRAGUE LAKE A magnificent sunrise bursting withAn august sunrise reveals itself through the mist and box elder trees that line the banks of the south fork kishwaukee river at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois. (431 50)