When one’s wife unexpectedly says, “Let’s hop in the truck and just drive,” one had better jump on the opportunity. I did tonight, and one of the meandering routes we took had us playing around on the soggy county roads south of Mandan.

At one point the clouds broke, the stars poked out, and I made one stop to point the camera back at Bismarck. The city lights bounce off the clouds so nicely, and can be seen from many miles away. By playing with the white balance on my camera I was able to get a pretty unusual color bounce.