I couldn’t resist.  I felt like the last time I was here, the time was too short.  I’d visited once with my cameras and once with my boys, but I never really felt like I got to bond with the spinning ice disc on the Heart River.  So, after work on Monday I decided to bolt over and grab some stills and video of it at dusk.

I got the perfect match of dusk and cloud cover, bathing everything in very nice, flat, even light.  The absence of hard shadows allowed me to capture detail that would otherwise be lost in glare or contrast.

I decided to put together a brief video of the evening:

I have to admit that my curiosity will take me back there again a time or two.  I can’t help but wonder how long that rotating disc will survive the ups and downs of this unusual North Dakota winter.  Whatever I find, rest assured I’ll share my finds here.