March 2020 • Nebraskaland 45
ABOVE: With views of buttes in multiple
directions, Fort Robinson State Park is
well-suited for moon photography. This
is one morning's view of perhaps the
park's most-photographed landforms,
the Red Cloud Buttes.
LEFT: While western Nebraska provides
a wealth of opportunities for capturing
the moon and sun, perhaps the state's
best bet to get wildlife in the scene
occurs along the Platte River farther
east during the annual migration of
about 600,000 sandhill cranes.
OPPOSITE: When the view is
unobstructed, even much shorter
subjects are game at sunset. This
natural bouquet of western wallfl ower
and other pretty plants was captured
from prone position on the Oglala
Grassland in May.
