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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Summer, 2016 -- As Seen By Vern Whitten

Western North Dakota, my favorites:
  • the new Williston High School
  • the new Watford City High School
  • new track crossing in Dickinson
  • the new Middle School in Dickinson 
  • look how fast those cement walls go up (Watford City High School)
  • how beautiful the landscape is around the pads (slide 20); decades from now, these wells will be shut in, taken out of production; and the land reclaimed; and much of North Dakota will return to what it was 500 years ago; archaeologists from some planet near PSR J1302-6350 may look for signs of these pads in the year 8510 (with apologies to Zager and Evans).
Central North Dakota to west-central Minnesota, my favorites:
  • the lakes and forests in Minnesota
  • most sad: Devils Lake area
West Fargo, Fargo, and Moorhead, my favorites:
  • flood wall, under construction
  • Bluestem Center for the Arts
  • handicapped accessible launching ramp for kayaks, canoes (wow)
  • Microsoft, south Fargo
  • Dakota Boys Ranch, south Fargo
  • classic car show, Walmart, south Fargo
Okay, okay -- I love all the Fargo-area pictures, because I so seldom get to see that part of the state.

This is just a small, small microcosm of the whole Great Plains -- Mr Whitten gives new meaning to "the fly over states."

These pictures are incredible and continue to remind me how great this country is.

I am sure Mr Whitten would love to hear from you, especially if interested in any prints.

His business card:

Vern Whitten Photography
(701) 261-7658

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