Great Plains scenery/landscapes

[Dan Robinson]

Thought this might be an interesting thread.

I came upon this scene on the 30th in Gage, Oklahoma:



Gravel road in central Nebraska, from last year:

 

[Bill Hark]

One of many beautiful scenes that I experienced in North Dakota while chasing the Northern Plains this year.

 

[Devin Pitts]

This shot I got while passing through Montana last year on my way from ND to WY for 6/12 is still one of my favorites.

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[Dan Robinson]

A few more from the archives. These two from Chase, Kansas:





A classic trap for chase vehicles of all types and sizes, in the Texas Panhandle:

 

[JamesCaruso]

Already posted this in my 06/01/18 chase report but figured I would post here as well - this was in Nebraska, somewhere south of Sargent if I remember correctly

 

[Jeremy Perez]

These are great! Exploring all these views is a big part of the chase for me.

Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
One of the endless streams of hazy tree & water tower silhouettes on the horizon that gradually resolves into all the little places where the local PD like to see if you're going to slow to 35 in time.


Route 8 — North of Athol, Kansas
Straight roads draped across green hills—another favorite.


Route 3 — South of Lavina, Montana
And the Cliff Swallows losing their minds and swarming like bees at river crossings.

 

[Paul Knightley]

What a cool thread! The scenes which present themselves across the Plains are, in my mind, very much part and parcel of the whole experience of chasing - and I try to spend a bit more time taking them in and getting some pictures.

From this year - looking into the yonder from a rest area along US87 between Clayton and Raton, NM (I really love that stretch!):

No trip around the Plains would be complete without some kind of local 'interest' - this, the VW Slug Bug Ranch, Conway, Texas.

Fighter jet at WaKeeney, KS:

 

[Marc R. O'Leary]

I've posted this before, but honestly, it's one of my favorite chase photos...(theres' some Colorado landscape in the background)

 

[Marc R. O'Leary]

And bust landscapes can be awesome:

 

[Nikola Pavlovic]

Whenever my dispatch find load going to the middle of nowhere i'm on it.
Some nice landscape from my truck:

US 83 between White river and Murdo SD

SD 34 between Pierre and Belle Fourche SD

Somewhere in Texas panhandle (near Muleshoe if i remember well)

South Dakota badlands

 

[Mike Z]

Damn, those are awesome snaps. Where I live sucks for that type of photography.

 

[David Moug]

From Winnipeg ,Canada area September 20 th 2019

 

[Drew Terril]

These aren't from the plains, but some stuff I did on film during one of my trucking runs to California last year.

This was sitting in the Los Angeles area at a shipper during sunrise. I fouled up the settings a little on the camera as that was the first roll of film I'd shot in probably a decade or longer.


I-40 somewhere between Barstow and Needles. I took advantage of when my co-driver was driving to snap several pictures while it was still daylight.


This was either in Eastern Arizona or Western New Mexico, I don't recall which.


The chase rig in front of the historic Route 66 bridge over the North Canadian River on the north side of Lake Overholsen.


The film SLR comes with me any time I take the DSLR anywhere these days, so I hope to run through multiple rolls of film during the upcoming spring.

 

[Pj Heckman]

Little HDR on the ranch at sunset

 

[Greg McLaughlin]

This first photo was taken winter 2018-2019 of the bridge that crosses the Arkansas River near Fairfax, OK. This bridge was used in the movie Twister for a scene when Bill and Jo's chase team crosses the river at sunrise before intercepting the F5 tornado.


This second photo was taken in 2019 in the Tallgrass Prairie Reserve near Pawhuska, OK. These buffalo grazing the open prairie harkens to a bygone era of what life on the Great Plains used to resemble.


This third photo is from November 2020 from a chase in western Oklahoma. I managed to capture the sunset illuminating the backside of the shelf cloud "Whale's mouth" as it moved over Hinton, OK.


This fourth photo is from 2017 near Cedar Vale, KS. A rain/hail core looms over this dilapidated farm house. This scene is quintessential Great Plains nostalgia.

 

[Paul Lemery]

Taken yesterday in Wetmore, KS.

 

[Paul Lemery]

Hoyt, KS January 11, 2021

 

[James Wilson]

Taken before a chase at Monument Rocks National Nature Landmark

 

[JL Gacke]

Great pics everyone! There's so much more to experience out there while in between chases. This shot is from a TX chase coming back up through southeast CO.