15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Bear Butte rises from the ground haze at sunrise.

Bear Butte, a stand alone mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota and revered as a holy place by the Lakota and other tribes, rises from the ground fog and reaches towards a sunrise sky that could have been painted by Monet.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Sturgis, South Dakota, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7200
Copyright: © Jon Larsen