2 photographs

Open Plains

A two-lane asphalt road with double yellow center lines curves gently to the left and disappears over a ridge on Oregon State Highway 218 in Wheeler County, between the towns of Antelope and Fossil. Dry golden bunchgrass and scrubby high desert vegetation flank both sides of the road. A small cluster of juniper trees stands at the curve. Beyond the ridge, a vast panorama of rolling tan hills and eroded canyon country stretches to a distant mountain range under a dramatic, heavily overcast sky filled with layered blue-grey storm clouds. The overall palette is stark — dark asphalt, golden grassland, and brooding sky. — ISO 100 · 64mm · f/9 · 1/140

Highway 218, Wheeler County

Oregon State Highway 218 crests a ridge near Fossil, revealing the eroded canyon country of Wheeler County beneath a stormy sky.

Dozens of large white wind turbines spread across rolling agricultural land near Moro, Oregon in Sherman County. In the foreground, alternating bands of dark freshly tilled soil and golden unharvested grain create a patchwork across gently undulating hills. A single turbine dominates the right side of the frame in sharp detail, its blades motion-blurred from rotation, while a long row of additional turbines recedes into the distance across the plateau. The sky is a soft layered blend of grey-blue overcast cloud with a pale pink and lavender glow near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The overall mood is quiet and expansive, with muted, cool tones throughout. — ISO 400 · 250mm · f/11 · 1/60

Harvest of Wind, Sherman County

Wind turbines and wheat fields share the sweeping agricultural plateau of Sherman County near Moro, Oregon, at dusk.