This is the view from my "reception room" at night on a good clear night. No smoke here, that is the Milky Way as seen without telescopes on a really nice night. There is so little light pollution here that the stars are absolutely breathtaking. It looks like you could reach right out and touch them. Not quite sure how the photographer captured the lighting on the formations but it was a long exposure. 
My office for morning routines. This is where I hold part of my geology talk for visitors at 8:30 in the mornings. The group usually gets larger as we move along. This is the beginning of my talk by the end we usually have 20 or 30 more join us. People love learning about their National Parks. So we talk, joke around a bit, play and learn in a very relaxed environment. I take them on a journey through time helping them understand how the formations were formed, the past and the future of the park. Each talk is always a little bit different because the visitors are so diverse. I meet people from New Zealand, France, Sweden, Australia and sometimes from some strange place called Virginia. It is fun to hear about their trips and share in their memories. Today we are having some severe weather. Even that takes on a new look on the prairie. The sky is black over the upper prairie and the sun is shining on the formations. Winds have been gusting up to 70 mph!
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