Big Sky

Glenn on July 27th, 2010

” The sky is ever sensed above Canada.” – Russian writer Andrei Voznesensky in 1971 Travellers headed west out of Calgary towards the mountains are focused on the growing Rockies, but the first thing that strikes me every time I drive east from the stampede city is the big sky. Perhaps it’s because I can’t [...]

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BIG sky dominating the landscape. You can’t help but aim your camera skyward to capture the cloud formations. Land fertile and green from irrigation or rain abruptly changing to desert and sagebush as we descend into one of the river valleys. Abandoned grey-timbered homesteads dating back to the dirty 30s. Bright yellow canola fields contrasted [...]

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