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SD State Capitol Photos

June 5, 2015 - View of the Capitol from northeast side of Capitol Lake.

January 10, 2016 - The Capitol and partially frozen Capitol Lake viewed from the southeast.

January 10, 2016 - A wider view of the Capitol and Capitol Lake.

April 23, 2016 - Trees in bloom north of the Capitol.

May 26, 2016 - A view of the Capitol from the southwest corner of the Capitol grounds.

June 3, 2016 - The Capitol at sunset with Capitol Lake barely visible in the dark foreground.

September 15, 2016 - The Capitol rotunda on a sunny day.  The sky looks the same color as South Dakota's State Flag.

October 4, 2016 - A few ducks enjoying the warm water coming from the flaming fountain at Capitol Lake.

November 12, 2016 - Geese enjoy a beautiful autumn sunset.  In the background is the baseball stadium.

December 10, 2016  - Thousands of Canadian Geese make Capitol Lake home in the winter.

December 10, 2016  - Singers perform Christmas songs inside the Capitol.

December 14, 2016  - A super full moon behind the Capitol.

December 24, 2016  - Christmas Eve Day on Capitol Lake belongs to the geese.

December 31, 2016  - Capitol Lake on the last day of 2016.

January 6, 2017  - A lone Canadian goose takes off from a crowded Capitol Lake.

February 9, 2017  - This picture was taken from the east side of Capitol Lake.

October 24, 2017  -  Just a gorgeous sunset behind the silhouette of the Capitol.

November 16, 2017  -  I captured this pink sunset from the public park area north of the Governor's Mansion.

November 30, 2017  -  This sunset had a strange swirl pattern.  (Should have taken the pic without the light pole)

December 2, 2017  -  Members of the 147th Army Band (SD Army National Guard) performing Christmas music.

December 19, 2017  -  Capitol sunset viewed from the Pierre YMCA. 

January 4, 2018 10:07 am - View from the southeast side of Capitol Lake.

January 4, 2018  5:32 pm - View from the southeast side of Capitol Lake.

January 4, 2018  5:14 pm - Another  sunset viewed from the YMCA.

February 21, 2018  9:28 am - View from southeast side of frozen Capitol Lake.  Temperature is -11 degrees farenheit.

February 21, 2018  9:34 am - WWII Memorial.  Notice the ducks around the saluting statues. Temperature is -11.

February 21, 2018 9:35 am - Vietnam War Memorial.  Wish I had taken one of the Korean War Memorial also (but didn't.) 

February 21, 2018  9:38 am - View of the Capitol from near the island. Temperature is -11.

February 21, 2018  9:43 am - From the balcony on the NW corner of Capitol Lake.  The balcony had 2 feet of snow.

February 21, 2018  9:39 am - East side of Capitol Lake has a thin layer of ice.  Governor's Mansion is on the other side. 

February 10, 2018 10:34 am - View from the southeast side of a partially frozen Capitol Lake.  

February 10, 2018  5:06 pm - My son loves to feed the ducks and geese.

February 16, 2018 8:24 am - View from the southeast side of a foggy Capitol Lake.  

February 28, 2018  9:42 am - The trees were covered with frost this morning.

March 8, 2018  8:12 am - In less than a half hour, most of the fog lifted to reveal the frosted trees around the Capitol.

March 8, 2018  7:45 am - Another foggy morning on Capitol Lake.  

March 16, 2018  7:01 pm - The ducks thought I was going to feed them.

March 16, 2018  7:00 pm - On a snowy day, two geese fly past the rotunda while two ducks swim on the lake.  

March 16, 2018  7:04 pm - Civil War Monument on the southeast corner of Capitol Lake.

March 16, 2018  7:01 pm - The east side of Capitol Lake on a snowy day.  

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July 1, 2018  7:00 am - Barely a ripple in the still blue water of Capitol Lake this morning.

May 29, 2018  8:39 pm - Beautiful sunset over a calm Capitol Lake.  

July 1, 2018  1:13 pm - View of Soldiers & Sailors Building from the Capitol with US and SD State Flag between.

July 1, 2018  1:12 pm - View of the Capitol from the Southwest.

July 1, 2018  1:14 pm - Took a few steps back to get more of the Capitol in the picture.

July 1, 2018  1:16 pm - Zoomed in on the Capitol from same vantage point as previous pic.

July 1, 2018  1:19 pm - View of the Capitol from the Northeast.

July 1, 2018  1:13 pm - SOVTH DAKOTA.  

July 1, 2018  1:16 pm - Today was such a beautiful day, I took several pictures of the Capitol.

July 1, 2018  1:18 pm - Warm, sunny skies over Capitol Lake. This picture was taken from Broadway Street.

July 24, 2018  8:33 pm - View of the Capitol from the east. The moon can be seen to the left of the rotunda (tower).

July 1, 2018  1:24 pm - View of Capitol Lake from the East.

August 14, 2018  8:22 pm - Capitol sunset in late summer.

July 30, 2018  2:04 pm - View of east side of Capitol Lake from Capitol Avenue.

November 14, 2018  9:41 am - Canadian Geese returned to Capitol Lake about a week ago.

September 22, 2018  11:32 am - Garden Circle on the "island" (peninsula) of Capitol Lake.

November 14, 2018  9:43 am - The startled geese landed safely in the water and it was quite magnificent to see.

November 14, 2018  9:43 am - I startled some of the geese which flew to the safety of the lake.

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