Sunrise and sunset (3)

These are images of sunrise and sunset taken around the U.S. A few of these images also appear in the Scenics galleries.When traveling to beautiful places it is hard to resist the urge to get out early and wait for the sun to rise. Sunsets can be equally magical. Dependent on the weather and changeable with the seasons, it's always fascinating to watch the scene change from minute to minute. As a result, we have hundreds of these images. A few of the best are presented here.

The pictures on this page are from Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Wyoming, and Glacier National Park and Big Arm State Park on Flathead Lake, both in Montana.

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An October sunset just inside the north (Gardiner, MT) entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

A day of rain cleared in time for an impressive sunset seen from the Calcite Springs Overlook in Yellowstone.

An October sunrise in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The sun rises over the Mission Mountains in late March, viewed from Big Arm State Park on Flathead Lake in Montana.

The sun sets behind distant Bunsen Peak on a cold, brutally windy February afternoon.

An April sunrise over a mirror-flat Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.