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Pikes Peak Iowa

            View from Pikes Peak State Park above the Mississippi Palisades.

If you drive across the United States, one thing almost no one looks forward to is the plains states.  But, if you know where to look there are some spectacularly beautiful gems -- like the bluffs that line the Mississippi from Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.  In fact, some of them are sheer cliffs, a couple hundred feet tall.  

So when we planned our trip across the US, this was to be our  excursion on the first day.  I discovered the Palisades while travelling for work in the winter of 2009.  I have a shot of this exact location with the sun coming up in the Winter posted in the comments below.  It was -4 when I took that picture.  Today, it was 82.

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Taken in: United States / Iowa / Mcgregor (show map)

Taken on: July 14, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/22.0, 1/60 sec, 19mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	19mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows
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