Heavy traffic in Yellowstone lately and a desire to get out and see some beautiful aspen color brought me back out along some back roads away from the crowds this week. As the sun rose, the clouds turned pink and I didn’t have a destination in mind to photograph yet. So I pulled over and quickly explored options before the color in the sky vanished and came up with this composition. Aspens are all over the place right now, color-wise, with some areas at peak while others are still very green. The next few days to a week should be great for color. The exception is that some areas, due to the drought, have had leaves go straight to brown.