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North Dakota, if recognized as the owner of the historic rail bridge, would be in a strong position to save the bridge, advocates say. But the state, Coast Guard and BNSF reject state ownership.
BNSF Railway has secured all the permits it needs to destroy the rail bridge and build a replacement, leaving a citizen group's lawsuit as the last remaining hope of saving the bridge.
The images have been chosen by travel and photography blog Capture the Atlas. They are in the site's Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection, which it presents each year.
A large ring or circle of light around the sun or moon is called a 22-degree halo by scientists.