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Badlands

So here are the images from our road trip to the Badlands. We arrived at the Cedar Pass cabins after dark. I climbed one of the mounds and made this image of the cabins.

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Cedar Pass Cabins At Night

The next morning I woke up just before sunrise and headed towards Cedar Pass. The rising sun picked out the texture of the Badlands peaks.

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Badlands Peaks

Here is another image of the distant peak.

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Badlands Sunrise

A couple of days later, I was up before sunrise and made my way to the trails in the “Door” area. The low sun grazed the nooks and crannies on this mound.

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Badlands Sunrise At The Door

Near the base of the peaks are elevated mounds covered with grass. As one walks through the prairie grasses, the grasshoppers fly out when disturbed.

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Badlands Grasslands

These mounds are eroded by the action of water at the rate of about an inch per year. This mound is about 5 feet in height.

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Badlands Sculptures

That rounds out the road trip images.

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  • John Clute September 9, 2010, 7:52 am

    I’m not sure if you want to call that area bad lands, I mean if you were to be judgmental about the whole thing I would say spectacular lands. Those photo’s where absolutely stunning.

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