South Dakota: Badlands NP.

Our tour of the US national parks & monuments, etc., by Jim & Diane Tanner

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South Dakota Historical Marker.
A B-17F Bomber crashed at this site in 1944.

South Dakota Badlands.
Our first sight of the Badlands.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
A close-up of a formation which may not be here in two or three centuries,...

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Where the Badlands meets the grasslands.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
One of the lighter color formations in the Badlands.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Wild formations and clear blue skys.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Mesa top formations in the distance.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
A more typical view of Badlands formations with layered, multi-colored hills.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
View with a hint of the yellow/amythist colors that lay ahead of us.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
A jungle was the cause of the yellow sediment which formed about 65 million...

South Dakota, The Badlands.
One final look at the yellow hills.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Goodbye to the badlands.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
A buffalo herd near the NW entrance to the Badlands.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
A prairie dog village near the NW entrance.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
More prairie dogs. A full size picture shows them better.

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Buffalo crossing the road are a sure-fire stop sign. They act like...

South Dakota, The Badlands.
Up close and personal with the buffalo. I've got a lot more of...

article published 11/6/2004