driving through South Dakota has its perks. the Badlands National Park offered an afternoon exploration of a naturally created fractal city. 500,000 years ago, when the glaciers began to melt at the end of the last Ice Age, new streams began to move across the area, cutting through the rock layers over time. now this breathtaking wall of seemingly painted geometric shapes divides the upper prairie from the lower. i imagine the Sioux Indian tribes scouting the grassland from their perch on the wall, locating the herds and getting a head up on their enemies. this is their land. the Sioux crossed through a pass of the Badlands on their way to the Wounded Knee Massacre. i bow my head to them.
*original photos
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