Badlands South Dakota.
This place is an adventure to a different planet. It really has no reason for being here other then by God's design. Found in the middle of nowhere South Dakota, it can surprise the unknowing traveler because it just suddenly appears there in front of you.
The badlands are made up of several geological layers.
The light colored Sharpes Formation. A thick layer of volcanic ash known as Rockyford ash. The tannish brown Brule Formation. The grayish Chadron Formation containing yellow mounds of fossil soil, or paleosol. And the black Pierre Shale formed from sediment filtered through seawater forming a black mud on the ocean floor that has since hardened into shale.
Fossil clams, ammonites, and sea reptiles confirm the aquatic environment. This photographer believes it was a direct result of the great flood from Noah's time, when God cleansed the earth of the iniquity of mankind.
Camera settings:
Nikon D7100
Lens: Sigma 18-250 1:3.5-6.3 Macro HSM
Exposure time: 1/160 sec.
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 55mm
ISO: 200
File Format: .JPG
Size: 2100X1500
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