11/08 – Honoring the Land – A Landscape Photo Gallery
There is an immense diversity of landscapes within the Badlands National Park. In a drive through the Northern Unit alone, one enters the park surrounded by towering rock formations reminiscent of a mars-type landscape, Driving less than ten miles farther along the park along the Loop Road, the terrain turns nearly flat and similar in looks to the prairies of western Kansas. Then, only a few miles beyond that, the topography changes yet again with elevations soaring and some areas looking more like Switzerland than South Dakota.
I’ve spent the past week examining, organizing and reviewing nearly 100 landscape images. These include traditional landscape photos, panoramas, and photos taken with antique black and white cameras. These landscapes represent a wide variety of popular and remote locations scattered throughout the park, were taken during various times of the day and night, and in various weather conditions. I’ve created the interactive slideshow found below which contains 16 of my favorite landscape images and which I feel best represent the great diversity found within the park. Once you begin the show you can either click on a specific photo to view it in a larger size, or easily navigate from one photo to the next.
Click the Image to Start the Slideshow.
Images (C) 2009 Rick Braveheart. All rights reserved.
