I have finally finished processing the images from my trip to Badlands National Park over Memorial Day weekend.

Badlands National Park is located in southwestern South Dakota. The park is marked by rugged terrain and formations that resemble a science fiction landscape of another world. These rock formations take on the shapes of domes, twisted canyons and slanted walls, often striped in different colors. The formations contrast sharply with the surrounding rolling hills and prairies. In addition to the rock formations, the park contains the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. The park also contains the world’s richest fossil beds from the Oligocene epoch, dating back around 20-35 million years. While the badlands terrain may appear to be barren, there is a great variety of wildlife and plant life here.

The gallery below shows the results of my 1 1/2 days there in late May. Click FS in the lower right then SL for a full-screen slide show.
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