The Needles by RodS

Photography • Landscape • posted on Sep 11, 2013

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Description

This formation is called "The Needles" for obvious reasons. It is located in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This region has some of the most spectacular scenery I've ever seen! The formations here have an almost alien feeling - no wonder the native Americans that lived here long ago believed even the rocks had spirits. We'll be leaving tomorrow on the 2 day journey back home. We've already decided a return visit is a must-do! Thanks for dropping by! I'll be doing a little commenting tonight, but probably won't get completely caught up until we've been back a few days. I will get to all your wonderful art, though. Thanks for your patience! I'll be posting a lot more photos once I get back to my computer with Photoshop CS6 - I've been shooting in RAW on this trip with my Canon, and I'll be processing a bunch of photos once we get back. So more will be forthcoming! And of course, I'll be getting back to the T.N.A. Girls' adventures. Speaking of which.... While I was taking this photo up in the mountains today, a convertible car zoomed by where we - and a bunch of other tourists - were parked. One guy commented that "they must either live around here, or have no idea what they are about to encounter" (the mountain road where we just came from was very winding, and at one point has a sheer drop off - and no guard rail). Someone said there were two girls in the ragtop vehicle.... A redhead, and a brunette with short hair. Makes me wonder.... (and no, I'm not making this up..)

Comments (24)

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jocko500

11:01PM | Wed, 11 September 2013

find any gold there? cool shot

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auntietk

11:07PM | Wed, 11 September 2013

If it WAS your girls in that convertible, I'm sure they'll be fine. Ranpha probably outfitted it with booster rockets or something. :P This is totally cool! We need to get back to that area in the spring and make a few stops we've missed before. Having a cousin in Rapid City means we visit a lot and forget to go out and see the sights!!

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barryjeffer

11:40PM | Wed, 11 September 2013

So they were "sight-seeing" I guess? LOL... Seriously though, this is one fantastic shot man!

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MagikUnicorn

12:05AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Gorgeous shot...I LIKE THE HISTORICAL in those rocks ! Thanks for the Info :)

ronmolina

12:57AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Nice shot!

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thekingtut

1:13AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Sounds like the girls might be tailing you. And I hope you have more shots of this gorgeous countryside.

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vitachick

2:52AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Didn't know the 'girls' were also vacationing...hehe...They wanted to keep it a secret.. Mother Nauture sure allows us to capture her beauty!

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adrie

4:48AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Rod, this is one fantastic view and photoshot....love it.

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renecyberdoc

5:14AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

i knew the gs had something up their sleeve and would show up sooner or later..........secret mission

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Diemamker

6:59AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Now that you mention it.... I can't seem to find G4 or Ar... and Ranpha, Trish, and Rico have gone missing too!... makes me wonder???... Cool shot!!

RodS

10:18PM | Thu, 12 September 2013

All will be revealed soon....... Muaaaahahahaha.... :-P

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magnus073

7:11AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Great work on what can only be called an epic capture, Rod.

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eekdog

7:17AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

love the tour you gave us Rod, thanks for sharing and have a safe trip back my friend.

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Rhanagaz

7:41AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Great capture, Rods -looking forward to seing more from the trip. As you already know I'm sure one meet know friends the weirdest places! ;o)

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GrandmaT

8:21AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Incredible view! Thank you for sharing these wonderful images.

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drifterlee

11:20AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Wow! Really beautiful!

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Savage_dragon

5:27PM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Wooow....

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lisalisette

6:07PM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Great view.. wonderful shot :)

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Razor42

11:50PM | Thu, 12 September 2013

Fantastic landscape! Looking forward to more photos of your trip!

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misty7j3

2:27AM | Fri, 13 September 2013

"Wow"!!!! What a view!!! Awesome photo Rod..... Maybe the two gals who "zoomed" by you in the convertible....heading for the sheer drop off.....maybe....just maybe....they were "Thelma and Louise"......"lol"!! (just a crazy thought)......

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mrestey Online Now!

1:28PM | Fri, 13 September 2013

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! What an awesome shot Rod! Truly a beautiful area indeed! Well, if those two chicks WERE G4 and Arawen, I'm sure they made it OK. If not ... I only hope so! :-)

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