Born of Volcanos by bmac62
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This morning we departed our hotel at 6am and headed for Badlands National Park near the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Our aim was to get pictures soon after sunrise.
Here is a pano taken from just one of many, many viewpoints. I'll explain more about this magical place in my next couple of uploads.
Please zoom for detail...have left this quite large.
Comments (17)
Faemike55
if it weren't for the blue sky, I'd swear you took this on the moon.
Great capture
photosynthesis
Don't know about the moon, but it does have an alien planet look about it - I can easily see Luke Skywalker zipping across this terrain in a landspeeder. Fantastic shot, Bill...
auntietk
Funny Claude should mention Luke Skywalker ... Trent responded to my text earlier and said he was waiting for the Star Wars characters to show up. :P
wysiwig
Moon or Mars. The sedimentary rocks give it away. A spectacular image and a great pano.
beachzz
This does look otherworldly; you caught a HUGE landscape. What an amazing area!!
helanker
A fantastic view and a bit scary too :-)
durleybeachbum
Breathtaking! I agree with Helle, a little intimidating!
blankfrancine
Fantastic at full size view. Amazing formations.
jendellas
A wonderful photo, great on zoom. xx
RodS
Yeah, I think I see Rey and BB8 in the distance..... :-D
A spectacular shot of a spectacular place, Bill! I think I stood on the same point last year! LOL
I would pay good money to put the Inspire in the air here - but unfortunately you can't fly a drone in National Parks. Bummer.
flavia49
Wonderful
X-PaX
Excellent capture Bill.
Richardphotos
I wanted to go there on my trip through SD. now I know it is worth the trip. very dramatic lighting
Chipka
I'm not the first to notice this, but this definitely has a Tattooine vibe to it: luckily you didn't encounter any Tusken raiders, nor did you apparently report any Jawas attempting to...um...appropriate any of your mechanical/electronic equipment for re-purposing and resale. Jawas! Anyway...enough with the Star Wars references; this is a fantastic shot! I love the pano on full zoom...such great details. The light is perfect and yeah, it's otherworldly. This is heady-good stuff!
junge1
Great capture. really shows the vast expense of the American West and early morning shots or late afternoon shots bring the relief out!.
kenmo
Gorgeous shot...
anahata.c
I would do anything (anything) to go out into the wilderness, see a huge sweeping landscape (like this) with no one around, not a sign of life, and a tiny plaque next to a ledge that says, "please zoom". I did zoom this, and it's breathtaking and beautiful. Fine balance between blue shadow on the left and bleaching light on the right. And you got flat land behind it---I know there's plenty of flat land around this area---which gives more layering. And a hazy almost sleepy light and sky in the background. A big beautiful sweep of a shot, where we can see the extraordinary detail in the rock---the striations of age. And an oasis on the right that's right out of the moon. Not that I've been to the moon, but it's how I'd imagine it to be. Wonderful work, Bill. A real Bill shot, through and through.