Bands of Time by bmac62
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Description
So much time displayed here!
Where? Badlands National Park, Southwestern, South Dakota.
65 million years ago a North American inland sea stretching from the Arctic Sea in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south drained away. The black mud at the sea bottom weathered and turned into yellow rock that is seen today in what are called "Yellow Mounds". All the numerous layers above shown in the background were deposited by flooding rivers and volcanic activity over the next 37 million years. All this has been exposed during the last 500,000 years by water and wind erosion. A short period of time geologically speaking:-)
Comments (17)
durleybeachbum
Truly amazing!
wysiwig
A wonderful illustration of the passage of time. Makes one feel insignificant.
flavia49
beautiful
goodoleboy
From my home state you captured a terrific geological image of the multimillion year deposits of rock, sandstone, sea shells, or whatever, in this imposing shot of nature at its oldest, Bill.
MrsRatbag
I feel insignificant indeed! What a rich geological history on display here...and beautifully captured too. Thank you for the lesson!
Faemike55
Beautiful and awe-inspiring capture
RodS
Yep - recognized it immediately! This is an amazing place with layer upon layer of geologic history and beautiful colors. A beautiful photo, Bill!
sharky_
Great Photography! Aloha
prutzworks
cool shot and info
T.Rex
Good photo, Bill. It would be very interesting to know what fossils there are in each layer. But has there been any digging here? Keep up the good work! :-)
helanker
These bands always amaze me. Excellent capture :)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
blankfrancine
Marvelous terrain and great info.
jendellas
WOW, in zoom you can see all the different layers & colours, amazing. x
sandra46
great work!
auntietk
I'm glad we got up early and drove out there when the light was good. This is terrific!
anahata.c
The ancient Hindus had an expression: "A blink in the eye of Brahman". Brahman was the all seeing god, and that blink was appr 2 billion universes long. (Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "gotta minute?") Well, that's what time looks like in places like this. Another sweeping photo, with wonderful detail; and, even in the areas where the hues are all similar (ie, the topmost peaks), you have differentiation. You do wonders with landscapes like this, capturing lots of layers and details in what is, in some ways, a prohibitive wall of stone. And such soft feeling too, in the mid range, like that were made of silk. The dark diagonal chunk in the right bottom corner is perfect foil to the rest. Splendid shot, Bill. (An old Hindu tale tells of a man who's asked by Vishnu---the god---"please fetch me a pail of water". He gets the water and, on the way back, he falls in love with a woman, marries her, gets rich, raises a family, and becomes respected in his community. One day the river floods the whole area. People are screaming, trying to get away. He grabs his wife, but she drowns. He grabs his children one by one, and all but one drowns. He finally salvages his last child, swims with her into the rushing waters, they struggle grandly against debris and storm, and finally that child gets loose and she drowns. The man finally reaches a peak, falls unconscious, and is out for days. Days later, he awakes, can't imagine all he lost, holds himself responsible for the death of his last daughter, and becomes a monk and lives in the forest thereafter. He never speaks again...Years later, near death, he's napping under a tree, when Vishnu whispers out of the tree: "My son, my son: Where's my water? I've been waiting nearly half an hour..." A blink in the eye of Brahman...)