Badlands National Park
by Joan Carroll
Title
Badlands National Park
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
The Lakota people were the first to call this place "mako sica" or "land bad" because of the extreme temperatures, lack of water, and exposed rugged terrain led. French-Canadian fur trappers called it "les mauvais terres pour traverse," or "bad lands to travel through." But today as you drive through Badlands National Park in South Dakota USA, it is nothing short of astounding, with endless views of eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires. Here we have caught the Big Foot Basin just as the sun is going down where you can see all the textures and colors of the landscape: purple and yellow (shale), tan and gray (sand and gravel), red and orange (iron oxides) and white (volcanic ash). Badlands was authorized as a National Monument in 1929 and redesignated as a national park in 1978. We should be forever grateful for the foresight of those who have fought to preserve such treasures around the country, and also grateful for those who continue to fight to preserve other beautiful lands for future generations to enjoy!
FEATURED PHOTO, Art For Ever With You group, 8/27/19
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 August: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (August 27, 2019)
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