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South Dakota
One of my summer journeys took me to the Badlands of South Dakota. Located in southwestern part of the state, the Badlands consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. It is desolation at its truest, where you can look for miles and see no sign of civilization. This land has been so ruthlessly ravaged by wind and water that it has become picturesque. The Badlands are a wonderland of bizarre, colorful spires and pinnacles, massive buttes and deep gorges. Erosion of the Badlands reveals sedimentary layers of different colors: purple and yellow (shale), tan and gray (sand and gravel), red and orange (iron oxides) and white (volcanic ash). Animals are plentiful in this park. You can see buffalo, bighorn rams, deer, fox, coyotes, rabbits, snakes, owls, hawks and numerous other birds. The weather is so unpredictable and dramatic. I was greeted by a double rainbow when I approached the park on the first morning!
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