Devils Tower Expanse
by John M Bailey
Title
Devils Tower Expanse
Artist
John M Bailey
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Per the National Park Service website, [Devils Tower is] "...an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the rolling prairie surrounding the Black Hills." This site is considered Sacred to the Lakota and other tribes that have a connection to the area. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to explore and define our place in the natural and cultural world.Devils Tower did not visibly protrude out of the landscape until the overlying sedimentary rocks eroded away. As the elements wore down the softer sandstones and shales, the more resistant igneous rock making up the tower survived the erosional forces. As a result, the gray columns of Devils Tower began to appear as an isolated mass above the landscape. As rain and snow continue to erode the sedimentary rocks surrounding the Tower's base, more of Devils Tower will be exposed
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May 6th, 2016
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Comments (43)
Lori Kingston
I remember seeing this mountain in the movie Close Encounters, and later being astonished to discover it's a real place. I love your collection of photos of this amazing location! L/F
John M Bailey replied:
Thanks very much Lori! I actually got to watch the movie at the KOA campsite just outside the park entrance. It was very special!
Hartmut Jager
👍 A Marvelous photo JOHN. - I can imagine the Devil sitting on top of that Trump Tower ! ! ! - :-) -
Christiane Behrmann
WOW, to this very special capture, John!!! Seems the clouds are shaped like two eagles meeting each other in the sky! The air and nature are alive, whilst the powerful strong rock is watching.
Morris Finkelstein
Wonderful landscape photograph of Devils Tower with great colors, light, and perspective, John! F/L
Karen Adams
You found the perfect place to take this shot, with the curves of the grassy earth and green trees contrasting the swirls, drama and movement of that dramatic sky! . . . and then of course, the Devils Tower!. . . . .fv
Lynda Lehmann
Interesting text and a beautiful composition with wonderful DOF, spatial division and textural appeal! LF!
Gene Healy
I can not look at this and not see Richard Dreyfuss making a model of it on his dining room table. :) Lovely capture. L/F
Nancy Griswold
Never been there and your photo really offers me the scale of this magnificent monolith, wow
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