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Badlands Sunrise

At 4am on the morning after a one day drive from Wisconsin, I dragged myself out of bed and drove to the east entrance of Badlands National Park. Although I had scoped out the area on the drive in the day before, I was totally in awe as the Sun arose over the Badlands at Big Badlands Overlook on Hi-way 240

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2021
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Nearest city is Interior., South Dakota, United States of America
Copyright: © Vance THOMPSON