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While hiking and exploring around Devils Tower in Wyoming, this alien ... deer ... surprised me. Liked the light there among the tall pine trees.
Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming, against a stormy sky in the afternoon, it was supposed to snow that night, and it did, but it only seemed to collect on the roadway surface in select places, and none at all in the surrounding landscape.
View of Devils Tower in Wyoming under some cool clouds and nice greenery in the foreground. Captured with the CPL filter.
Upon seeing another image of this fascinating geological feature on Flickr today, I thought I'd try a re-edit of my scanned 35 mm slide from 2002 (amazing how those two decades flew by!). I had never heard of the Devil's Tower until - you guessed it - the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" came out in the late 70s. I loved the movie and thought it would be wonderful to see the tower at some point (even sans aliens). I was able to do just that in 1991 and 2002, on cross-country road trips. It is somewhat unimpressive from afar, as it looks like a little pimple in a huge, somewhat flat landscape, but up close it is full of personality and mystery.
Devil's Tower, Wyoming
Summer, 2002
Hundreds of climbers scale the sheer rock walls of Devils Tower each summer.
Many established and documented climbing routes cover every side of the tower, ascending the various vertical cracks and columns of the rock. The difficulty of these routes ranges from relatively easy to some of the most challenging in the world. All climbers are required to register with a park ranger before and after attempting a climb. No overnight camping at the summit is allowed; climbers must return to base on the same day they ascend.
Me, I enjoyed the 1.3 mile trail around its base. Beautiful views high and low.
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday!
Was that tree in the foreground burned by the alien's landing thrusters ... another X-files mystery ;)
My trip yesterday. Lots of images to process. This is my first in the early morning. Devils Tower, Wyoming.
Another view of Devils Tower, Wyoming. The sun broke through the clouds to give just a little more light in the photo.
A closer look of "Devils Tower" near Moorcroft. WY. The sky open up just enough for a better image as the afternoon sun arrived. No UFO's or climbers were spotted on that day.
A lightning strike from a stunning looking supercell thunderstorm over Devils Tower in Wyoming last week.
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From my archives:
Devils Tower (Lakota: Matȟó ThÃpila ("Bear Lodge") or Ptehé Ǧà ("Brown Buffalo Horn") (Arapaho: Wox Niiinon) is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres.
In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.
The information above comes from Wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The last climbers rappelled down the south face of Devils Tower soon after twilight faded. First Perseus rose to the northeast, followed by Arcturus, the 4th brightest star in the sky. Satellites slowly came and went while meteors vaporized at a much faster speed. The aurora painted its colors on an invisible canvas, undetectable to my eye for the most part. One glow soon replaced another when the crescent moon rose at midnight. In many previous visits I’ve scouted all over the national monument looking for the best vantage points. This patch of prairie that I marked on my map is barely within the park boundary. Dodging deadfall, making my way across a steep slope and up and over a cliff is hard enough during the day, doubly so at night. I kept waiting for a big aurora display to give me a reason to come back here. That never happened, despite the forecast. But even an ordinary night is worth experiencing at an extraordinary place like this. Those who only visit Devils Tower during the day miss out on half the scenery.