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Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Taken with Nikkormat FTn, scanned with HP flatbed scanner at 300ppi. The negative was really low contrast, so I fixed the exposure in photoshop. I liked the character the dust and flaws give, so I didn't bother to clean it up.
The very red Permian - Triassic aged Spearfish formation along the Red Beds Trail. The white deposits are thin beds of gypsum. Devils Tower National Monument.
Silhouette of Devil's Tower in Northeastern Wyoming. Looks kind of eerie like it's waiting for the mothership of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" to arrive.
Mountain climbing is one of the most popular attractions of Devils Tower. It was first climbed on July 4, 1893 by ranchers William Rogers and Willard Ripley. They ascended by driving wooden pegs into cracks in the rock, which is still visible today. Fritz Wiessner free climbed his way up in 1937. In 1941 as part of a publicity stunt, George Hopkins parachuted his way atop Devils Tower. Unable to ascend, he was then trapped for six days before being rescued. Around 4000 people climb Devils Tower every year, one of the most popular spots in the United States.
The Devils Tower is sacred to the Lakota, Cheyenne and Kiowa, and many have strongly objected to what they see as desecration by climbers. Climbers have retorted that as Devils Tower is public land, they have every right to climb. A compromise has been reached, where there is a voluntary climbing ban enacted in June, when the tribes hold their ceremonies at Devils Tower. 85% of climbers honor the ban.
Devils Tower National Monument, Hulett, Wyoming
I didn't really have the time for a detour, especially after getting caught in a snow storm, so I had to just snap the Devil's Tower from the road at a great distance. But hey, at least I saw it with my own eyes, right?
This was taken from the visitor's center. Devli's tower, an intrusion of igneous rock, is a plug remaining from a volcano. We made the 1.3-mile walk around its base. To get a better feel for its size, see photo #54. It's a closeup of a section about 2/3 of the way across the tower and about 1/3 of the way up.
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
Devils Tower National Monument - The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians and indigenous people.
Fucking Around In Film #63 / Bike Tour #21
July-Aug 2016 - Devil's Tower, WY / Black Hills National Forest/ Custer State Park / Wind Cave National Park
Fuji 400 35mm - Contax T2
Devil's Tower, Wyoming into the Black Hills, Rushmore, Crazy Horse, the Mickelson trail, Custer State Park, and Wind Cave National Park