Image 4608
f 6.6 @ 1/640, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:31:09.
Devil's tower. Despite years of study, no one is quite sure how it formed. ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower"> Wikipedia article if you're interested.
Image 4609
f 6.6 @ 1/320, 47 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:31:24.
A wider angle view.
Image 4610
f 7 @ 1/320, 24 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:31:36.
Yet wider.
Image 4611
f 7 @ 1/320, 50 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:40:57.
Devil's tower from the visitor's center.
Image 4614
f 6.4 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:42:23.
The top is beginning to crumble.
Image 4615
f 6.4 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:56:58.
Near the tower is a prairie dog town. Can you spot the little critter at the center of this photo?
Image 4617
f 6.4 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:57:07.
It's easier if they stand up.
Image 4618
f 6 @ 1/640, 270 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:58:04.
Easier still if they bark.
Image 4620
f 6 @ 1/640, 270 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:58:15.
Or eat.
Image 4621
f 6.4 @ 1/400, 120 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:58:34.
The tower from the prairie dog town.
Image 4624
f 6 @ 1/500, 300 mm, taken 2017:08:29 18:59:08.
Ummm... grass is tasty!
Praire dog
f 6 @ 1/25, 300 mm, taken 2017:09:01 14:36:31.
Kathie's APS-C T2i camera, with it's smaller sensor, gives a larger image of a prairie dog.
Image 4625
f 5.6 @ 1/400, 300 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:00:04.
The red cliffs that abound here still command our attention.
Image 4626
f 6 @ 1/400, 150 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:00:39.
More red cliffs, also near the prairie dog town.
Image 4627
f 6 @ 1/500, 300 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:00:58.
A couple of prairie dogs foraging.
Image 4628
f 6 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:03:10.
Note that the town is located in sediments of red earth. There are at least 5 prairie dogs in this photo. You'll need the high res version to spot them all.
Image 4629
f 7 @ 1/250, 24 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:03:18.
Kathie photographs the prairie dogs.
Image 4631
f 6.6 @ 1/250, 50 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:08:15.
The tower at sunset.
Image 4632
f 7.6 @ 1/500, 50 mm, taken 2017:08:29 19:08:23.
The same view, this time exposed to show the sky.
Sunset
f 6 @ 1/60, 28 mm, taken 2017:08:29 21:35:32.
Kathie tries to expose for both the sky and the tower.