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Robert Redford and the Fragile West

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

As I explore the West, I'm always amazed to see arid landscapes formed by water that vanished long ago. Here, ancient rivers carried sediments from the Rockies and piled them in these beautiful, bizarrely shaped, fossil-filled badlands.

Photo: Eastcott Momatiuk

Feb 16, 2006