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Badlands
National Park is situated in South Dakota and it has been viewed over the
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is a region of peaks and valleys of delicately banded colours, that shift in
the sunshine. In the early morning, when shadows are cast upon the infinite
peaks or on a bright moonlit night when the whole region seems a part of
another world. The peaks, gullies, buttes and wide prairies can be
challenging to cross, yet they have long attracted the interest and praise
of travellers. |
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The Badlands
are a place of extremes. A visit in summer may have heat and violent
thunderstorms. A winter visit may be chilled by winds roaring
unhindered out of the north. |
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The so-called emptiness of the plains is full of traces of ancient life.
Eagles may be seen hunting wings outstretched over grasslands that seem to
go on forever. Above all it is an experience of quiet and a near absence of
human noise. |
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